A New Book Covering Academic Journals

 I am pleased to report that I have just signed a book contract to publish Academic Journals in Biblical Studies: Their Value, Use, and Misuse. Most of the book is written already, but I will be sending out a survey to select academics that will provide me with some invaluable data. (My plan is that the survey will eventually be open to any interested academic who emails me and has published at least one peer-reviewed journal article in the relevant disciplines.) The publisher is Cambridge Scholars Publishing, not formally affiliated with Cambridge University but initially created by Cambridge alumni [and for the record, they do not charge authors for anything]. I intend to have the book completed and submitted to them by October 1st, 2027, if the Lord allows.

The working outline is as follows (though I may be moving chapters 3 and 4 more towards the end of the book):

Chapter 1--Academic Journals: What Are They and Why Should You Care?

Chapter 2--Writing for Peer-Reviewed Journals

Chapter 3--A Methodology for Determining Rankings for Academic Journals

Chapter 4--Ranking the Journals [a four-tiered ranking system, drawing from data from the survey, among other things]. This will improve on my current list, found here.

Chapter 5--What Do You Owe the Writer? A Respectful Challenge to Editors and Peer-Reviewers

Chapter 6--The Use and Abuse of Journals as Personal Metrics

Chapter 7--The Case against Journals that Charge Authors Money

Chapter 8---Conclusion

Appendix 1--The Survey

Appendix 2--The Survey Data

Appendix 3 [?]--Some Personal, Subjective Observations on Writing for Academic Journals

Ranking Academic Journals: A Sample of what I hope the Final List Will Look Like

Some time ago I wrote "Peer-Reviewed Journals Pt 2: The Top 100+ Academic Journals for Biblical Studies," which has turned out to be my most popular post on this rather obscure blog that I publish, with 12,000+ hits and a significant number of comments. I am hoping to publish a book on academic journals in biblical and theological studies (I'm submitting proposals to publishers right now), a book which will cover everything from how peer-review works, predatory journals, "author-pays" journals, and journal articles as a "metric" evaluation (fairly or unfairly) for one's academic value. One chapter in the book will also offer a word of admonition to editors and peer-reviewers on behalf of all the would-be authors who have felt that they wasted their time with a particular journal or been treated unfairly. (With fourteen published academic journal articles and three more forthcoming, I have a lot of experience with the process. In addition to publishing, I have also peer-reviewed for a major evangelical journal).

In this book, I intend to include an intensely researched 4-tier listing of journals, significantly improved from the original posting. This is based on my firm belief that such online rankings as Scopus, while possessing value for ranking journals in "religion" in general, are almost worthless for ranking journals in the narrower fields of Christian biblical and theological studies (I discuss this in the book).

Here is an example of what I hope the final list will look like, using just the tier-1 journals. (The list will almost certainly change based on the surveys I intend to conduct. For the record, of my 17 journal articles only two of them are in this top-tier, so I feel that I am being objective. Also, I am open to feedback on these rankings, and those on the earlier post, but only from people that have actually published peer-reviewed material).

This is only the 1st tier out of 4 tiers.

 

