The ''Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft'' (''ZATW''/''ZAW'') is an academic German journal established in 1881. It is concerned with theological, linguistic and historical criticism of the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach" '' Old Testament. At the present time, it is more ecumenical, also representing Catholic and Jewish points of view.
Its first editor was
Bernhard Stade
Bernhard Stade (May 1848, Arnstadt, Thuringia6 December 1906) was a German Protestant theologian and historian.
Biography
He studied at Leipzig and Berlin, and in course of time became (1875) professor ordinarius at Giessen. Once a member of Franz ...
Walter de Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
. It is edited two times per year in both a printed version and an internet version (). The majority of articles are written in German, but some of them are written in English and French.
A companion to the ''ZAW'' journal is the ''
Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
The ''Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche'' (English: ''Journal for New Testament Studies and the Ancient Church'') is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1900. It is p ...