About the Journal

The European Hebrew Journal (EHJ) (ISSN 3122-8879 (Online), COBISS.SR-ID 195306505, 1602082250), is an emerging international peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to interdisciplinary research in Hebrew and Jewish Studies. The journal welcomes original research articles, review papers, translations, critical editions, and book reviews from scholars worldwide.

The journal has been evaluated and accepted for indexing by CEEOL on 7 July 2026.

The journal has been evaluated and accepted for indexing by Linguistic Bibliography Online on 14 August 2026 for selective indexing of linguistically relevant articles; this does not imply coverage of every EHJ article.

The journal operates under a Diamond Open Access publishing model. All published research articles undergo double-blind peer review. The journal uses Crossref-registered Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) within the scope of its DOI Policy.

Publication Frequency

The European Hebrew Journal (EHJ) is published biannually, with two issues per year.

Volume 1, Issue 1 — Published: 5 June 2026

Volume 1, Issue 2 — Published: 17 August 2026

The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to:

• Ancient, Biblical, Medieval, Rabbinic, and Modern Hebrew
• Semitic linguistics and comparative language studies
• Biblical philology and textual criticism
• Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran studies
• Manuscript traditions, paleography, codicology, and scribal culture
• Hebrew orthography, lexicography, grammar, and translation studies
• Jewish and Israeli literature
• Biblical studies and interpretation
• Jewish history, including Sephardic, Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, and Balkan Jewish heritage
• Jewish cultural heritage and memory studies
• Holocaust studies and historical memory
• Jewish philosophy and intellectual history
• Philosophy of religion and theological thought
• Sociology of religion and religious communities
• Psychology of religion and religious experience
• Anthropology of religion and culture
• History of Judaism and Jewish communities across regions and periods
• Christianity, Islam, and interreligious relations in historical and philological contexts
• Archaeology of the Ancient Near East and Biblical world
• Ancient Near Eastern civilizations and comparative traditions
• Onomastics, toponymy, and naming traditions
• Religious education and pedagogy
• Digital humanities in Hebrew and Jewish Studies

The journal particularly encourages interdisciplinary approaches connecting language, history, religion, culture, literature, philosophy, archaeology, and society. Contributions from researchers working outside Hebrew linguistics—including historians, philosophers, sociologists, theologians, literary scholars, anthropologists, archaeologists, and specialists in Jewish communities worldwide—are strongly welcomed.

The European Hebrew Journal aims to foster international scholarly dialogue and provide a Diamond Open Access platform for rigorous research related to Hebrew language, Jewish civilization, textual traditions, and broader Jewish studies.

All content is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Publisher

Institute for Hebrew Language and Literature
Nušićeva 12a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
https://hebrew.edu.rs/

The Institute is the registered publisher of the European Hebrew Journal and an organisational unit within the Center for Hebrew Language and Literature, the legal entity.

PIB: 106695233 | Registration No. (MB): 28018525

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