Suggestion: Add more scholarly theological journals to the Theological Journal Library (or as stand-

I've been watching the conversation on this thread about the Theological Journal Library. I must confess I have not bought that resource because I find it doesn't include most of the best top-notch Biblical studies journals I'd expect to find in such a collection. Here are some I would want to see in Logos format, for example (spanning quite a theological spectrum, but all respected academic journals):

· *Biblica (http://www.bsw.org/project/biblica) – “Published since 1920 by the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Biblica is a research journal and appears four times a year.“

· *Biblical Interpretation (http://www.brill.nl/bi) – “A Journal of Contemporary Approaches”; “provides a vehicle for the exercise and development of a whole range of newer techniques of interpretation, including feminist readings, semiotic, post-structuralist, reader-response and other types of literary readings, liberation-theological readings, ecological readings, psychological readings, and post-colonial interpretation, among many others.”

· Crux (http://www.regent-college.edu/crux) – “A Quarterly Journal of Christian Thought and Opinion published by Regent College”

· Direction Journal (http://www.directionjournal.org) - "For thirty years Direction has been addressing biblical, theological, historical, ethical, and church-related issues. A semiannual publication, Direction is supported by Mennonite Brethren higher education institutions in the United States and Canada."

· *Interpretation – (http://www.interpretation.org) – “A Journal of Bible and Theology”

· *Journal for the Study of the New Testament (http://jnt.sagepub.com) – “Scholarly journal covering a range of critical methodologies”

· Journal for the Study of the Old Testament (http://jot.sagepub.com) – “Offering the best of current scholarship on the Old Testament across a range of critical methodologies”

· *Journal of Theological Studies (http://jts.oxfordjournals.org) – “Founded in 1899, The Journal of Theological Studies crosses the entire range of theological research, scholarship and interpretation. Ancient and modern texts, inscriptions, and documents that have not before appeared in type are also reproduced.”

· McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry (http://www.mcmaster.ca/mjtm) – “an electronic and print journal that seeks to provide pastors, educators, and interested lay persons with the fruits of theological, biblical, and professional studies in an accessible form”

· *Novum Testamentum (http://www.brill.nl/nt) – “Novum Testamentum is a leading international journal devoted to the study of the New Testament and related subjects. This includes text-critical, philological, and exegetical studies, and investigations which seek to situate early Christian texts (both canonical and non-canonical) and theology in the broader context of Jewish and Graeco-Roman history, culture, religion, and literature. For 50 years an unrivalled resource for the subject.”

· *TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism (http://purl.org/TC) – “an electronic journal dedicated to the study of the Jewish and Christian biblical texts”; “textual criticism of the Jewish and Christian scriptures (including extracanonical and related literature)”; “transcend[s] the traditional boundary between textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and New Testament textual criticism.”

· *Theology Today (http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu) - a quarterly ecumenical journal of Christian theology

· Vetus Testamentum (http://www.brill.nl/vt) – “Vetus Testamentum is a leading journal covering all aspects of Old Testament study. It includes articles on history, literature, religion and theology, text, versions, language, and the bearing on the Old Testament of archaeology and the study of the Ancient Near East. Since 1951 generally recognized to be indispensable for scholarly work on the Old Testament.“

· Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (http://www.degruyter.de/journals/zaw/detailEn.cfm) - published in Germany, but it has plenty of articles in English; “has been the leading international and interconfessional periodical in the field of research in the Old Testament and Early Judaism for over one hundred years.”

· *Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der Älteren Kirche (http://www.degruyter.de/journals/znw/detailEn.cfm) – published in Germany, but it has plenty of articles in English; “an international journal for the exegesis of the New Testament and knowledge of the early church (patristics)”

Most of these (the starred ones) are included in the list of journals on NT Gateway (which is hosted by Logos!), and I’m sure Logos would also recommend the OT counterparts I haven’t starred, too (JSOT, VT, ZAW). I’ve also thrown in a couple of personal favorites which aren’t as widely cited but still have some good biblical studies and theology articles.

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Donovan R. Palmer

This is a brilliant list and I hope that we can gain more of these in Logos format in the future (not today as the 2009 book budget is sorely broke!)

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59333#Comment_59333

This is a brilliant list and I hope that we can gain more of these in Logos format in the future (not today as the 2009 book budget is sorely broke!)