Title and abbreviation	Years	Affiliation and/or   publisher	What sort of paper does it publish?	Misc.
Biblica (Bib)	1920–present	Pontifical Biblical Institute	Broad, biblical studies in general (including extra-canonical Christian literature)	Maximum of 55,000 characters; articles published in “English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.” No author fees.
Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research (BASOR). Multiple previous titles.[1]	1919–present	ASOR; The University of Chicago Press	Ancient Near East archaeology, society, and languages	Maximum of 12,000 words.
Catholic Biblical Quarterly (CBQ)	1939–present	Catholic Biblical Association of America	Broad, biblical studies in general (including extra-canonical Christian literature)	Maximum of 10,000 words.
Dead Sea Discoveries (DSD)	1994–present	Brill	“. . . the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their cultural, historical, and archaeological contexts” (from website).	Only British or American English.
Ephemerides theologicae lovanienses (ETL)	1924–present	KU Leuven and Université catholique de Louvain	“all aspects of theology and canon law” (from website).	Publishes articles in English, French, and German.
Harvard Theological Review (HTR)	1908–present	Harvard Divinity School	“. . . the history and philosophy of religious thought in all traditions and periods, including Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Christianity, Jewish studies, theology, ethics, archaeology, and comparative religious studies” (from website).	12,000 words is the upper limit (with some exceptions). Note that I am open to debate as to whether or not HTR belongs in tier-1, especially after the whole “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” issue.
The Jewish Quarterly Review (JQR)	1889–present	University of Pennsylvania Press	Jewish studies, but broad, including biblical, theological, philosophical, and cultural matters.	12,000 word limit.
Journal for the Study of the New Testament (JSNT)	1978–present	Sage Journals	New Testament studies, but broad.	Generally prefers 5,000–10,000 words.
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament (JSOT)	1976–present	Sage Journals	Old Testament studies, but broad.	Generally prefers 5,000–10,000 words.
Journal of Biblical Literature (JBL), formerly known as the Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis.	1881–present, with a hiatus of 1 year (current title 1890–present)	Society of Biblical Literature	Very broad, anything connected to Old and New Testament studies, as well as discussions of the nature of modern biblical scholarship itself.	Quarterly. Upper limit of 10,000 words, including footnotes.
Journal of Early Christian Studies (JECS), formerly known as The Second Century (SecCent).	1981–present (current title 1993–present)	North American Patristics Society; John Hopkins University Press	Church History, from C.E. 100–700.	Upper limit of 12,500 words (with endnotes). Adamantly declares that it does not charge author fees, and warns against websites claiming to represent Hopkins Press that charge a fee.
Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages (JNSL)	1971–present	Stellenbosch University	Publishes “linguistic, translational, literary, text-critical, historical, religious and cultural issues related to Ancient Near Eastern texts and societies, as well as articles addressing theoretical issues underlying these fields” (from the website). Elsewhere clarifies that ANE “includes Nubian, Coptic and Ethiopian studies.”	Bi-annual. 6,000 words is considered the approximate maximum amount.
Journal of Religious Ethics (JRE)	1973–present	Wiley Online Library	Not limited to Christianity and Judaism; includes discussions on a variety of ethical issues including climate change and AI. Also includes “historical studies of influential figures and texts” (from the website).	Prefers between 8,000–10,000 words, though willing to consider longer articles in special cases.
Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS)	1843–present	American Society for Premodern Asia (formerly the American Oriental Society)	Very broad, including studies on the culture, history, and religion of the Ancient Near East, Islamic Near East, South Asia, Southeastern Asia, and Eastern Asia.	“Preferably not exceeding 15,000 words, including footnotes . . .” The author retains the copyright for their journal article.
Journal of Theological Studies (JTS)	1899–present	Oxford Academic	Very broad, “the entire range of theological research, scholarship and interpretation” (from the website). Covers New Testament, Hebrew Scriptures, Church history, textual criticism, etc.	Biannual. “The length of articles in the Journal ranges from less than 1,000 to over 30,000 words” (from the website).
Maarav: A Journal for the Study of the Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures (Maarav)	1978–present	University of Chicago Press	The journal “is devoted to the texts and verbal objects of the ancient Levant featuring Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician, and related languages” (from the website).	Biannual.
Mission Studies (MIST)	1984–present	Brill; International Association for Mission Studies	The journal intends to be “a forum for the scholarly study of Christian witness and its impact in the world, and the related field of intercultural theology, from international, interconfessional and interdisciplinary perspectives.”	Triannual. Prefers articles about 6,000 words long, but with some “reasonable leeway,” including footnotes, etc., but not including “Tables and Figures” (from the website).
New Testament Studies (NTS)	1955–present	Cambridge University Press; Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas	Broad, anything related to New Testament studies and early church history.	Quarterly. Will publish articles in English, German, and French. Limit of 8,500 words, including footnotes.
Novum Testamentum (NovT)	1957–present.	Brill	Broad, anything related to New Testament studies and early church history.	Quarterly. Will publish articles in English, German, and French. Limit of 8,500 words, including footnotes.
Old Testament Essays (OTE)	1987–present	Old Testament Society of South Africa	Broad, anything related to the Old Testament, both Hebrew and Greek.	Triannual. Word limit of 7,000–10,000 words, including footnotes, etc.  Publishes in English,,  German. Requires that authors pay a fee of 400 Rand per page (equivalent, as of 9/10/2025, to $22.89 per page), if accepted for publication.
Philosophy	1926–present	Cambridge University Press; Royal Institute of Philosophy	Broad, anything related to modern and ancient philosophy, including overlapping concerns from language, religion, medicine, etc.	Quarterly Upper limit of 10,000 words.
Revue biblique (RB), two other former names[2]	1892–present (current name from 1946)	L’École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem	Very broad, virtually all matters relating to biblical studies, including Old Testament, New Testament, ANE archaeology, and church history.	Quarterly. Publishes articles in French, English, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Scottish Journal of Theology (SJT)	1948–present	Cambridge University Press	Covers “systematic, historical, and biblical theology” (from the website).	Quarterly. Prefers articles of 5,000–6,000, with 8,000 words as the upper limit.
Theologische Zeitschrift (TZ)	1945–present	University of Basel	The focus of this journal is on theology, but also how various “subfields of theology” can enter “into an interdisciplinary conversation” with other subfields, including subfields from non-theological disciplines.	Quarterly.  Publishes articles in German, French, and English. Maximum of 60,000 characters (this would probably come out to a maximum of 10,000 words).
Vetus Testamentum (VT)	1951–present	Brill; International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament	Broad, everything related to Old Testament studies.	Quarterly. Publishers in English, French, and German. Prefers articles less than 8,000 words, as well as “short notes” (2,000–3,000 words).
Vigiliae christianae (VC)	1947–present	Brill	Publishers material “of an historical, cultural, linguistic or philological nature on early Christian literature written after the New Testament, as well as on Christian epigraphy and archaeology” (from the website).	Five issues per year. Publishes articles in English, French, and German.
Zeitschrift für alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZAW)	1881–present	De Gruyter Brill	Broad, anything connected to the Old Testament and early Judaism.	Upper limit of 38,000 characters, including footnotes and spaces. Quarterly. Publishes articles in English, French, and German.
Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZNW)	1900–present	De Gruyter Brill	Broad, anything connected to the New Testament.	Biannual. Publishers articles in English and German.

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[1] Initially Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, then Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1922). Current title from 2022 onward.

[2] Began as Revue Biblique in 1892, switched to Vivre et Penser in 1941, then returned to Revue Biblique in 1946.

Which academic journals in biblical studies give the best peer-review feedback? (A subjective, personal account)

Note by author,  8/17/2022. This really, really needs to be updated. In  the five years since publication of this post, I can say that BBR and Tyndale are still awesome for feedback, JETS is getting better, but TJ, if anything, is getting worse. Regarding my last rejection by TJ (which was subsequently accepted by a different journal), the "feedback" could have been almost cut and pasted onto any other rejection.

Within the past few months, I've highlighted peer-reviewed journals, including what I feel are the top 50 or so for biblical studies. Peer-review has been going on for at least 150 years (see this fascinating article in Physics Today on "What it was like to be peer-reviewed in the 1860s"), and remains essential for the encouraging of cutting-edge research.

