I just wanted to see where it is in your public library. I have looked at four libraries and two were in reference and the other two in Adult fiction.
If the Bible is all truth, why wouldn't it automatically go to the non-fiction section?
2007-05-06 11:44:55 · 19 answers · asked by Star 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Look it up on the library search for zip code 54449. It is in reference. I will get the other codes in a minute.
2007-05-06 11:54:27 · update #1
Clark County PL YA Fiction
Large Type Fiction
Marshfield Public Library Reference
Wisconsin Rapids Public Library Reference
2007-05-06 12:03:00 · update #2
There are small sections that hold religious books, and yes, they are there too, but there are copies in the reference and fiction sections...This is the KJV Bible.
2007-05-06 12:06:05 · update #3
I like to go to the library on the weekends and hide it in the 'Fiction' section.
It's in the religion section though.
2007-05-06 11:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought you were asking about my personal home library which contains 4 different Bible translations. A Bible translation rightly belongs in non-fiction or reference section of the library. The librarian may have chosen to place Bible-based literature in the fiction section. This is also incorrect as this too belongs with reference materials. There are certain novels that are supposedly based upon Bible texts (The Left Behind series comes to mind) These are not Bibles and do belong with works of fiction.
2007-05-06 11:57:47 · answer #2 · answered by babydoll 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Normally it should be in a section labeled religion.
[edit] Classes
The system is made up of ten main classes or categories, each divided into ten secondary classes or subcategories, each having ten subdivisions of its own. For a more detailed list, see List of Dewey Decimal classes.
000 – Computer science, information, and general works
100 – Philosophy and psychology
200 – Religion
300 – Social sciences
400 – Language
500 – Science
600 – Technology
700 – Arts and recreation
800 – Literature
900 – History and geography
A lot of libraries have Reference as a section of books that are not allowed to be taken out of the library.
2007-05-06 11:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by U-98 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion section. Dewey 220
No reputable library would have a religious book in the adult fiction section.
2007-05-06 11:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If memory serves, the bible is cataloged as 232 in the Dewey Decimal gadget. it is a nonfiction area yet do not enable that impression you one way or yet another: folklore (fiction, for the stunning area) is 398 even as the completed 800 area is literature (i.e., quite some sorts of fiction). EDIT: To sparkling up what some above have suggested, one hundred is philosphy, 2 hundred is faith, and 900 is historic previous.
2016-11-25 22:51:07 · answer #5 · answered by faye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Bible being all truth is subjective, meaning not everyone would agree that it is all truth. Even Christian/Jewish scholars will tell you that some of the harder to believe stories in the Bible didn't actually happen, but they were stories with a point (can't think of the correct term).
2007-05-06 11:50:35 · answer #6 · answered by Her 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Four Libraries? And none of these "Libraries" had a Religion section? I find that hard to believe! Very hard to believe indeed!
2007-05-06 11:52:05 · answer #7 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is in 'Religion'; in the 200s of the Dewey Decimal System - which is non-fiction.
2007-05-06 11:52:39 · answer #8 · answered by Nurse Susan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my library has a "Relgion and religious philosphy" section and it's in there.
It's actually a really good library. the religion section is HUGE and has many many text of, about, and referring to any religion you could think of.
2007-05-06 11:50:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At least it is in the library. Try finding the Buddhist sutras in your local library. I bet you can't.
2007-05-06 11:49:13 · answer #10 · answered by Jim San Antonio 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