Ah, but 2010 is only 13 days away, so you get to start fresh with a whole new annual book budget. [;)]

Donovan R. Palmer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59337#Comment_59337

Ah, but 2010 is only 13 days away, so you get to start fresh with a whole new annual book budget.

I like the way you think!

Damian McGrath

An excellent list, Rosie.

It surprises me that biblica hasn't been offered given that a number of PBI books have been produced by Logos and that recent years are freely available on the Web.

Ted Hans

Rosie, Galaxie are responsible for the Theological Journal Library. So you may want to submit your suggestions to them.

Ted

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59356#Comment_59356

Rosie, Galaxie are responsible for the Theological Journal Library. So you may want to submit your suggestions to them.

I figured I'd get more leverage by posting the suggestion here where others could chime in "yes, me too!" Logos watches these forums and gauges interest, and I'm sure they communicate with Galaxie when bunches of users request something. I don't have any Galaxie products and have no relationship with them, so I'm not likely to submit a suggestion directly to them.

Donovan R. Palmer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59362#Comment_59362

I figured I'd get more leverage by posting the suggestion here where others could chime in "yes, me too!" Logos watches these forums and gauges interest, and I'm sure they communicate with Galaxie when bunches of users request something. I don't have any Galaxie products and have no relationship with them, so I'm not likely to submit a suggestion directly to them.

It is also possible that Logos will produce their own Theological Journal bundle.

George Somsel

I've been watching the conversation on this thread about the Theological Journal Library. I must confess I have not bought that resource because I find it doesn't include most of the best top-notch Biblical studies journals I'd expect to find in such a collection. Here are some I would want to see in Logos format, for example (spanning quite a theological spectrum, but all respected academic journals):

I concur that it would be desireable to have more scholarly journals. Many seem content with such offerings (by Galaxie) as Bibliotheca Sacra, Grace Journal, etc., but none of these are truly scholarly journals. The problem is not with Logos. They have published the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures and the monograph series Semeia. The Journal of Biblical Literature is one journal which has been on prepub for some time without attracting sufficient support to bring it to publication. How can we expect other such journals to be published if the customer base does not adequately support it?

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59381#Comment_59381

I concur that it would be desireable to have more scholarly journals. Many seem content with such offerings (by Galaxie) as Bibliotheca Sacra, Grace Journal, etc., but none of these are truly scholarly journals. The problem is not with Logos. They have published the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures and the monograph series Semeia. The Journal of Biblical Literature is one journal which has been on prepub for some time without attracting sufficient support to bring it to publication. How can we expect other such journals to be published if the customer base does not adequately support it?

Perhaps the problem is that the JBL is a one-off and people like the idea of getting a bundle of lots of journals, even if it is more expensive. I wonder how things would change if Logos were to put a Scholarly Journals Bundle into community pricing or pre-pub. Would more people jump at it?

I think that Logos has been catering mostly to the non-scholarly type. I guess the market for scholarly works will never be as big as that for popular works, and that could prevent such things from being cost-effective for Logos to ever produce. But I'd be sad if that were the case. Would that all Christians would become better scholars! There was a good article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal on this subject, by the managing editor of Patrol Magazine, a Christian publication: "Winning Not Just Hearts but Minds: Evangelicals move, slowly, toward the intellectual life."

Mark Barnes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59386#Comment_59386

There's a simple reason why journals like those aren't available on Logos. It's because, generally speaking, the publisher care only about Libraries with thousand dollar budgets.

Take the JSNT, for example. It costs $96 for a one year subscription or $400 for a seminary. That gives you access, via the web, to all the journals since 1978. But after a year, your access is removed. Can you imagine what that might want to charge individuals for perpetual access to those resources? And can you imagine what that might charge seminaries!

I thank God that evangelical journals are generally far more enlightened. (And I also thank Him that because I'm a post-grad student I get access to most scholarly journals through my institution!!)

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59400#Comment_59400

There's a simple reason why journals like those aren't available on Logos. It's because, generally speaking, the publisher care only about Libraries with thousand dollar budgets.

Take the JSNT, for example. It costs $96 for a one year subscription or $400 for a seminary. That gives you access, via the web, to all the journals since 1978. But after a year, your access is removed. Can you imagine what that might want to charge individuals for perpetual access to those resources? And can you imagine what that might charge seminaries!

I thank God that evangelical journals are generally far more enlightened. (And I also thank Him that because I'm a post-grad student I get access to most scholarly journals through my institution!!)