For the best journals, blind peer review is key. This means that a paper is sent anonymously to peer-reviewers, without the author knowing who they are and vice versa. This virtually eliminates favoritism, and in theory allows authors to make unbiased decisions based on the quality of the article and its contribution to scholarship. 

Blind peer-review often provides the opportunity for the scholars (or their grad assistants, in some cases!) to give feedback--feedback that may even lead to the article being improved and published in another journal despite being initially rejected (this has happened to me). For us minor-leaguers, such feedback is incredibly valuable, and even bona fide scholars would do well to take notice (for a fascinating account of how Albert Einstein himself would have benefitted from peer-review feedback, see this article in Physics Today).

Now, as a service to the educational community, I'm giving you my own perspective on which journals in biblical studies give the best feedback. This will be based solely on my personal experience (and only includes journals I've submitted papers to), and may not be totally fair to some journals (e.g., if I only submitted a paper one time, 8 years ago). So keep that in mind.  I welcome personal reports from other fledging writers like myself.

Also, for the record, I've submitted a paper a total of 19 times (some of those are the same paper submitted to a different journal after rejection), and 6 of those times the paper has been accepted for publication [Author's note: this was 5 years ago. I need to update this]. So basically I'm batting .316. Not sure if that's good, bad, or totally average! I have yet to be published in a clear tier-1 journal, though I have a couple of high tier-2 journals.

Note: in none of these cases should this be taken as a criticism of the journals under discussion (or "sour grapes" on my part). They have good reasons for rejecting the papers they do. Having said that, there is some subjectivity in journals, as evidence by the fact that in two cases I have had papers rejected by one journal and then published by another journal on an equal tier. Still, I gladly acknowledge that I am not a real scholar, and no doubt sometimes my writing is just not up to the level of the journals I'm submitting to. Also, obviously a journal has the right to not offer feedback, if the editors so desire. My point is simply to help those budding scholars that wish to improve their writing via feedback.

Now, here we go: To start us out, I will acknowledge Tyndale Bulletin as the greatest journal for feedback, in my humble-but-correct opinion. I have yet to be published there (it's a career goal of mine), but each time I've submitted a paper I've received feed back that helped improve it. One of those rejected papers is about to come out in another tier-2 journal, and it was no doubt improved via the feedback I received from the first reviewers in TynB. So Tyndale Bulletin is the clear winner, in my opinion. 

From tier-1 journals, Journal of Biblical Literature is the winner. The feedback was extensive, clear, relevant, courteous, and filled two whole pages (I received a "revise and resubmit" from them: still not sure if I'll do that or revise for another journal). In contrast, New Testament Studies gave me a short paragraph, basically "your writing and research were good, but the reviewers were unconvinced by your thesis." Novum Testamentum gave no feedback, only rejection. Those are the only three tier-1 journals I've had the guts to submit a paper to.

Trinity Journal is a bit of a mystery to me. The first two times I submitted a paper I received some feedback from their committee (even though the paper was rejected); the latest submission (which is being published elsewhere), for all practical purposes I received no feedback. Still, it's a prestigious enough evangelical journal that I'll probably try again some day, but only if I feel my paper is a really good fit. Also, "review by committee" is a bit tough to get by unscathed (and TJ only publishes twice a year, which probably makes it tougher to get published by them. Kudos to those who have!)

If TJ is my "unlucky" journal so far, Bulletin for Biblical Research is my "lucky" journal. Both papers I've submitted to them have been published, and both times with very good, constructive feedback which, without a doubt, made the paper better. Frankly, for young aspiring scholars, I would recommend BBR as one of the best journals to submit your initial paper to (as long as its more in the realm of NT/OT studies than theology per se).

Let me start this next paragraph with a disclaimer: JETS is one of the two top evangelical journals (the other being TynB), and well-worth trying to publish in. Having said that, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society has given me virtually no feedback, regardless of being accepted or rejected (I've had one paper published with them, not counting my rejoinder to a response to my article, and two papers rejected); however, I've seen indication that this might be changing for the better. Similarly, Westminster Theological Journal, in my sole attempt, gave me no feedback, although it's obviously a journal worth publishing in.

I have never received what I would consider "mean" feedback. However, Journal of Theological Interpretation gave me probably the toughest feedback I've encountered; I think I seriously misunderstood what sort of paper would be a good fit with them, so this is not to cast them in a negative light, but it was definitely hard to swallow! (Also, I clearly adopted a too casual style; I need to watch out for that).

Filelogia Neotestamentaria published a paper of mine, but did not give feedback (this was about 6 years ago, though). I submitted a paper to Word&World in a student competition about 7 years ago; it was rejected, with no feedback, but I did get a free year's subscription! 

Bibliotheca Sacra, obviously a very prestigious journal worth publishing in, is also somewhat of a mystery to me. I submitted a paper that directly dealt with a topic covered before in the journal, yet significantly expanded the discussion, and was told the paper was not a good fit for the journal, with no other feedback. They did, however, encourage me to submit again to the journal in the future. I honestly don't know what to make of that: does this mean they liked my writing but not my topic? Or is that simply what they say to all writers that show at least a minimum competency in writing? Regardless, I'll probably submit again sometime, but only after making sure my article is a really good fit. (And Kudos to my friend, you know who you are, who has a forthcoming paper with BibSac!)

The Bible Translator, which accepted a paper of mine within the past few months (after two revisions), gave excellent feedback. In fact, one of the two reviewers actually suggested an avenue of research that I had not considered before, and this immensely improved my paper. Kudos and thanks to BT's anonymous peer-reviewers!

Finally, I had the privilege of publishing a paper in Science & Christian Belief (put out by the Victoria Institute), and received excellent feedback (interestingly, one of the reviewers was clearly a scientist, and the other was clearly a philosopher). I spent about 12 hours revising that paper for publication, but it was worth it! (Note: I had to try to change my spelling to British spelling for S&CB; not sure how successful I was!)

