Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought is a quarterly Orthodox Jewish peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Rabbinical Council of America. It covers a range of topics including philosophy and theology, history, law, and ethics. It was established in 1958 by the founding editor-in-chief Norman Lamm. He was succeeded by Walter Wurzburger (1962-1988), Emanuel Feldman (1988-2001), Michael Shmidman (2001-2004), and Shalom Carmy (2004-2019). Jeffrey Saks was named the journal's sixth editor in January 2019.[1]
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| Discipline | Jewish studies |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Jeffrey Saks |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1958–present |
| Publisher | Rabbinical Council of America (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Tradition |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0041-0608 |
| LCCN | 65049751 |
| JSTOR | 00410608 |
| OCLC no. | 242975206 |
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Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in the Atla Religion Database,[2] Modern Language Association Database,[3] and ProQuest databases.[3]
Anthologies
editVarious themed book collections have been published anthologizing essays first published in the journal:
- A Treasury of Tradition, ed. N. Lamm and W. Wuzrburger (Hebrew Publishing Company, 1967)
- The Conversion Crisis, ed. E. Feldman and J. Wolowelsky (Ktav Publishers, 1990)
- Jewish Law and the New Reproductive Technologies, ed. E. Feldman and J. Wolowelsky (Ktav Publishers, 1997)
- Exploring the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, ed. M. Angel (Ktav Publishers, 1997)
- Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik: Man of Halacha, Man of Faith, ed. M. Genack (Ktav Publishers, 1998)
- Women and the Study of Torah, ed. J. Wolowelsky (Ktav Publishers, 2001)
References
edit- ^ Sam Sokol, [https://www.jta.org/2019/02/07/culture/can-a-journals-new-editor-keep-orthodox-debate-relevant-in-the-21st-century "A journal's new editor wants to steer the Modern Orthodox debate into the 21st century", Jewish Telegraphic Agency, February 7, 2019.
- ^ "Title and Product Update Lists". Atla Religion Database. American Theological Library Association. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ a b "Tradition". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
External links
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