Yes, but as print-based journals gradually disappear, they're all going to be in e-journal format only, so the cost of producing them will go way down. You'd think they could afford to give the rest of us a break. Fortunately, I still live near my seminary and audit courses there, so I can use the library e-resources. But it's not the same as having them all integrated into Logos would be.

Also, the journals wouldn't be granting perpetual access to all new issues. You'd still have to buy the new editions each year when they came out. Like the way the TJL works now. So the publishers would have a continuing revenue stream from users who wanted to keep up-to-date with the latest scholarship.

Kevin Becker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59411#Comment_59411

I just bought a Galaxie volume and I believe one word on the package explains why Galaxie hasn't branched in the direction of the more scholarly journals. Conservative, Galaxie's description of the journals uses this word. Now, I don't want to knock the word conservative, many would call me conservative (of course those more conservative than me might call me a liberal... sigh, labels always break down). However, Rosie, most, if not all of the journals you mentioned can't be described as conservative. I would LOVE to have JSNT, JSOT, JTS, JTI (not on your list), and VT among others. These journals were either interesting reads or very helpful to me (except for the cost of photocopies!) when I was in college and seminary.

I would hope that the publishers of these journals would at least consider the high-volume/low price model and bundle these journals.

Donovan R. Palmer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59423#Comment_59423

I would hope that the publishers of these journals would at least consider the high-volume/low price model and bundle these journals.

I prefer bundles because it is easier to manage. The downside is that I usually have something in the bundle I don't want that bad, but the convenience for me outweighs buying and updating a bunch of different journals separately.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59423#Comment_59423

I just bought a Galaxie volume and I believe one word on the package explains why Galaxie hasn't branched in the direction of the more scholarly journals. Conservative, Galaxie's description of the journals uses this word. Now, I don't want to knock the word conservative, many would call me conservative (of course those more conservative than me might call me a liberal... sigh, labels always break down). However, Rosie, most, if not all of the journals you mentioned can't be described as conservative.

I know. I made the same point over on that other thread: "Galaxie seems to have a certain theological leaning, and Logos is more neutral, publishing things all across the theological spectrum. I doubt Galaxie would want to publish some of the good scholarly journals because they might consider them to be too liberal. I wouldn't want most of the things in the TJL as it stands except BibSac, JETS, and WTJ. I'm guessing it would make more sense for Logos to put out on its own a second bundle of journals geared more towards academic theological scholarship. Or, ideally, let people mix and match the journals of their choice for a custom bundle. But I doubt the print publishers would go for that."

Many would consider me conservative too, and I used to be proud to wear that label. I remember being quite shocked my first year at my evangelical seminary when a friend told me she'd "learned a lot from the liberals." But I've opened up more and understand now what she was talking about. And I don't adhere to some of the things that the label "conservative" now means to many people (I'm basically a pacifist, I believe environmental conservation is a Christian responsibility, and I've even preached at my church as a woman -- gasp! -- that would have been taboo in my mind about about 10 years ago). But I'm still pretty theologically conservative. Sigh. Labels are so fuzzy.

Anyway, even conservative evangelicals have learned a lot from liberal scholarship and we'd be stupid to shun it completely.

Friedrich

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59430#Comment_59430

i haven't invested in those journals --- well, some I don't know, and the ones I know or like are not generally in them. And my impression is they are of a particular theological bent, not just merely conservative. That is fine, but I like a broader spectrum to read from. That said, I am "interested" in them, just not "hot" for them. [6] (that's a hot guy. not a devil. i couldn't find fire or a sun) I'd buy them, but only way down on the list.

Bobby Terhune

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59440#Comment_59440

I hate to rain on the parade, but the lack of journals is not because of Galaxie's conservative stance or any lack of interest in Logos for putting together a prepub. The problem is that the institutions that produce these journals have signed over exclusive rights to Ingenta and other like them that charge an arm and a leg for online access. I have spoken to Galaxie about this and was informed that they have now lost Masters Seminary and Trinity because of this. They will get to do Trinity for one more year and Masters has already fallen off this year.

Big online institutions buying up the rights to journal content is a problem that can only get worse as I see it. Galaxie is trying to find a way to get publishing rights for CD's from the people who bought the rights but we will have to see how that will all play out. I'm just sorry we're losing journal titles to these exclusive agreements when we should be gaining titles.

Donovan R. Palmer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59459#Comment_59459

The problem is that the institutions that produce these journals have signed over exclusive rights to Ingenta and other like them that charge an arm and a leg for online access.