So there you have it: my own limited experience on which journals have provided helpful feedback. Now, dear young doctoral student or fledgling scholar, go out and submit your papers! (And feel free to share your experiences in the comments, so long as you are courteous and fair, with no "sour grapes")

Peer-Reviewed Journals Pt 2: The Top 200+ Academic Journals for Biblical Studies (Ranked)

[Progressively updated as I get feedback, etc. Last updated 8/18/2026. Significantly updated on 9/20/22 with special thanks to Mr. William Hupper (author of An Index to Periodical Literature on the Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies), for pointing me to some more journals. This list is subject to revision as I seek to publish a book on academic journal articles.  I have followed the SBL Handbook of Style 2nd ed. abbreviations when possible, though I include some journals not in the handbook.

Note: a book contract has been signed to publish Academic Journals in Biblical Studies: Their Value, Use, and Misuse with Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Level 1 (pre-survey, will most likely be revised)

Title and abbreviation	Years	Affiliation and/or  publisher	What sort of paper does it publish?	Misc.
Biblica (Bib)	1920–present	Pontifical Biblical Institute	Broad, biblical studies in general (including extra-canonical Christian literature)	Quarterly. Maximum of 55,000 characters; articles published in “English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.” No author fees. Note: I have received pushback as to whether Biblica belongs in tier-1 or tier-2.
Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research (BASOR). Multiple previous titles.[1]	1919–present	ASOR; The University of Chicago Press	Ancient Near East archaeology, society, and languages	Bi-annual. Maximum of 12,000 words.
Catholic Biblical Quarterly  (CBQ)	1939–present	Catholic Biblical Association of America	Broad, biblical studies in general (including extra-canonical Christian literature)	Quarterly. Maximum of 10,000 words.
Dead Sea Discoveries  (DSD)	1994–present	Brill	“. . . the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their cultural, historical, and archaeological contexts” (from website).	Three issues per year (one of them is a special issue) Only British or American English.
Ephemerides theologicae lovanienses  (ETL)	1924–present	KU Leuven and Université catholique de Louvain	“all aspects of theology and canon law” (from website).	Quarterly. Publishes articles in English, French, and German.
Harvard Theological Review  (HTR)	1908–present	Harvard Divinity School	“. . . the history and philosophy of religious thought in all traditions and periods, including Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Christianity, Jewish studies, theology, ethics, archaeology, and comparative religious studies” (from website).	Quarterly. 12,000 words is the upper limit (with some exceptions). Note that I am open to debate as to whether or not HTR belongs in tier-1, especially after the whole “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” issue.
The Jewish Quarterly Review (JQR)	1889–present	University of Pennsylvania Press	Jewish studies, but broad, including biblical, theological, philosophical, and cultural matters.	Quarterly 12,000 word limit. **Update: now fully open-access!
Journal for the Study of the New Testament  (JSNT)	1978–present	Sage Journals	New Testament studies, but broad.	Five issues per year, but one of these issues consists of book summaries. Generally prefers 5,000–10,000 words.
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament  (JSOT)	1976–present	Sage Journals	Old Testament studies, but broad.	Five issues per year, but one of these issues consists of book summaries. Generally prefers 5,000–10,000 words.
Journal of Biblical Literature  (JBL), formerly known as the Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis.	1881–present, with a hiatus of 1 year (current title 1890–present)	Society of Biblical Literature	Very broad, anything connected to Old and New Testament studies, as well as discussions of the nature of modern biblical scholarship itself.	Quarterly. Upper limit of 10,000 words, including footnotes.
Journal of Early Christian Studies (JECS),  formerly known as The Second Century (SecCent).	1981–present (current title 1993–present)	North American Patristics Society; John Hopkins University Press	Church History, from C.E. 100–700.	Quarterly Upper limit of 12,500 words (with endnotes). Adamantly declares that it does not charge author fees, and warns against websites claiming to represent Hopkins Press that charge a fee.
Journal of Ecclesiastical History  (JEH)	1950–present	Cambridge University Press	“. . . all aspects of the history of Christianity” (from the website)	Quarterly Generally speaking an upper limit of 8,000 words (including notes), but in special circumstances willing to consider an article of up to 12,000 words.
Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages  (JNSL)	1971–present	Stellenbosch University	Publishes “linguistic, translational, literary, text-critical, historical, religious and cultural issues related to Ancient Near Eastern texts and societies, as well as articles addressing theoretical issues underlying these fields” (from the website). Elsewhere clarifies that ANE “includes Nubian, Coptic and Ethiopian studies.”	Bi-annual. 6,000 words is considered the approximate maximum amount.
Journal of Religious Ethics (JRE)	1973–present	Wiley Online Library	Not limited to Christianity and Judaism; includes discussions on a variety of ethical issues including climate change and AI. Also includes “historical studies of influential figures and texts” (from the website).	Quarterly Prefers between 8,000–10,000 words, though willing to consider longer articles in special cases.
Journal of the American Oriental Society  (JAOS)	1843–present	American Society for Premodern Asia (formerly the American Oriental Society)	Very broad, including studies on the culture, history, and religion of the Ancient Near East, Islamic Near East, South Asia, Southeastern Asia, and Eastern Asia.	Quarterly. “Preferably not exceeding 15,000 words, including footnotes . . .” The author retains the copyright for their journal article.
Journal of Theological Studies  (JTS)	1899–present	Oxford Academic	Very broad, “the entire range of theological research, scholarship and interpretation” (from the website). Covers New Testament, Hebrew Scriptures, Church history, textual criticism, etc.	Biannual. “The length of articles in the Journal ranges from less than 1,000 to over 30,000 words” (from the website).
Maarav: A Journal for the Study of the Northwest SemiticLanguages and Literatures  (Maarav)	1978–present	University of Chicago Press	The journal “is devoted to the texts and verbal objects of the ancient Levant featuring Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician, and related languages” (from the website).	Biannual.
Mission Studies (MIST)	1984–present	Brill; International Association for Mission Studies	The journal intends to be “a forum for the scholarly study of Christian witness and its impact in the world, and the related field of intercultural theology, from international, interconfessional and interdisciplinary perspectives.”	Triannual. Prefers articles about 6,000 words long, but with some “reasonable leeway,” including footnotes, etc., but not including “Tables and Figures” (from the website).
New Testament Studies  (NTS)	1955–present	Cambridge University Press; Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas	Broad, anything related to New Testament studies and early church history.	Quarterly. Will publish articles in English, German, and French. Limit of 8,500 words, including footnotes.
Novum Testamentum (NovT)	1957–present.	Brill	Broad, anything related to New Testament studies and early church history.	Quarterly. Will publish articles in English, German, and French. Limit of 8,500 words, including footnotes.
Old Testament Essays  (OTE)	1987–present	Old Testament Society of South Africa	Broad, anything related to the Old Testament, both Hebrew and Greek.	Triannual. Word limit of 7,000–10,000 words, including footnotes, etc.  Publishes in English,,  German. Requires that authors pay a fee of 400 Rand per page (equivalent, as of 9/10/2025, to $22.89 per page), if accepted for publication.
Philosophy (no known abbreviation?)	1926–present	Cambridge University Press; Royal Institute of Philosophy	Broad, anything related to modern and ancient philosophy, including overlapping concerns from language, religion, medicine, etc.	Quarterly Upper limit of 10,000 words.
Revue biblique (RB), two other former names[2]	1892–present (current name from 1946)	L’École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem	Very broad, virtually all matters relating to biblical studies, including Old Testament, New Testament, ANE archaeology, and church history.	Quarterly. Publishes articles in French, English, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Scottish Journal of Theology  (SJT)	1948–present	Cambridge University Press	Covers “systematic, historical, and biblical theology” (from the website).	Quarterly. Prefers articles of 5,000–6,000, with 8,000 words as the upper limit.
Theologische Zeitschrift  (TZ)		University of Basel	The focus of this journal is on theology, but also how various “subfields of theology” can enter “into an interdisciplinary conversation” with other subfields, including subfields from non-theological disciplines.	Quarterly.  Publishes articles in German, French, and English. Maximum of 60,000 characters (this would probably come out to a maximum of 10,000 words).
Vetus Testamentum  (VT)	1951–present	Brill; International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament	Broad, everything related to Old Testament studies.	Quarterly. Publishers in English, French, and German. Prefers articles less than 8,000 words, as well as “short notes” (2,000–3,000 words).
Vigiliae christianae  (VC)	1947–present	Brill	Publishers material “of an historical, cultural, linguistic or philological nature on early Christian literature written after the New Testament, as well as on Christian epigraphy and archaeology” (from the website).	Five issues per year. Publishes articles in English, French, and German.
Zeitschrift für alttestamentliche Wissenschaft  (ZAW) ______________ Zeitschrift für altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte (Journal for Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Legal History) (ZAR)	1881–present _______ 1995– present	De Gruyter Brill ____________ Harrassowitz	Broad, anything connected to the Old Testament and early Judaism. ______________ A very narrowly focused article on "law" and legal matters in ancient history, including Judaism and Christianity.	Upper limit of 38,000 characters, including footnotes and spaces. Quarterly. Publishes articles in English, French, and German. __________________ Seems to be published only once a year. I am still looking into whether or not this journal charges authors (if so, I would probably demote it to at least tier 2, unless it was a smaller fee like OTE).
Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft  (ZNW)	1900–present	De Gruyter Brill	Broad, anything connected to the New Testament.	Biannual. Publishers articles in English and German.

