Tradition (journal)

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]

Tradition
DisciplineJewish studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJeffrey Saks
Publication details
History1958–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Tradition
Indexing
ISSN0041-0608
LCCN65049751
JSTOR00410608
OCLC no.242975206
Links

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Atla Religion Database,[2] Modern Language Association Database,[3] and ProQuest databases.[3]

Anthologies

Various 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
  1. 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.
  2. "Title and Product Update Lists". Atla Religion Database. American Theological Library Association. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  3. "Tradition". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2019-04-04.


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