Advice about journals in Diamond
Hi everyone,
First some background...I am a layman who loves digging in (simply because I am wired by God that way). My day job as a Finance professor is doing Finance research, so I love doing and reading academic research in Finance. This is where I spend most of my time.
I am considering purchasing the the Diamond package because of its collection of journals for 3 reasons:
1. I recently started listening to sermons of D A Carson, a seminary professor with some pedigree. Both my wife and I love his sermons. He is not into application, but that's ok. But he tries to explain what the passage means. And that is something that I want when I am reading my Bible. His mind processes and communicates similar to ours - we'd be listening to his sermons and we'll say "he should now define and explain what xxx means" and sure enough, he'll do exactly that. So I am thinking that academic stuff might be interesting to us. After all, all PhDs regardless of discipline have some common element in terms of reasoning, so it is easy to relate to other academics.
2. DAL pointed out here (https://community.logos.com/forums/p/221887/1292206.aspx#1292206) that buying Diamond is the best way to get a bunch of journals.
3. The only resources left in my Diamond package are primarily the journals (see below for the full list), so for me specifically, Diamond is a great way to get journals at "low" cost.
But I have no idea which journals are good (in finance, I just read the top 3) AND whether the journals in the Diamond package are good (see full list of unowned resources below) AND what I would get from these journals that I won't get from commentaries (have over 3000 of them). Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance for what I am sure will be helpful advice coming down the pike.
9Marks Journal, 2006-2020
American Journal of Theology (24 vols.)
American Theological Inquiry | ATI (8 vols.)
Ashland Theological Journal (45 vols.) (1968–2013)
Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics, 2012-2020 | BAGL
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Number 365 (February 2012)
$2.95
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Number 366 (May 2012)
$2.95
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Number 367 (August 2012)
$2.95
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Number 368 (November 2012)
$2.95
Chafer Theological Seminary Journal (1995–2006, 2008) (13 vols.)
Chafer Theological Seminary Journal, Volume 14
$3.95
Christian History Magazine, Issues 1-140
Partially owned
Christianity Magazine (176 issues)
Churchman Journal (1886–2012)
Conspectus, Volume 23
$3.99
Conspectus, Volume 24
$3.99
Conspectus: Special Edition in Honour of the Work of Bill Domeris, April 2018
$3.99
Credo Magazine: 2010-2021 (11 vols.)
Critical Review of Books in Religion (1988–1998)
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal (18 vols.) (1996–2013)
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal Update, Volume 19 (2014)
$5.99
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, Volume 20
$5.99
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, Volume 21
$5.99
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, Volume 22
$5.99
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, Volume 23
$5.99
Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal, Volume 24
$5.99
Filología Neotestamentaria, 33 volumes (1988-2020)
Filología Neotestamentaria, Vol. XXXIV, No. 54 (2021)
$19.95
Harvard Theological Review (16 vols.) (1908–1923)
Imaginatio et Ratio: A Journal of Theology and the Arts (3 vols) (2012–2014)
Jewish Quarterly Review (13 vols.)
Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament (7 vols.)
Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research (2009–2012) (4 vols.)
Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research: Volume 5, 2013
$16.79
Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 1991-2011 (19 vols.)
Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Volume 64, 2012
$10.95
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures | JHS: 1996-2021 (21 vols.)
Partially owned
Journal of Markets & Morality (30 issues)
Journal of Ministry & Theology, 24 vols. (1997-2020)
Journal of Modern Ministry (17 issues)
Journal of Moral Theology (22 issues)
Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages (1971-2020)
Maranatha Baptist Theological Journal, Volume 5, Number 1 (Spring 2015)
$4.99
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary Journal Bundle (20 vols.)
Mutuality Magazine (2000-2021)
Near Eastern Archaeology, Volume 76, Nos. 1–4, 2013
$19.95
Near Eastern Archaeology, Volume 77, Nos. 1–4, 2014
$19.95
Near Eastern Archaeology, Volume 78, Nos. 1–4, 2015
$19.95
Near Eastern Archaeology, Volume 79, Nos. 1–4, 2016
$19.95
Near Eastern Archaeology, Volume 80, Nos. 1–4, 2017
$19.95
Princeton Theological Review (443 issues)
Religious and Theological Abstracts
$62.99
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal, 14 vols.(2007-2020)
Semeia: An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism (91 Issues)
The Founders Journal (1990-2019)
The Journal of Biblical Apologetics (11 vols.)