 **The intention is to eventually place the journals in levels 2–4 in a similar chart, with the same sort of information.**

**Also, note that for ZAR I couldn't figure out how to do a new row in this format, since the original was simply cut-and-pasted from my book that I'm writing. The final product will be appropriately formatted.**

Level 2 (pre-survey, will most likely be revised)

·      Acta Patristica et Byzantina (?) 

·      Ancient Near Eastern Studies (ANES)

·      Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS). Open access.

·      Annali di Storia dell'Esegesi (ASE)

·      Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO)

·      Aramaic Studies (?) Covers more than (but includes) biblical studies, and is probably the top journal in its field of the ancient Aramaic language.

·      Augustinian Studies (AugStud)

·      Augustinium (?)

·      Baptist Quarterly (?) Partial open-access (click here). Covers a wide range of Baptist studies, and some significant scholars have contributed.

·      Bibel und Kirche (BK)

·      The Bible Translator (BT)--the premiere journal for Bible translation theory and practice. Contains both technical and practically-minded articles. Sometimes deals with issues of exegesis or discourse analysis.

·      Biblical Interpretation (BibInt)

·      Biblical Research (BR)--produced by the Chicago Society of Biblical Research (note that many of their articles are by members and invited guests, though they will still consider unsolicited manuscripts)

·      Biblical Theology Bulletin (BTB)

·      Bibleotheca Sacra (BibSac)--this is one of the oldest journals on the list, and as far as dispensational or pre-mil theology goes, it's probably the best (it's published by Dallas Theological Seminary). I waffle between placing this in 2nd tier or 3rd tier. It still produces some very high quality scholarly contributions, but is cited less by mainstream academia than it used to be. In terms of dispensational theology, though, this would be the most essential journal, though it publishes articles on a broad variety of topics. Traditionally one of the more conservative journals. In the 1800s, BibSac published some erudite anti-slavery articles, back when this was a controversial theological topic.