I didn't know this for sure, but this confirms my suspicions. That's a real drag.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59461#Comment_59461

The problem is that the institutions that produce these journals have signed over exclusive rights to Ingenta and other like them that charge an arm and a leg for online access.

Well, then Logos should just buy Ingenta. [:)]

Don

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/59430#Comment_59430

Anyway, even conservative evangelicals have learned a lot from liberal scholarship and we'd be stupid to shun it completely.

"Liberals" are much more rigorous with the text and make lots of great observations. Their problems stem not from observation, but from interpretation of what they have observed.

Stephen Paynter

This is a great list of journals ... and I couldn't agree more that Logos needs more scholarly journals - however they come, bundled or not. (Bundled and discounted would be nice, but not necessary),

A few months back I approach Galaxie to find out about Vol 12, and was told it was coming soon (Now, here, of course.) I suggested a few titles to them, including Tyndale Bulletin and the Evangelical Quaterly, and, if I remember correctly, Journal of New Testament Studies. They told me Tyndale Bulletin was already on its way ... and that is a good scholarly resource. They were going to look into the EQ, and that they hadn't been able to get Cambridge University Press to take any interest in them. Sigh!

(If CUP started to publish through Logos, I would also love to see their series of `Theology of <New Testament Book>' in Logos. Baulkham on Revelation, especially. And .... come to that, McGrath on the History of the Doctrine of Justification.)

As for the not-particularly-scholarly nature of many of the journals in TJL ... that too is okay, and has a useful place in my Logos library. I find that it is interesting to read the different partisan positions from those who hold them, rather than getting them second-hand from one's own favourite theologians ... it helps us to do justice to the positions of those we might otherwise misrepresent. Something that's got to be a good thing.

Tes

I have been asking to Logos to include the Amharic bible in their Format,(the Haileselassie 1) for about two years ,I still keep on reminding.

Kris Kennedy

Great List--count me in! Also, of noteworthy mention, the journal, Pro Ecclesia

Kris Kennedy

Great List--count me in! Also, of noteworthy mention, the journal, Pro Ecclesia

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/61290#Comment_61290

I find that it is interesting to read the different partisan positions from those who hold them, rather than getting them second-hand from one's own favourite theologians ... it helps us to do justice to the positions of those we might otherwise misrepresent. Something that's got to be a good thing.

Amen!

Donovan R. Palmer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/61625#Comment_61625

Amen!

Rosie, you are online! Found an internet connection on your travels?!?

Hampton Keathley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/61866#Comment_61866

Hey, just saw this post.... I've contacted lots of scholarly journals, JSNT, JSOT, CBQ, Scottish Journal of Theology, etc., etc., They weren't interested because they still make lots of money selling their warehouse full of back issues, or they planned to do their own digital thing, or they signed exclusives with ATLA for their online thing.

Jeremy

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/70679#Comment_70679

I spent nearly every extra in-class minute of my seminary experience downloading all the free pdf journal articles from ATLA that I could. I must have 5,000 journal articles. The good thing is that I have them and can do a basic Windows search for a topic I am researching. The bad is that I can't incorporate them into Logos. Does the personal book builder make Logos books out of pdf's?

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/70680#Comment_70680

Does the personal book builder make Logos books out of pdf's?

Not the PBB for L3

Alain Maashe

Some here appear to overlook some of the fundamental principles of publishing (that is of business related to publishing). The publishing market in theology/ biblical studies is a cutthroat market with a lot of products fighting for the limited resources of a limited number of customers. Resources including collections of resources must be targeted to specific audiences if a publisher hopes to make a buck (see the excellent two-part article by Dan Reid : They Asked for a Publisher's Perspective on Theological Commentaries). Having a product that is trying to be everything to everybody is a recipe for disaster. A “super collection” of journal articles covering the entire theological spectrum is a great idea for graduate students and others in academia but it is a very bad idea for a publisher that is targeting individual customers and not libraries. Most customers are not willing to pay for 1000 resources when they are only interested in 300 of them. Additionally, from a business perspective, it is generally counterproductive to mix resources from diametrically opposed theological persuasions (the only place where that really works is in resources like Zondervan’s Counterpoint series where it is the main goal of the work in question).

