''Zion'' () is a quarterly
peer-reviewed academic journal
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covering
Jewish history
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and
ethnography, printed in
Hebrew
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and published since 1926 by the
Historical Society of Israel and the Zalman Shazar Center. The journal was established by
Yitzhak Baer and
Benzion Dinur. The
editors-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
are
Michael Toch Michael Toch (born 1946) is professor of medieval history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specialises in the history of the Jews in the Middle Ages, the early modern history of Germany and Europe, the social and economic history of mediev ...
and
Nadav Na'aman Nadav Na'aman (born in 1939 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli archaeologist and historian. He specializes in the study of Near East in the second and first millenniums BC. His research combines the history of the Ancient Near East, archaeology, Assyrolog ...
.
The journal was established in Jerusalem in 1926 as ''Zion: Me'asef'', obtaining its current title in 1935. It covers all aspects of Jewish history, drawn from all the lands in which Jews lived - in Israel and in the
Diaspora, from antiquity to the modern era, including emerging studies in
historiography
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, review essays, and book reviews.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is
abstracted and indexed
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in
L'Année philologique,
EBSCO databases, and
Old Testament Abstracts
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.
References
Further reading
*Samuel Ettinger (1985), "'Zion', and Jewish Historical Research in our own Time," in: ''Zion'' (50), pp. 9–15 (Hebrew) ()
External links
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Judaic studies journals
Quarterly journals
Academic journals established in 1926
Hebrew-language journals
History journals
Academic journals published by learned and professional societies