How the Logos/Verbum catalog frustrates me
So, I'm opening resources to verify my answer to someone on the forum ... and I reach the point where I need to access The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings by Bart D. Ehrman and Hugo Méndez ... which reminded me that Logos seems to have no strategy for providing the resources users need -- some academic works are foundational like the patristic Migne sets that have gone nowhere; some popular works are needed so that we can formulate reasonable (not knee-jerk) responses; some works are needed simply to present alternative views ... but I would certainly like to see a strategy that was more responsive to the specific titles requested by users.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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And long those lines.... I've requested more books by Church of Christ writers... which there are not many of in Logos supply of books. But some, like me, would like to buy more relevant books for our/my libraries.
Truth For Today Commentaries by David Roper and Eddie Cloer for example.
I don't mind getting books etc. for all, but would like one time to get some for each. [8-|]
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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MJ. Smith said:
... where I need to access The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings by Bart D. Ehrman and Hugo Méndez ... which reminded me that Logos seems to have no strategy for providing the resources users need --
Agree, there's a bit of mysterious winds in play at Bellingham High (reading Carol Newsom's 'Spirit Within Me' ... another missing technical volume).
And this AM I wanted to understand what happened between Old Latin, Jerome, the Clementine embroglio, and the latest Vulgate. Unfortunately, my 'powerful' app could barely surface the latter two, and I'm guessing it's FL policy? Who knows.
As much as we now know what they don't want (violence, erotica and something else ... sounds like the OT), we don't really know what they DO want.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Agreed MJ. Thanks for standing up to the cloud of rising scholarship.
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xnman said:
And long those lines.... I've requested more books by Church of Christ writers... which there are not many of in Logos supply of books. But some, like me, would like to buy more relevant books for our/my libraries.
xnman, you might be interested to know that the Gospel Broadcasting Network Commentaries are in production. These are Church of Christ resources. The first two volumes, Genesis and Exodus, are available for pre-order and should be released in March. The remaining volumes in the series should be released over the next few months.
Senior Publisher Relations Specialist • Logos Bible Software • Rick.Mansfield@logos.com
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Christian Alexander said:
the cloud of rising scholarship
I have been unable to puzzle out what this means. Would you mind telling me?
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Rick Mansfield said:
xnman, you might be interested to know that the Gospel Broadcasting Network Commentaries are in production. These are Church of Christ resources. The first two volumes, Genesis and Exodus, are available for pre-order and should be released in March. The remaining volumes in the series should be released over the next few months.
Not secure (warning):
http://gbntv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Textual/1-Winton-Genesis.pdf
All of Winton's volumes can be reviewed.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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I agree. Thank You
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Rick Mansfield said:xnman said:
And long those lines.... I've requested more books by Church of Christ writers... which there are not many of in Logos supply of books. But some, like me, would like to buy more relevant books for our/my libraries.
xnman, you might be interested to know that the Gospel Broadcasting Network Commentaries are in production. These are Church of Christ resources. The first two volumes, Genesis and Exodus, are available for pre-order and should be released in March. The remaining volumes in the series should be released over the next few months.
Thanks for point this out! I did not know it....but will check it out for sure. Thanks again!
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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There is a lot of books needed for critical scholarship not found in Logos. To be comprehensive means to be critical and widespread.
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