·      Biblische Zeitschrift (BZ)

·      Bulletin for Biblical Research (BBR).

·      Bulletin of the John Rylands Library (BJRL). Open access.

·      Christian Research Journal (CRJ)

·      Christian Scholar's Review (CSR)

·      Church History (CH)

·      Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin (??). Open access, click here. A very narrow, specialized journal which occasionally intersects with biblical studies.

·      Currents in Biblical Research (CBR)

·      Currents in Theology and Mission (CurTM)--probably the premiere journal for missions

    Die Welt des Orients (WO)--broad, but includes much that is related to OT studies.

·      Early Christianity (?)--although not listed in the SBL handbook (at least not 1st edition), this fairly new journal may soon become tier-1.

·      Estudios bíblicos (EstBib)

·      Evangelical Quarterly (EvQ)

·      Ex Audito (ExAud)

·      Expository Times (ExpTim)

·      Faith and Philosophy (?)--while technically not for Biblical studies per se, this can still be helpful since it is the top journal for Christian philosophers.

·      Fides et Historia (?)

·      Filologia Neotestamentaria (FilNet)--a journal devoted exclusively to the study of the Greek of the NT and its textual criticism.

    Gregorianum (?)--published by the Pontifical Gregorian Institute

·      Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (HBAI). Note: according to their website, this journal "will publish only invited articles."

·      Hebrew Studies (HS)

·      Hebrew Union College Annual (HUCA)--published for over 100 years (including a name change)!

·      Heythrop Journal (HeyJ)

·      Horizons in Biblical Theology (HBT)

·      International Journal of Christianity & Education (?)

     International Journal of Public Theology (?)

·      International Journal of Systematic Theology (IJST)

·      Interpretation (Int)

·      Irish Theological Quarterly (ITQ)

·      Israel Exploration Journal (IEJ)

·      Jewish Bible Quarterly (JBQ). Open access.

·      Jewish Studies: An Internet Journal (JSIJ). Open access.

·      Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and  Roman Periods (JSJ)

·      Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters (?)--brand new, not mentioned in the SBL handbook, but will probably go up to tier-2.

·      Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha (JSP)

·      Journal of Ecumenical Studies (?)

·      Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (JHebS). Open access.

·      Journal of Jewish Studies (JJS)

·      Journal of Near Eastern Studies (JNES)

·      Journal of Reformed Theology (JRT)

·      Journal of Religion **

·      Journal of Religious History (JRH). Recently switched to online only (but does not seem to be open access).

·      Journal of Pentecostal Theology (JPT)

·      The Journal of Philosophy (JPhil) **should this be tier 1?**

     The Journal of Presbyterian History (?)

·      Journal of Semitic Studies (JSS)

·      Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (?)--This journal used to be known as the Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies; fortunately they switched their title from 24 syllables to 10 syllables!). Open access up through 2017. Click here.

·      Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR), formerly Journal of Bible and Religion (1937–1966) and Journal of the National Association of Biblical Instructors (1933–1936).

·      Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University (JANESCU). Open access.

·      Journal of the Bible and Its Reception (JBRec)--a very new journal (first issue was 2014) published by the Society of Biblical Literature.

·      Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (JETS)--probably the #2 academic evangelical journal, at this point. Mostly open access.

·      Journal of Theological Interpretation (JTI)

·      Judaica (Jud)

·      Kerygma und Dogma (KD)

·      La nouvelle revue théologique (NRTh)

·      Lešonénu: A Journal for the Study of the Hebrew Language and Cognate Subjects (?)

·      Medioevo (?)

·      Mennonite Quarterly Review (?) 

·      Modern Theology (MOTH)

·      Near Eastern Archaeology (continues Biblical Archaeologist)

·      Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionphilosophie (Neue Z. Syst. Theol. Relig. [?])

·      Neotestamentica (Neot)

·      Palestine Exploration Quarterly (PEQ)

·      Perspectives in Religious Studies (PRSt)

·      Philosophical Studies (?)

·      Pneuma (Pneuma)

·      Princeton Seminary Bulletin (PSB)

·      Pro Ecclesia (ProEccl)

·      Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History (Proof)

·      Qumran Chronicle (?)

     Reformation and Renaissance Review ()

·      Religion and Theology (R&T) (not to be confused with the more recent, and much broader, Journal of Religion and Theology).

·      Religious Studies (RelS)

·      La Revue de Qumrân (RevQ)

·      Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament (SJOT)

·      Science and Christian Belief (S&CB)--technically not biblical studies per se, but is probably the most prestigious journal to deal with the intersection of science and Christianity. Published by the Victoria Institute.

·      Scripta Theologica (ScrTh)

·      Semeia (Semeia)--a little bit of an avant-garde journal. It ceased publication after 2002.

·      Semitica (?)

·      Sixteenth Century Journal (SCJ)--for those interested in the era of the Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and Radical Reformation, this is a key journal. It publishes religious, political, and social studies.

·      Sophia (?)

·      Studia Patristica (StPatr)

·      Studia Theologica (ST)

·      Studies in Christian Ethics (?)

·      Svensk exegetisk årsbok (SEÅ)

·      Tel Aviv (TA)

·      TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism (TC). Open access.

·      Textus: A Journal on Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

     TheoLogica: An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology (Theol). Published by the Catholic University of Louvain. This journal covers philosophical theology for all three major monotheistic religions. Not to be confused with the Spanish journal Theologika. 

·      Theological Studies (TS)

·      Theologische Literaturzeitung (?)

