Tarbiẕ () was a scientific quarterly of contemporary Jewish studies, Humanities and religion, published in Hebrew, by the Institute of Jewish Studies (now ''Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies'') at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The journal was first published in the Autumn of 1929 and ended its publication in 2017. Among Hebrew journals, it is considered one of the most important journals in its field. Etymologically, the word "Tarbiz" means "place of dissemination of learning," particularly that related to an "academy," or "seat of learning." Tarbiẕ deals with the Jewish sciences:

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Kabbalah Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "receiver"). The de ...

, Israeli customs,

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, Hebrew bibliography, and more.

History

In the year 1935, to mark the eight-hundredth anniversary of

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' birth, the periodical became solely devoted to the subject of Maimonides, initially called: ''The Book of Maimonides of the Tarbiz''. It later broadened its scope to include the entire range of Jewish studies. The first editor of the journal was Professor Yaakov Nahum Epstein who served as its chief-editor until 1952, after whom,

Hayyim Schirmann Hayyim (Jefim) Schirmann ( he, חיים שירמן; October 19, 1904 – June 14, 1981) was an Israeli scholar of medieval Spanish and Italian Jewish poetry. Biography Hayyim Schirmann was born in Kiev in the Russian Empire. He studied in his home ...

took-over from 1955 to 1969, followed by Ephraim Elimelech Urbach between the years 1971–1981. The following years saw a range of other chief editors. Participating in its writing were renowned personalities in the field of Jewish studies, including those who regularly wrote about it, such as

Gershom Scholem Gershom Scholem () (5 December 1897 – 21 February 1982), was a German-born Israeli philosopher and historian. Widely regarded as the founder of modern academic study of the Kaballah, Scholem was appointed the first professor of Jewish Mysticis ...

Saul Lieberman Saul Lieberman (Hebrew: שאול ליברמן, May 28, 1898 – March 23, 1983), also known as Rabbi Shaul Lieberman or, among some of his students, The ''Gra"sh'' (''Gaon Rabbeinu Shaul''), was a rabbi and a Talmudic scholar. He served as Professo ...

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Hanoch Albeck Hanoch Albeck (Hebrew: חנוך אלבק) (August 7, 1890 - January 9, 1972) was a professor of Talmud at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. He was a foremost scholar of the Mishna and one of the pioneers of the scientific approach to Mis ...

, among others. Many of the key articles were also printed separately, or collected by their authors to be assembled into book-form. The current publisher is the Magnes Publishing House at the

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public university, public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein ...

. The journal's citation and reference rules were adopted by law journals published by Israeli universities whenever citing sources touching upon traditional

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Abstracting and indexing

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in the

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, Periodicals Index Online, Jewish Studies Source,

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, Old Testament Abstracts Online, and MLA -

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References

External links

Tarbiz
- A Quarterly for Jewish Studies (

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back issues) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarbiz (Journal) Judaic studies journals Quarterly journals Publications established in 1929 Hebrew-language journals Publications disestablished in 2017 Religion history journals