QUESTION/DATA BUG: Bible metadata - alternative name

I was checking to see if the original language name was given as an alternative name in order to find books referenced by their original name in footnotes/bibliographies … and use the translation feature when appropriate. I noticed two oddities in Bibles:

Why isn't the term Rabbinic Bible given as an alternative … or does it apply only to the commentary portion?
Why does The Passion Translation have an alternative name the same as its title … and why is Bible. English. used to prefix several alternative names. It causes confusion and is not in any meaningful way part of an alternative title. They are subsets not titles.

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Joe McCune (Faithlife)

When alternate titles are provided for Logos books, it is to make them easier to find while searching the Library. So it's perfectly normal for them to include broad categories such as "English" or "Bible". They are similar to Library of Congress Subject Headings.

We have opened a case to investigate what alternate titles to assign to the NJPS series you mention.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1380904#Comment_1380904

Thanks for the explanation. I find it hard to wrap my head that alternative title is duplicative of subject data when there are actual alternative titles that fit the name such as original language names, popular academic short names, prior name when an edition changes the title … That is the information I would expect and use. I have difficulty figuring out any use for the data as you describe it.