Let us also not confuse the lack of desire to buy a resource with a lack of desire to interact with it. I am thankful that my seminary’s library covers the entire theological spectrum and that I can consult the primary sources themselves and do not have to rely on what someone else has to say about them and adjust for their bias. However, what is desirable for my school’s library is not necessarily desirable for my personal library. I am much more selective in the resources I buy (one of the few exceptions has to do with resources related to my dissertation where I have purchased almost every non-devotional commentary on the book of John regardless of the theological persuasion). I make the conscious decision to mostly build my personal library around worthy evangelical resources when theological persuasion and presuppositions are central to the work. The pool of resources from the wider theological spectrum is still accessible from the Library during business hours but does not involve my hard earned money beyond library fees. I still benefit from what non-evangelicals have to say but I try not to invest in them if I do not have to.

For many of us here including myself, scholarship is not pursued for scholarship’s sake. It is only useful when it serves as a tool to edify the body of Christ (through rigorous but God honoring studies). Resources directly or indirectly conducive to spiritual edification are prioritized. The day I lose sight of the above is the day that I will have to find another occupation.

I smiled when one of the posters mentioned the need for “conservatives” to interact with “liberals” since they can also learn from them. I will not dispute that point, however, the reverse is also true as “liberals” could learn a lot from “conservatives”. If you ask the average graduate student in biblical studies, the “conservative” student is more likely to be better acquainted with the whole theological spectrum than his or her “liberal” counterpart. The existence of conservative scholars is often not even acknowledged and when it is, conservative works are seldom seen as deserving the “scholarly” classification. Bibliographies do not lie ….

I would like to see the TJL keep its “conservative” focus and at the same time improve some of the offerings. Others collections with clear focus should also be offered and I would like to see most of the journals in the OP available electronically and in a more friendly format than what is currently done.

However, I am not ready to pay (or promise to pay) in order to see that happen... now if it was offered for free...[:D]

Alain

Alex Scott

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/70679#Comment_70679

Hey, just saw this post.... I've contacted lots of scholarly journals, JSNT, JSOT, CBQ, Scottish Journal of Theology, etc., etc., They weren't interested because they still make lots of money selling their warehouse full of back issues, or they planned to do their own digital thing, or they signed exclusives with ATLA for their online thing.

Ahhh.... the ultimate lurker! Welcome to the forums Hampton, and thanks for all the work you do in making these journals available to us.

Stephen Thorp

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/70727#Comment_70727

Considering the weighty conversations going on here about theological journals, I am amazed that there has been so little interest shown in Themelios which is already waiting for production on the pre-pub list. It is one of the best journals around and is 'top drawn' in terms of its scholarly endeavour. I whole heartedly recommend it!

http://www.logos.com/products/prepub/details/5120

A Sampling of the Hundreds of Authors Represented in Themelios

D.A. Carson
Carl Trueman
Tim Keller
Philip Graham Ryken
Peter Enns
G.K. Beale
Craig Blomberg
Philip Johnston
I. Howard Marshall
Alister McGrath
Stanley E. Porter
J. I. Packer
Kenneth E. Bailey
Kwame Bediako
N.T. Wright
Paul Helm
Clark H. Pinnock
William Dyrness
Richard J. Mouw
John R.W. Stott

Stephen Thorp

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/70738#Comment_70738

I should also add that the 'book reviews' are excellent!

Ted Hans

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/70724#Comment_70724

Some here appear to overlook some of the fundamental principles of publishing (that is of business related to publishing). The publishing market in theology/ biblical studies is a cutthroat market with a lot of products fighting for the limited resources of a limited number of customers. Resources including collections of resources must be targeted to specific audiences if a publisher hopes to make a buck (see the excellent two-part article by Dan Reid : They Asked for a Publisher's Perspective on Theological Commentaries). Having a product that is trying to be everything to everybody is a recipe for disaster. A “super collection” of journal articles covering the entire theological spectrum is a great idea for graduate students and others in academia but it is a very bad idea for a publisher that is targeting individual customers and not libraries. Most customers are not willing to pay for 1000 resources when they are only interested in 300 of them. Additionally, from a business perspective, it is generally counterproductive to mix resources from diametrically opposed theological persuasions (the only place where that really works is in resources like Zondervan’s Counterpoint series where it is the main goal of the work in question).

