European Hebrew Journal Publishes Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026)
17 August 2026
The Institute for Hebrew Language and Literature, Belgrade, is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026) of the European Hebrew Journal.
The new issue brings together international scholarship from several areas closely connected with the Institute’s academic mission, including Hebrew studies, biblical studies, linguistics, Jewish studies, textual and translation studies, theology, cultural history, and related interdisciplinary fields.
The publication of the second issue represents an important step in the continued development of the European Hebrew Journal, which was established as an international Diamond Open Access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal. All published content is freely available to readers, while authors are not charged publication fees.
Through the journal, the Institute aims to support rigorous academic research, international scholarly cooperation, and broader access to research in Hebrew language and literature and the disciplines that naturally intersect with them.
We extend our sincere thanks to the authors, reviewers, academic editors, members of the Editorial Board, and all colleagues who contributed to the preparation and publication of this issue.
Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026) is available here:
https://ehj.hebrew.edu.rs/index.php/european-hebrew-journal/issue/view/vol1-no2-2026
What Volume 1, Issue 2 Brings
Volume 1, Issue 2 presents a broad interdisciplinary collection of research spanning Hebrew and biblical studies, Jewish history and culture, Ancient Near Eastern studies, translation, theology, religious memory, material culture, and comparative approaches to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
The issue opens with an editorial reflection by Editor-in-Chief Željko Stanojević and includes the following contributions:
Željko Stanojević — From the Editor-in-Chief: On the Publication of Volume 1, Issue 2
Joshua Schwartz — Young Girls and Their Dolls in Judaism
Joshua Seth Houston — Food, Clothing, and Covenant: Egyptian Cultural Mores and Israel’s Transformation in the Exodus Narrative
Changjong Lee — Census as Ritual Risk: From Mari tēbibtum to Biblical kipper
Vivien Bello-Osagie and Yusuf Zakariya Abdullahi — Translating the Aqedah: Transitivity Patterns and the Construction of Agency in English Renderings of Genesis 22
Sivan Nir — Not Lamb of God but Old Scape Goat: Job as Gospel Parody in Shemot Rabbah
Dejan Lukic — The Church and the Jewish Question in Dietrich Bonhoeffer: From Theological Critique to an Ethics of Responsibility
Jeffrey L. Morrow — Hebrew Grammar as Potential Corrosive Tool of Modernity: The Case of Spinoza’s Unfinished Compendium grammatices linguae hebraeae
Yaniv Elijah d’Or — From Implicit Cultural Memory to Explicit Performance: An Autoethnographic Study of Jewish Musicians, Artistic Identity, and Political Contestation in International Performance
Rainer Feldbacher — Diaspora, Trade, and Textual Mobility: Jewish Merchant Networks along the Silk Roads
Yu-Sung Liao — Zikaron and Saṃskāra: Relational and Dispositional Continuity Across Shared Problem Fields
AJ Fletcher — Jael the Death Mother: A Darkly Humorous Examination of Judges 4
Darko Anev — Between Social Stigma and Theological Meaning: A Comparative Analysis of Shame in Hebrew and Akkadian Texts
Together, these contributions reflect the journal’s commitment to bringing different scholarly traditions into conversation: from close analysis of Hebrew and biblical texts to archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern culture, Jewish social and intellectual history, translation studies, Christian–Jewish relations, comparative religion, and the continuing reception of biblical and Jewish traditions.
Read the complete Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026):
European Hebrew Journal — Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026)
Read the complete Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026):
European Hebrew Journal — Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026)
European Hebrew Journal Publishes Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026)
17 August 2026
The Institute for Hebrew Language and Literature, Belgrade, is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026) of the European Hebrew Journal.
The new issue brings together international scholarship from several areas closely connected with the Institute’s academic mission, including Hebrew studies, biblical studies, linguistics, Jewish studies, Ancient Near Eastern studies, textual and translation studies, theology, cultural history, and related interdisciplinary fields.
The publication of the second issue represents another important step in the development of the European Hebrew Journal, established as an international Diamond Open Access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal. All published content is freely available to readers, while authors are not charged publication fees.
Through the journal, the Institute aims to support rigorous academic research, international scholarly cooperation, and broader access to research in Hebrew language and literature and the disciplines that naturally intersect with them.
What Volume 1, Issue 2 Brings
Volume 1, Issue 2 presents a broad interdisciplinary collection of scholarship extending from Hebrew and biblical studies to Jewish history and culture, Ancient Near Eastern studies, translation, theology, religious memory, material culture, and comparative approaches to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
The issue opens with an editorial reflection by the Editor-in-Chief and includes the following contributions:
Željko Stanojević
From the Editor-in-Chief: On the Publication of Volume 1, Issue 2
Joshua Schwartz
Young Girls and Their Dolls in Judaism
Joshua Seth Houston
Food, Clothing, and Covenant: Egyptian Cultural Mores and Israel’s Transformation in the Exodus Narrative
Changjong Lee
Census as Ritual Risk: From Mari tēbibtum to Biblical kipper
Vivien Bello-Osagie and Yusuf Zakariya Abdullahi
Translating the Aqedah: Transitivity Patterns and the Construction of Agency in English Renderings of Genesis 22
Sivan Nir
Not Lamb of God but Old Scape Goat: Job as Gospel Parody in Shemot Rabbah
Jeffrey L. Morrow
Hebrew Grammar as Potential Corrosive Tool of Modernity: The Case of Spinoza’s Unfinished Compendium grammatices linguae hebraeae
Rainer Feldbacher
Diaspora, Trade, and Textual Mobility: Jewish Merchant Networks along the Silk Roads
Yu-Sung Liao
Zikaron and Saṃskāra: Relational and Dispositional Continuity Across Shared Problem Fields
AJ Fletcher
Jael the Death Mother: A Darkly Humorous Examination of Judges 4
Together, these contributions reflect the journal’s commitment to bringing different scholarly traditions into conversation: from close analysis of Hebrew and biblical texts to Ancient Near Eastern culture, Jewish social and intellectual history, translation studies, Christian–Jewish relations, comparative religion, and the continuing reception and interpretation of biblical and Jewish traditions.
We extend our sincere thanks to the authors, reviewers, academic editors, members of the Editorial Board, and all colleagues who contributed to the preparation and publication of this issue.
Read the complete Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026):
European Hebrew Journal — Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026)
Institute for Hebrew Language and Literature
Belgrade, Serbia
Institute for Hebrew Language and Literature
Belgrade, Serbia