The ''Journal for the Study of the Old Testament'' (JSOT) is a

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covering the field of

Biblical studies Biblical studies is the academic application of a set of diverse disciplines to the study of the Bible, with ''Bible'' referring to the books of the canonical Hebrew Bible in mainstream Jewish usage and the Christian Bible including the can ...

. The

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are David Shepherd (

Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...

) and Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer ( Örebro School of Theology). It was established in 1976 and is published by

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. The journal is associated with the Sheffield school approach, which engages in literary readings of the final form of the biblical text.Michael E. Travers,
Formalism
" in ''Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible'', p. 231.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: * Academics Premier * ATLA Religion Database * Index theologicus * New Testament Abstracts * Religion & Philosophy Collection

References

External links

* SAGE Publishing academic journals English-language journals Biblical studies journals Academic journals established in 1976 5 times per year journals {{Bible-journal-stub