The Jewish Quarterly Review (JQR) is the oldest English-language journal of Judaic scholarship, established in 1888 by Israel Abrahams and Claude G. Montefiore as an outgrowth of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. It has historically been a favorite publication venue for some of the best-known names in Jewish scholarship, including Solomon Schechter, Alexander Altmann, Solomon Zeitlin, Louis Ginzberg, Menachem Kellner, Michael Friedländer, E. N. Adler, W. Bacher, L. Blau, A. Büchler, T. K. Cheyne, H. Hirschfeld, D. Kaufmann, A. Neubauer, M. Steinschneider, I. Zangwill, etc. English, a West Germanic language originating in England, is the first language for most people in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ... For a discussion of Jews as an ethnicity or ethnic group see the article on Jew. ... Israel Abrahams (b. ... Wissenschaft des Judentums or the scientific investigation of Judaism, refers to a 19th-century movement premised on the critical investigation of Jewish literature and culture, including rabbinic literature, using scientific methods to analyze the origins of Jewish traditions. ... Solomon Schechter (1847-1915) was a Romanian Jewish rabbi, academic scholar, and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of the American Conservative Jewish movement. ... Alexander Altmann (1906–1987) Alexander Altmann (April 16, 1906–June 6, 1987) was an Orthodox Jewish scholar and rabbi born in Kassa, Hungary. ... Solomon Zeitlin, שְׁלֹמֹה צײטלין, Шломо Цейтлин Shlomo Cejtlin(Tseitlin, Tseytlin) (1892/1886, Chashniki, Vitebsk guberniya - 1976, United States) was a Lithuanian (Russian) rabbi, religionologist, and historian. ... Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. ... Portrait of Adolf Neubauer, from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. ...

The JQR's conventions for transliterating Hebrew have become recognized as mainstream academic conventions.

External Links

• JQR Homepage

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