Let us also not confuse the lack of desire to buy a resource with a lack of desire to interact with it. I am thankful that my seminary’s library covers the entire theological spectrum and that I can consult the primary sources themselves and do not have to rely on what someone else has to say about them and adjust for their bias. However, what is desirable for my school’s library is not necessarily desirable for my personal library. I am much more selective in the resources I buy (one of the few exceptions has to do with resources related to my dissertation where I have purchased almost every non-devotional commentary on the book of John regardless of the theological persuasion). I make the conscious decision to mostly build my personal library around worthy evangelical resources when theological persuasion and presuppositions are central to the work. The pool of resources from the wider theological spectrum is still accessible from the Library during business hours but does not involve my hard earned money beyond library fees. I still benefit from what non-evangelicals have to say but I try not to invest in them if I do not have to.

For many of us here including myself, scholarship is not pursued for scholarship’s sake. It is only useful when it serves as a tool to edify the body of Christ (through rigorous but God honoring studies). Resources directly or indirectly conducive to spiritual edification are prioritized. The day I lose sight of the above is the day that I will have to find another occupation.

I smiled when one of the posters mentioned the need for “conservatives” to interact with “liberals” since they can also learn from them. I will not dispute that point, however, the reverse is also true as “liberals” could learn a lot from “conservatives”. If you ask the average graduate student in biblical studies, the “conservative” student is more likely to be better acquainted with the whole theological spectrum than his or her “liberal” counterpart. The existence of conservative scholars is often not even acknowledged and when it is, conservative works are seldom seen as deserving the “scholarly” classification. Bibliographies do not lie ….

I would like to see the TJL keep its “conservative” focus and at the same time improve some of the offerings. Others collections with clear focus should also be offered and I would like to see most of the journals in the OP available electronically and in a more friendly format than what is currently done.

However, I am not ready to pay (or promise to pay) in order to see that happen... now if it was offered for free...

Alain

Alain where have you been? As usual you make sense to me and you have been greatly missed in this forum. I can see your dissertation is taking most of your time rightly so. Anyway great post and a great read[Y] Looking forward to reading more of your post as time will permit.

Happy new year and God bless

Ted

Ted Hans

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/70738#Comment_70738

Considering the weighty conversations going on here about theological journals, I am amazed that there has been so little interest shown in Themelios which is already waiting for production on the pre-pub list. It is one of the best journals around and is 'top drawn' in terms of its scholarly endeavour. I whole heartedly recommend it!

To your suggestion just to add that there is also a 'scholarly Journal' The Journal of Biblical Literature on Pre-Pub http://www.logos.com/products/prepub/details/3625.

Ted

George Somsel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/70754#Comment_70754

Considering the weighty conversations going on here about theological journals, I am amazed that there has been so little interest shown in Themelios which is already waiting for production on the pre-pub list. It is one of the best journals around and is 'top drawn' in terms of its scholarly endeavour. I whole heartedly recommend it!

To your suggestion just to add that there is also a 'scholarly Journal' The Journal of Biblical Literature on Pre-Pub http://www.logos.com/products/prepub/details/3625.

Ted

Yes, I subscribed to that when it was first offered. Since then I have waited, and waited, and waited ....

Jim VanSchoonhoven

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/70894#Comment_70894

I think it is sad that on the whole the church is unaware of Theological Journals and how important they can be to introducing us to the latest information on any given subject, I first started using Journals in my studies as a teen back in the early 70's. What a blessing they were than, and now being able to put them in Logos increases their value even more. I would not want to be without them for resources, they are one of my most often used resources, when I really want to know about the latest on a topic!

As a whole, I think Logos users do not understand these resources and their value, many have no idea what they contain and as a whole I think they need to be educated on their usefulness before we will see an increased market for them. Volumes 1-12 of the current seires of Theological Journals are a perfect example of Journals that could be used by almost everyone with a great reward resulting from their use.

Keep the Journals coming!

Jim

Jeremy

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/71161#Comment_71161

I've always thought the journals package was the best deal Logos offered. Southern Baptist Theological Journal, Trinity Journal, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Themelios, Tyndale Bulletin, and the Westminster Theological Journal are great (conservative) resources. For $350, you are getting an incredible wealth of scholarship. I hope that one day Christian Scholar's Review and Faith and Philosophy are added to the collection.

Alain Maashe

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/70745#Comment_70745

Ted,

Alain where have you been? As usual you make sense to me and you have been greatly missed in this forum. I can see your dissertation is taking most of your time rightly so. Anyway great post and a great read Looking forward to reading more of your post as time will permit.

Happy new year and God bless

Ted

Happy New Year to you too!

I have mostly been reading the forums and I will return to this passive role when my " Christmas break" is over

glad to "hear" from you

Alain