Hebraic Political Studies
Hebraic Political Studies
Hebraic Political Studies was a quarterly, peer‑reviewed English‑language journal about political history. It was published in Israel by Shalem Press and funded by the Tikvah Fund through the Shalem Center. The editors‑in‑chief were Gordon Schochet and Arthur Eyffinger, and the journal was open access.
The journal aimed to recover and study the Hebraic political tradition, looking at how biblical, Talmudic, rabbinic, and other Jewish sources—used by Christian, Muslim, and Jewish thinkers—shaped the history of political thought. It grew out of a 2004 conference in Jerusalem on Jewish sources in early modern political thought, after which editors decided there was a need for a dedicated publication. It began in 2005.
The final issue appeared in Fall 2009, and the site stated that submissions were no longer being accepted. The publication was part of a broader Shalem Center effort; some observers compared it with Azure, another Shalem Center publication, noting that while the two shared similarities, Azure was sometimes described as neoconservative. Arkush suggested Hebraic Political Studies would likely appeal more to historians of ideas than to readers hoping to revive liberalism in Israel or the West.
The journal was indexed in several databases, including JSTOR and Scopus, making its articles accessible to researchers.
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