Formerly known by its subtitle Internationale Zeitschriftenschau fur
Bibelwissenschaft und Grenzgebiete, the International Review of Biblical
Studies has served the scholarly community ever since its inception in the
early 1950´s. Each annual volume includes approximately 2,000 abstracts and
summaries of articles and books that deal with the Bible and related
literature, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, Non-canonical
gospels, and ancient Near Eastern writings. The abstracts - which may be in
English, German, or French - are arranged thematically under headings such as
e.g. Genesis, Matthew, Greek language, text and textual criticism,
exegetical methods and approaches, biblical theology, social and religious
institutions, biblical personalities, history of Israel and early Judaism,
and so on. The articles and books that are abstracted and reviewed are
collected annually by an international team of collaborators from over 300 of
the most important periodicals and book series in the fields covered.
