Rachel Fischer wrote:
.... comparing RDA to AACR2... RDA no longer labels it as Old
Testament, just Genesis, Bible.
I never put the words "old" with "testament" side by side when referring
to the Tanaj. First because I can't figure out who is "testifying" in
the Tanaj and, second, "old" is relative. To what exactly does the
"old" refer... to? When a Spaniard hears "old", what usually comes to
mind are the terms: out-of-date, useless, recycle, not with the times,
better left dead and buried, and "the stuff that came before something
better came along", etcetera ..., which in Spain is how "old" is
perceived when referring to the "Old Testament" or anything else
considered "old". I prefer to think about the word "old" as little as
possible as this attitude towards "old" gets my wand all in a knot.
For a synagogue library, which is what I have, Tanaj is Tanaj. In the
title of some Jewish books, the word "Bible" or "Genesis" (for example),
is used maybe to capture a broader audience at Barnes&Noble, maybe
because that's how the garden-variety everybody knows it, jewish or not
(not all that important). Thus, in the card catalog, the title is the
title with an anotation that this particular book is from whatever point
of view.
But, when it comes to the subject card, I always put a comma followed by
"Tanaj" or "Biblia (Christian)". Come to think on it, though, someday I
might want to rethink the aphabetical order.... or not. Anyways, around
this popsicle stand, if somebody can't find something, they prefer to
use the Heidi Estrin "Ask-the-Nice-Lady-System of Cataloging", i.e.,.
There's the Nice Lady, go ask, she'll know:
Biblia (Cristiana)
Genesis (Bereshit), Tanaj
Genesis (Bereshit), Jumash
Genesis, Biblia (Cristiana)
Jumash
Tanaj
Tora
Tora, jumash
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