Center for Hebrew Language and Literature
Research Infrastructure
Established: 2010
Organization Type: Independent non-governmental research organization
Headquarters: Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Research Unit: Institute for Hebrew Language and Literature
Research Fields: Hebrew Language, Hebrew Linguistics, Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, Semitic Studies, Textual Criticism, Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew Literature, Onomastics, Historical Linguistics, Translation Studies, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Archaeology, and related disciplines.
Official Scholarly Journal: European Hebrew Journal (EHJ)
Publishing Model: Diamond Open Access
Editorial System: Open Journal Systems (OJS)
DOI Registration Agency: Crossref
Persistent Identifiers: Crossref Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)
DOI Prefix: 10.67469
Example DOI: https://doi.org/10.67469/EHJ2026.1.1.3
Knowledge Graph: Wikidata
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140423174
International Academic Cooperation: The Center has established an international academic network through the European Hebrew Journal and its Editorial Board, whose members are affiliated with universities and research institutions in Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
About the Center
The Center for Hebrew Language and Literature is an independent non-governmental research organization headquartered in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, established in 2010. The Center is dedicated to scholarly research in Hebrew language, Hebrew linguistics, Biblical Hebrew, Jewish Studies, Biblical Studies, Semitic Studies, textual criticism, Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew literature, onomastics, historical linguistics, translation studies, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Archaeology, and related academic disciplines.
The mission of the Center is to advance research in Hebrew language and literature through independent scholarship, international academic cooperation, scholarly publishing, and the dissemination of scientific knowledge in accordance with the principles of academic integrity and Open Science. The Center serves as both a research institution and an academic publisher, supporting the creation, dissemination, preservation, long-term accessibility, and international visibility of scholarly research.
As part of its organizational structure, the Center includes the Institute for Hebrew Language and Literature, which functions as its research unit and carries out scholarly, educational, and publishing activities in Hebrew Studies and related disciplines.
Scientific Output
The Center’s scholarly output includes peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly books, monographs, dictionaries, lexicographic works, academic translations, critical editions, educational publications, editorial projects, and digital scholarly resources. Research produced within the Center contributes to Hebrew Studies, Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, Semitic Linguistics, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, and related academic disciplines.
Research Environment
The Center provides an independent research environment that supports long-term scholarly projects, interdisciplinary collaboration, academic publishing, and international research partnerships. Its activities combine original research, scholarly communication, editorial work, and the dissemination of scientific knowledge through open-access publishing. The Center also supports international scholarly communication by providing editorial, publishing, and research infrastructure for scholars working in Hebrew Studies and related disciplines.
The Center conducts scholarly research, develops lexicographic projects, prepares academic translations, publishes scholarly books and peer-reviewed journal articles, organizes educational programs, and promotes interdisciplinary research connecting Hebrew language, linguistics, Jewish history, Biblical Studies, philology, archaeology, theology, manuscript studies, and the broader field of Semitic Studies.
One of the Center’s principal scholarly activities is the publication of the European Hebrew Journal (EHJ), an international peer-reviewed Diamond Open Access academic journal dedicated to Hebrew language, Hebrew linguistics, Biblical Hebrew, Jewish Studies, Biblical Studies, Semitic linguistics, textual criticism, Dead Sea Scrolls, archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Hebrew literature, and related disciplines.
The journal operates under a rigorous double-blind peer-review process and is published using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. As a Crossref member, the Center registers Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) under the prefix 10.67469 for all scholarly articles published in the European Hebrew Journal, ensuring persistent identification, rich metadata, interoperability, long-term preservation, and international discoverability within the global scholarly communication infrastructure.
The Center has established an international academic network through the European Hebrew Journal and its international Editorial Board. Members of the Editorial Board are affiliated with leading universities and research institutions worldwide, including the University of Cambridge, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yale University, New York University, Bar-Ilan University, Emory University, George Washington University, KU Leuven, University of Hamburg, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Ruhr University Bochum, Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Aberdeen, Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum), Sapienza University of Rome, Aga Khan University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Brandeis University, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Catholic University of Argentina, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Zagreb, Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lipscomb University, Grace Christian University, University of Wasit, and numerous other academic institutions represented by members of the Editorial Board.
Beyond scholarly publishing, the Center supports academic research through lexicographic projects, Hebrew manuscript studies, philological and linguistic research, translation projects, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the development of scholarly resources dedicated to Hebrew language and Jewish civilization. Particular attention is devoted to Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew philology, Hebrew manuscript traditions, Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew onomastics, comparative Semitic linguistics, the historical development of the Hebrew language, and related areas of scholarly inquiry.
The Center encourages international scholarly cooperation and welcomes collaboration with universities, research institutes, libraries, museums, archives, academic publishers, and individual researchers. Through research partnerships, editorial cooperation, scholarly publications, and academic exchange, the Center seeks to strengthen international collaboration within Hebrew Studies and related disciplines.
The Center is committed to the principles of academic excellence, editorial independence, international scholarly cooperation, Diamond Open Access publishing, research integrity, and Open Science. The Center seeks to promote rigorous academic research, international scholarly dialogue, and the long-term preservation, dissemination, and visibility of research in Hebrew Studies through sustainable open-access publishing, international collaboration, and adherence to internationally recognized standards of scholarly communication.