Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
The Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZATW/ZAW) is an academic German journal established in 1881. It is concerned with theological, linguistic and historical criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Formerly, it represented a strictly Protestant point of view on the Old Testament. At the present time, it is more ecumenical, also representing Catholic and Jewish points of view.
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| Discipline | Old Testament |
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| Language | German and English |
| Edited by | Hans-Christoph Schmitt Ernst-Joachim Waschke |
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| History | 1881-present |
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| Frequency | Semi-annually |
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| ISO 4 | Z. Alttest. Wiss. |
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| ISSN | 0044-2526 (print) 1613-0103 (web) |
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Its first editor was Bernhard Stade. Currently, the journal is edited by Hans-Christoph Schmitt and Ernst-Joachim Waschke and published by Walter de Gruyter. It is edited two times per year in both a printed version and an internet version (ISSN 1613-0103). The majority of articles are written in German, but some of them are written in English and French.
A companion to the ZAW journal is the Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZNW).
