Dear hasafranim I am creating signage for my small library to aid in browsing (i.e. 025 Prophets, etc -- I use Elazar, by the way). The question is about consistancy with Hebrew/Jewish vs English/common American subject headings.
For instance, when using 001, which is complete bible, should I use the common term "Bible" or the Jewish "Tanach" or both and in what order? "Torah" is a very common term for our Conservative congregation, but if I'm being consistant and put "Bible" first, should I not also place "Pentateuch" before "Torah"? I mean, not everyone knows that "breishit" is used for Genesis. Also, in the Elazar classification book, the terminology is listed interchangably. Here are some examples I'm wrestling with: 001 Bible (Tanach) 015 Torah (Pentateuch) 020 Genesis (Breishit) 025 Prophets (Nevi'im) 220.1 Kashrut (Kosher) 244 Passover (Pesach) What have others done? What would be the least confusing for a midwestern synagogue library that has some non-Jewish patrons, some extremely knowledgable patrons, but mostly patrons with average Jewish knowledge? Rachel Haus Library Director Congregation of Moses Library Kalamazoo MI [email protected] --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