Partially owned
The Journal of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Volume 5, Spring 2018
$3.99
The Journal of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Volume 6, Spring 2019
$3.99
The Journal of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Volume 7, Spring 2020
$3.99
The Journal of Modern Ministry, Volume 7, Issue 1, Winter 2010
$3.99
The Journal of Modern Ministry, Volume 7, Issue 2, Spring 2010
$3.99
The Journal of Modern Ministry, Volume 8, Issue 1, Winter 2011
$3.99
The Journal of Modern Ministry, Volume 8, Issue 2, Spring 2011
$3.99
The Journal of Modern Ministry, Volume 9, Issue 1, Winter 2012
$3.99
The Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin (1958-2019)
The Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin, Volume 65, 2020
$2.95
The Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin, Volume 66, 2021
$2.95
The Other Journal: An Intersection of Theology and Culture 18–23, 6 vols. (2011–2014)
The Review of Biblical Literature | RBL, 1998-2006 (9 vols.)
The Southern Baptist Journal of Missions and Evangelism, Volume 1, Issue 1 (Summer 2012)
$4.99
The Southern Baptist Journal of Missions and Evangelism, Volume 1, Issue 2 (Fall 2012)
$4.99
The Southern Baptist Journal of Missions and Evangelism, Volume 2 (Fall 2016)
$4.99
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Ok first all the language journals BAGL, JHS, JNSL are for the language in the Bible and each has a history of talking about the language under study with them.
Second, the Founders Journal and the Southern Baptist Journals are Southern Baptist products and I am Southern Baptist so I use those.
The Jewish Quarter Review is not the complete collection. The 13 volumes are from over 100 years ago. What is cited in the books we read is not what is in our software.
If you are after journals I suggest you focus your efforts on journal collections especially Galaxy which has JETS.
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Thank you very much, Matt.
I am wondering if you can comment on the following question: What I would get from these journals that I won't get from commentaries (have over 3000 of them)?
Thank you.
I believe in a Win-Win-Win God.
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I saw your list, and it's so eclectic, you'd need to know what you're wanting (your interests). The OL and ancient-oriented journals all operate on the latest this/that, which is significant for this/that (I doubt your cup of tea). Definitely not in your commentaries.
But I'm surprised you don't have Semeia? It used to be in the lower-end packages. Often when 'nobody knows', Semeia has a series. It's like a hundred monographs, arranged in a series. Each a subject.
Will be curious as to Matt's answer.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Thanks DMB for your response.I went to my library and chose "Journal" as the facet. I have the following journals.
- Themelios: 1975-2024 (some odd issues missing here and there)
- Journal of Biblical Literature: 1981-2006
- Journal of Biblical Apologetics: 2007-2008
- Journal of Theological Interpretation: 2007-2012
- Journal of Hebrew Scriptures: 1996-2014
- Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research from 1992-2011
- Near Eastern Archeology: 1998-2012
I don't know in which packages the above came because I have never considered journals in my decisions thus far. But what is surprising is that the random collection of years for each journal.I randomly picked an issue of Semeia, the journal your mentioned. The lowest package it was in for me was Logos 10 Diamond package that I am considering. The next package was Verbum Platinum, which is $160 more than the Diamond as I don't have too many Verbum packages. The next is Academic Journal Bundle 7.4 - another $180 more.ThanksI believe in a Win-Win-Win God.
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1Cor10 31 said:
Themelios: 1975-2024 (some odd issues missing here and there)
You can probably get all the missing issues for free using that useful discount code upon checkout, which is the name of the journal in all upper case.
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Thank you, Rosie, for your response.
1. I was going by the "year" attached to the journal and thought I had some missing issues. I went and checked the full Themelios collection, and I seem to have it all. But I will know to use the code if I miss in the future.
2. I found that D.A. Carson (my new favorite) is associated with Themelios in some editorial capacity. That gives me some confidence to go read this journal.
Thank you.
I believe in a Win-Win-Win God.
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