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I'm new to Logos; I just made my initial purchase on Friday. I'm working on a PhD in church history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and I tend to do work on exegetical history, patristics, and women's history.
I purchased an Orthodox Gold bundle and a Lutheran Silver bundle along with an Orthodox Legacy package so I could get the entire ACCS collection; I then augmented these with the Church History XL expansion and the Church Fathers XL expansion. I figured this gives me a pretty good basic library of primary and secondary church history sources. But there really weren't any broad women's studies packages that I could purchase to start my collection, at least not that I saw. My only option right now is to buy women's studies books one at a time.
It would be nice to see a Women's Studies expansion library. I'm envisioning here primary sources from women in church history and serious academic studies of women in the Bible and theology and church history, not devotional / homiletic stuff (like this collection: https://www.logos.com/product/17749/womens-bible-study-collection) or egalitarian-complementarian polemics (though a "both sides" resource like Two Views on Women and Ministry could be fine). The latter may be easier said than done as I suspect a majority of the academic studies on women in the Bible/church history/theology are by egalitarians or other feminist-leaning scholars, but a resource is a resource.
The FaithLife/Logos rep I purchased through did direct me to this collection here (https://www.logos.com/product/5728/gender-and-the-bible-collection), which is not a bad collection, but it's pretty Old Testament heavy.
Here's some of the women's studies books on my wish list, to give you an idea of the kind of bundle I would like to see:
https://www.logos.com/product/17699/feminist-interpretation-of-the-bible-and-the-hermeneutics-of-liberationhttps://www.logos.com/product/26933/feminist-companion-to-esther-judith-and-susannahttps://www.logos.com/product/39611/jeroboams-wife-the-enduring-contributions-of-the-old-testaments-least-known-womenhttps://www.logos.com/product/39662/paul-women-and-wives-marriage-and-womens-ministry-in-the-letters-of-paulhttps://www.logos.com/product/16101/womens-bible-commentary https://www.logos.com/product/200876/the-ivp-womens-bible-commentary-an-indispensable-resource-for-all-who-want-to-view-scripture-through-different-eyes https://www.logos.com/product/54407/essays-on-women-in-earliest-christianity https://www.logos.com/product/28151/women-of-the-reformed-churchhttps://www.logos.com/product/1490/dictionary-of-women-in-church-history https://www.logos.com/product/175043/the-gospel-according-to-eve-a-history-of-womens-interpretation https://www.logos.com/product/162284/luthers-letters-to-womenhttps://www.logos.com/product/37664/handbook-of-women-biblical-interpreters-a-historical-and-biographical-guidehttps://www.logos.com/product/182525/women-in-the-story-of-jesus-the-gospels-through-the-eyes-of-nineteenth-century-female-biblical-interpretershttps://www.logos.com/product/186732/early-church-understandings-of-jesus-as-the-female-divine-the-scandal-of-the-scandal-of-particularityhttps://www.logos.com/product/145436/christian-women-in-the-patristic-worldhttps://www.logos.com/product/5988/women-in-the-world-of-the-earliest-christianshttps://www.logos.com/product/168023/the-doctors-of-the-church-womenhttps://www.logos.com/product/46706/gospel-women-studies-of-the-named-women-in-the-gospelshttps://www.logos.com/product/194918/women-in-the-mission-of-the-church-their-opportunities-and-obstacles-throughout-christian-history
The Logos Mobile Ed courses on Women in the Old Testament and New Testament would probably be a good addition to this hypothetical bundle as well.
Thank you for reading my suggestion.
Welcome to the forums, Bridget!
And nice suggestions. There's a lot more possibles ... I think Faithlife wouldn't struggle at all for a library expansion package (eg S, M, L, XL). I dutifully tag each of mine, so they don't get lost in my library.
It's a great idea!
Great suggestion! Have you considered Wisdom Commentary Series (16 vols.) | Logos Bible Software and Wisdom Commentary Series | WC (5 vols.) | Logos Bible Software ?
RRD: Great suggestion! Have you considered Wisdom Commentary Series (16 vols.) | Logos Bible Software and Wisdom Commentary Series | WC (5 vols.) | Logos Bible Software ?
No but I will keep them in mind. Thanks!
I would be very interested in a women's studies expansion package and for those resources to be automatically tagged for me.
Great suggestion. I have many of these books, but you pointed out some that I had never heard of. Wondering if FL could make either a collection or expansion package or simply categories that would list resources we would never find without categories.
Great suggestion! Also, consider voting for this book to be produced by Logos and included in a Women's Studies bundle.
Vote here: https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/women-in-the-new-testament-world
A Women's Study Expansions Package or Bundle would get support from me. Welcome to the forums, Bridget. FL get to work!
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Kiyah: Great suggestion! Also, consider voting for this book to be produced by Logos and included in a Women's Studies bundle. Vote here: https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/women-in-the-new-testament-world
I voted!
And if we want to keep this thread open as a list of options for this hypothetical Women's Studies expansion (or just a place for suggestions for my wish list ), I'm good with that.
Here is a book that's up for community pricing with a suggested bid of $16, if anyone wants to help make it happen:
https://www.logos.com/product/43979/dictionary-of-saintly-women
Great list, and great recommendation to have such a bundle offered!