·      Theologische Rundschau (TRu)

·      Theology Today (ThTo)

·      Tyndale Bulletin (TynB)--the premiere evangelical academic journal, and apparently the most cited by mainstream scholarship. TynB is now once again open access, including its most recent issues.

·      Zeitschrift für Althebraistik (ZAH)

·      Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum (ZAC), a.k.a. Journal of Ancient Christianity

     Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethic (?)

·      Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte (ZRGG)--note that within humanities in general, ZRGG might be tier-1. It is rarely cited in biblical studies (having said that, I will be citing an article from this journal in a paper I am writing)

·      Zeitschrift für Papyrlogie und Epigraphik (?)

·      Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche (ZTK)

     Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (Zygon). Possibly should be at level 1?

 

Level 3 (pre-survey, will most likely be revised)

·      Acta Theologica (AcT)

·      Annual of the Japanese Biblical Institute (SJBI)

·      Anglican Theological Review (AThR)

·      Asbury Theological Journal (AsTJ)

·      Ashland Theological Journal (ATJ)

·      Asia Journal of Theology (AsJT)

·      Australian Biblical Review (ABR)

·      Berlinzer Theologische Zeitschrift

·      Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics (BAGL)--open-access, published by MacMaster Divinity College 

·      Biblische Notizen [Biblical Notes] (BN)

·      Calvin Theological Journal (CTJ)

·      The Canadian Journal of Philosophy

·      Center for Pastor Theologians Journal (??)

·      Christian Apologetics Journal (?)

·      Churchman (Chm)

·      Conspectus (?): accessible online here.

·      Criswell Theological Review (CTR)

    Crucible: The Journal of Christian Social Ethics (?)

·      Concordia Theological Quarterly (CTQ)

·      Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal (DBSJ). Open access. I rank this journal at tier-3 instead of tier-4 because it has been cited by scholars.

·      Didaskalia (Did). Published by Providence Theological Seminary.

  ·   The Ecumenical Review (?)   

     Eikon (?). Accessible here. Formerly known as the Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.

·      Emmaus Journal (?)

·      Erasmus Studies (formerly Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook), 1981 to present, “. . . research and writing on Erasmus, his contemporaries, and their intellectual milieu.”

·      European Journal of Theology (EuroJTH)

·      Evangelical Review of Theology (ERT). ERT is now fully open access (click here).

·      Foi et Vie (FoiVie)

·      Grace Theological Journal (?). Sadly ceased publication in 1991, but did produce some notable articles in its short run.

·      Hebrew Annual Review (HAR).

·      Hermathena (?)—Note: this journal, published since 1873 by the Trinity College at Dublin, would be significantly higher (tier-2 if not tier-1) in the category of “Classical Studies.” For biblical and theological studies (especially church history), while most scholars may not be familiar with the journal, it will occasionally contain a relevant article (e.g., I counted two such articles in the Summer-Winter 2020 issue, though others would be relevant for the Greco-Roman background of New Testament studies.

·      Hervormde teologieses studies, a.k.a. HTS Theological Studies or HTS Teologiese (HvTSt)--note that this journal is completely open access, including its most recent issues. However, unfortunately HvTSt now charges approximately $85 per page for an author publication fee (current as of 2/23/2023) and publishes a ginormous amount of articles per issue. These are two major red flags to what was once, in my opinion, a respectable journal.

·      Hibbert Journal (HibJ). Although now not as well known, and ceased publication in 1968, it was influential in the beginning of the 20th century, covering a wide range of topics including theology, church history, and philosophy.

     HIPHIL Novum (?)

·      Homiletic: The Journal of the Academy of Homiletics (?) 

    Horizons: The Journal of the College Theological Society (?)

·      In die Skriflig (IDS). This is another journal that is now charging authors to publish in it.

·      International Bulletin of Mission Research (IBMR)

·      International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (?). Although I have seen this journal cited in a respectable book, I cannot rank it very high because (a.) the approximate time for the first review decision is listed as 10 days (which is absurd, unless it is a cursory look by an editor, not peer review per se), and (b.) each author is charged $3,000+ dollars for their article (see this link, under “Fees and Funding”).

·      International Journal of Homiletics (?)

·      International Review of Mission (?)

·      Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie (JBTh)    

·      The Journal of Analytical Theology (?)

·      Journal of Anglican Studies (?)

     Journal of Ancient Judaism (?)

·      Journal of Classical Theology (JoCT)

·      Journal of Early Christian History (?)

·      Journal of Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity (JEAC)

·      Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society (?)

·      Journal of Gospels and Acts Research (JGAR)--fairly new, first issue was 2017

·      Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism (JGRChJ)

·      Journal of Greek Linguistics (?)

·      Journal of Language, Culture, and Religion (JLCR), fairly new, published by Dallas International University, connected to the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL). Looking forward to seeing this gain Level 2 as people notice it!

·      Journal of Latin American Theology (JLAT)

·      Journal of Moravian History (?)

·      Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics (JSCE)

     Journal of the Adventist Theological Society (JATS)

·      Journal of Translation (?)--the official journal of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL); I think (though am not positively sure) that this replaced their older journal Notes on Translation.

·      Journal of Translation and Textlinguistics (JOTT)

·      Journal of World Christianity (?)

     Judaism: A Journal of Jewish Life and Thought (Judaism)

·      Kairos: Evangelical Journal of Theology (?) Note: I believe there are multiple journals named Kairos out there, and I'm still looking into how many of these are directly related to biblical studies. This particular journal seems to be based out of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Croatia.

·      Kenwood Bulletin (?)

·      *Kerux: A Journal of Biblical Theology. Open access, click here. (ceased publication in 2017).

·      Kleine Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt (KUSATU)

·      Laval théologique et philosophique (LTP)

·      Louvain Studies (?)

     McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry (?)

·      Melita theologica (?)

