Journals: The poor cousin that few seem to care about any more!

Donovan R. Palmer said:

Without a doubt, this is an all time record of delays for journals. 

I suggest they delay all shipping of any product for 6 mo so my bank acct can recover.  [;)]

Journals are published by organizations and groups to give a forum for individual articles and essays on topics of interest to those groups.  They are typically published like magazines at regular intervals; e.g., four times a year.  The article content may be varied or they may be quite focused based on the desires of the publisher.

I have Logos resources which are journal volumes published by World Evangelical Fellowship.  The journal is named Evangelical Review of Theology.  There are about 30 articles in each volume ranging on varied topics such as preaching styles and missions.

I purchased the set spanning 22 years while I still was running Libronix.  I was disappointed at the time that Libronix was not even able to search the article titles.  I would not have been able to employ the content without spending a lot of personal time perusing the table of contents of each volume.

One of the first things I noted when I installed Logos 4 was the entire text of all the journals was included in the index.  As a result I have been able to locate pertinent articles on Church History (9 articles) and Missions (6 articles) which I have employed in my personal studies.

Robert Wazlavek said:

I don't know anything about Journals, someone care to share information on them?  What they are exactly?  What their usefulness is?  Etc?

The other David did a good job of introducing them as Essays. If I could expound on his explanation as it relates to usefulness. I think of Journals as a collection of Essays written by Seminary professors on topics that may not have sufficient public appeal for a whole book. Imagine writing a paper or preaching a text and being able to use Logos to search for a citation in order to find an essay written by a professor at a respected Seminary on your topic or text of choice.

Here is a free online sample of one journal. Search search logos site for "themelios" then search the same word in Google. This journal is available as a free PDF online, but for less than $2 you can have it in logos which is searchable and allows you to cut and paste into your own works.

Robert Wazlavek said:

I don't know anything about Journals, someone care to share information on them?  What they are exactly?  What their usefulness is?  Etc?

The major advantage of (theological), journals is to provide real time commentary on current issues in Biblical studies. Unlike monographs, which typically treat material and arguments from several years before the monograph was published (typically within the last ten years, sometimes within the last five years, uncommonly within the last couple of years), journal articles typically constitute and treat the latest commentary on a given topic.

Journal articles are an excellent barometer of current scholarly opinion and consensus, and generally the best way to stay current on the latest findings and theories. Discussion of topical issues takes place broadly and swiftly in journals, and having a collection of a large collection of journals provides you with a diverse range of thoughts and opinions on an issue, far more cheaply and efficiently than purchasing several monographs on the subject.

What journal articles lack in depth (in comparison with monographs; you can still find 50 page journal articles covering a single subject in profound detail), they make up for in diversity of opinion and access to contemporary scholarly views.

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Had to cancel my pepub under my accounts page and reorded in new products page.Same price to get it now.   

  Martin.