Here are some more possibilities for such a bundle:
The Concept of Woman, vol. 1: The Aristotelian Revolution
The Concept of Woman, vol. 2: The Early Humanist Reformation, parts 1 & 2
The Concept of Woman, volume III: The Search for Communion of Persons 1500-2015
The Politics of Heaven: Women, Gender, and Empire in the Study of Paul
His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God (not very academic, but definitely primary voices that should be heard)
Anchoritic Spirituality: Ancrene Wisse and Associated Works
Are We Amused? Humour About Women In the Biblical World
Circumscribing the Prostitute: The Rhetorics of Intertextuality, Metaphor and Gender in Jermiah 3:1–4:4
The Double Message: Patterns of Gender in Luke-Acts
Eve: Accused or Acquitted?: An Analysis of Feminist Readings of the Creation Narrative Texts in Genesis 1–3
The Feminine Genius of Catholic Theology
Feminist Interpretation of the Bible and the Hermeneutics of Liberation
Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)versions of Biblical Narratives (Second Edition)
Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Gender, Tradition and Romans
God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality
God Remembered Rachel: Women’s Stories in the Old Testament and Why They Matter
Hannah's Desire, God's Design: Early Interpretations of the Story of Hannah
A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women (5 vols.)
The House of the Mother: The Social Roles of Maternal Kin in Biblical Hebrew Narrative and Poetry
The Israelite Woman: Social Role and Literary Type in Biblical Narrative
Jesus and Marginal Women: The Gospel of Matthew in Social-Scientific Perspective
Jesus: Miriam’s Child, Sophia’s Prophet: Critical Issues in Feminist Christology
Jewish Women Collection (4 vols.)
Liberating Tradition: Women’s Identity and Vocation in Christian Perspective
Margaret Ebner: Major Works
Mothers of Promise: Women in the Book of Genesis
Plotted, Shot, and Painted: Cultural Representations of Biblical Women
The Prostitute and the Prophet: Reading Hosea in the Late Twentieth Century
Sexual Politics in the Biblical Narrative: Reading the Hebrew Bible as a Woman
Smooth Words: Women, Proverbs, and Performance in Biblical Wisdom
Telling Queen Michal's Story: An Experiment in Comparative Interpretation
Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and Biblical Israel
A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman
"Who Will Lament Her?" The Feminine and the Fantastic in the Book of Nahum
Wisdom's Feast: An Invitation to Feminist Interpretation of the Scriptures
Wise, Strange and Holy: The Strange Woman and the Making of the Bible
Woman in the Bible: An Overall View of All the Crucial Passages on Women’s Roles
Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne
Woman’s Body and the Social Body in Hosea 1–2
Woman’s Place is in the House: Royal Women of Judah and their involvement in the House of David
Women and Families (Jacob Neusner explores the complex roles of women in Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam)
Women in Ministry: Four Views (Spectrum Multiview Books)
Women, Ideology and Violence: Critical Theory and the Construction of Gender in the Book of the Covenant and Deuteronomic Law
Women’s Divination in Biblical Literature: Prophecy, Necromancy, and Other Arts of Knowledge
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Rosie Perera: Great list, and great recommendation to have such a bundle offered! Here are some more possibilities for such a bundle:
Fantastic list! Thank you!
I've posted a suggestion for this on the Feedback site. I had to edit my post to remove mentions of "Prostitute" "Sexual" and "Sexuality" because it gave me this error message with those in. (At least the forum software doesn't block those words.)
You can vote for the bundle here:
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/a-women-s-studies-bundle
Rosie Perera: I've posted a suggestion for this on the Feedback site. I had to edit my post to remove mentions of "Prostitute" "Sexual" and "Sexuality" because it gave me this error message with those in.
I've posted a suggestion for this on the Feedback site. I had to edit my post to remove mentions of "Prostitute" "Sexual" and "Sexuality" because it gave me this error message with those in.
That's kind of funny. The history of Christianity and prostitution is actually one of my areas of interest. I'd have a hard time writing anything if I couldn't say "sexuality."
Bridget Jack Jeffries: Rosie Perera: I've posted a suggestion for this on the Feedback site. I had to edit my post to remove mentions of "Prostitute" "Sexual" and "Sexuality" because it gave me this error message with those in. That's kind of funny. The history of Christianity and prostitution is actually one of my areas of interest. I'd have a hard time writing anything if I couldn't say "sexuality."
Ha! Women's body parts have typically been considered "bad words" too throughout history, somewhat more so then men's, though the main male one is still probably censored there too. I know a pastor who made all his elders say the "v" word (I won't spell it out, in case there are people here who are offended by it) out loud to get over their squeamishness about it. It's just a body part. Medical doctors use it all the time. I grew up not even being taught what it was called or that it was even there, which created a whole lot of ignorance and shame about sexuality, women's health, and feminine hygiene.
In second year Sanskrit, in reading a play, we reached a sentence that was so explicit no student was willing to give its translation - eventually the professor gave in an provided the translation. We then returned to the normal practice of students taking turns translating. It taught us a very memorable lesson on how cultural the "forbidden" words are.
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Today I purchased some women's studies books that I thought would be useful, only to find that they're minimally tagged / untagged in Logos. :-(
Please vote for them to get tagged in the feedback forum here:
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/logos-women-s-studies-books-not-tagged
Today I purchased some women's studies books that I thought would be useful, only to find that they're untagged / minimally tagged in Logos. :-(
Please vote on this thread in the feedback forum for them to get tagged:
MJ. Smith:how cultural the "forbidden" words are
Indeed. Even between the UK and the US, which both speak English, degrees of taboo vary depending on the word. In the UK, the word "bl00dy" is a vile word that nobody would use in polite society, whereas in the US it merely describes someone's condition when they have a wound. On the other hand, the "f" word is considered a worse swear word in the US than it is in the UK. Although times have changed and it's more acceptable (or variants of it) as an emphatic now than when I was growing up.