“Jewish Studies" is published annually by the World Union of Jewish Studies (WUJS) and provides an outlet for the publication of articles, studies, documents and various other contents in Jewish studies. The journal publishes articles in Hebrew and in English, which undergo a review process. The journal focuses on studies of a methodological programmatic nature and reviews various areas of Jewish studies. The journal was first published in 1971 under the title "Newsletter of the World Union of Jewish Studies". Since 1996 it is published in its current form as "Jewish Studies - Journal of the World Union of Jewish Studies". In addition to articles, the journal publishes a section for recent WUJS news and publications, as well as reviews of new books published in the various fields of Jewish studies.
The articles in the volume:
Cult
as Literature in Second Temple Judaism (Papers from the 16th World
Congress of Jewish Studies)
Anne
Katrine Gudme – Dyed Yarns and Dolphin Skins: Temple Texts as Cultural Memory
in the Hebrew Bible
Line
Sogaard Christensen – Cultural Evolution in the Hebrew Bible: Animal
Sacrifices, Blood Sprinkling, Sacred Texts, and Public Readings
Soren
Holst – Provisional, Primordial, and Preexistent Temples in the Dead Sea
Scrolls and Related Texts
Martin
Friis – "Aaron…The Most Deserving of Us": Josephus on the Priestly
and High-Priestly Offices in the Jewish Antiquities book 3-4
ABSTRACTS
HEBREW
SECTION
Efraim
Sand – Traces of Byzantine Jewish Exegesis in Rashi's Commentary
Eran
Viezel – The Composition of the Bible in the Writings of R. David Kimhi
Yaron
Naim – Djerba's Rabbis: Orthodox Judaism in Islamic Territories?
Yael
Shemesh – Jewish Feminist Biblical Scholarship: Possible Directions
Book
Review
Abraham
David – Review: Guide to the Hebrew Manuscripts collections Benjamin Richler,
Guide to Hebrew Manuscript Collections, Second edition, Jerusalem, The Israel
Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2014, 410 Pages
Eliezer
Schweid – Review Essay: Germans Against Germans? Moshe Zimmermann, Germans
Against Germans: The Fate of the Jews 1938-1945, Am Oved, 251 pps.,
Moshe
Zimmermann – Response to Eliezer Schweid
New
Books and Periodicals in Jewish Studies
Manuscripts
and Annoted Critical Editions
Journals
Anthologies,
Jubilee and Memorial Book
Monographs