·      Methodist History

     Ministry: International Journal for Pastors (?). Seventh-day Adventist.

·      Missio Dei (?)

·      Missiology: An International Review (?)

·      Neue kirchliche Zeitschrift (NKZ)

·      New Blackfriars (NBf)

     Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University (?). Open access, but no publication fees.

·      Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (?)

·      Philosophia Christi (?) (The journal of the Evangelical Philosophical Society)

·      Philosophy and Theology (?)

·      Philotheos (?), published by the Gnomon Center for the Humanities in Belgrade.

·      Philosophical Topics (?)

·      Phronema (?)--The official journal of St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College in Sydney, Australia.

·      Presbyterion (Presb)

·      Priscilla Papers (?).

·      Puritan Reformed Journal (PRJ)

·      Reformed Theological Review (RTR)

·      Restoration Quarterly (ResQ).

·      Review and Expositor (RevExp)

·      Revista de interpretación

     Salmanticensis (?)

·      Sacred Music (?)

·      Scrinium: Journal of Patrology and Critical Hagiography, 2005 to present, Brill, focuses on “patristics, critical hagiography, and Church history.”

·      Sémiotique et Bible

·      Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology (SBET)

·      Scripta Hierosolymitana (??). Published by the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

·      Sewanee Theological Review (STRev)

·      Southeastern Theological Review (SETR)--fairly new (replaces the older Faith & Mission).

·      Southern Baptist Journal of Theology (SBJT). 

·      Southwestern Journal of Theology (SWJT)

·      Stellenbosch Theological Journal (?)

·      Stone-Campbell Journal (?)

·      Studia Universitatis Babes (?)

·      Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations (SCJR)

·      Synthese (?)

·      Themelios (Them).

·      The Bible & Critical Theory (BCT)

·      The Biblical Annals (BibAn)

·      The Conrad Grebel Review (CGR)

·      The Journal of Scriptural Reasoning (JSR)

·      The Master's Seminary Journal (MSJ)--along with BSac, the best source for dispensational theology (though BibSac is still the best).

·      The Princeton Seminary Bulletin (PSB). 

·      The Princeton Theological Review (?).

·      The Southern Journal of Philosophy (?)--broader than just religious studies, but cited by those dealing with Christian philosophy.

·      TheLogica (?) Published by the Catholic University of Louvain. Fairly new.

·      Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies (?) Published by the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. [I'm wondering if this should be tier-2; could a specialist in missiology give me their informed-opinion?]

·      Trinity Journal (TJ)

·      Verbum et Ecclesia (?)

     Veritas: Jurnal Teologi Dan Pelayanan (?): Indonesian, published by Southeast Asia Bible Seminary. The journal does not charge fees, and has some solid scholars publishing in it.

·      Vida y Pensamiento (?)

·      Wesleyan and Methodist Studies

·      Wesleyan Theological Journal (?)

·      Westminster Theological Journal (WTJ)

·      Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly (?)

·      Word and World (WW)          

·      Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie (ZKT)

 

Level 4 (pre-survey, will most likely revised)

**A journal in this category, especially a newer journal, may be bumped up to level 3 once broader biblical and theological scholarship starts to take significant notice of it.**

·      Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology (?)

·      American Theological Inquiry (?)

·      Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies (?)

·      Babelao (?) Published by the Belgian Academy for the Study of Ancient and Oriental Languages, very broad but also includes articles on biblical textual criticism.

·      Bíblica Latino Americana (RIBLA)

·      Bolyai - Theologia Catholica (?)

·      Bulletin of Ecclesial Theology (?).

·      Canadian-American Theological Review (CATR)

·      Canadian Journal of Theology (?). Ceased publication in 1970.

·      Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health, and Disability (?)

·      Caribbean Journal of Evangelical Theology (?)

·      Central Bible Quarterly (1958–1979), formerly known as Central Conservative Baptist Quarterly (changed to Central Bible Quarterly in 1966).

·      Chafer Theological Seminary Journal (?).

·      Church History and Religious Culture (?)

·      Conservative Theological Journal (?)

·      Denver Journal (?). Focuses on book reviews.

·      Eleutheria (??). The journal of Liberty University's divinity school.

·      Eos (?)

·      Études théologiques et religieuses

·      Evangelical Journal (EvJ). Ceased publication 2016.

    Fides Reformata (?). Spanish. Has been published since 1996.

·      Grace Journal (?). Ceased publication in 1973.

·      Henoch Journal (Hen) A broad journal, but prioritizes text-critical issues.

·      Il Mulino (?) Covers the history of Christianity.

·      Imaginatio et Ratio: A Journal of Theology and the Arts (?)

     International Congregational Journal (?)

·      International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church (?)

·      Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology (JJA). Brand new (2021), and open access.

·      Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry (JBTM)--a bit more practically-oriented than many in this list (and I'm not sure to what degree it's peer-reviewed), but it still includes some solid scholars as contributors.

·      Journal for Faith and Ministry (?) Published by Campbellsville University.

·      Journal for Semitics (??). 

·      Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament (JESOT)--Update (6/24/24): The journal is now defunct, sadly (thanks to Dr. Timothy Yap for notifying me of this). Individual issues can be purchased on Wipf & Stock's website, and the journal is available through Logos, but I do not believe the journal is accessible for free anymore.

     Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary (JAAS)

·      Journal of Analytic Theology (?). 

·      Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections (?). 

· ·      Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies (?)--fairly new, produced by Grand Canyon Theological Seminary

·      Journal of Biblical Theology & Worldview (?)--brand new (2020), published by Bob Jones University. I would love to see this journal ranked in tier-3, just as soon as I notice it being cited by scholars.

·      Journal of Dispensational Theology (?)

·      Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies (?)

·      Journal of Ministry and Theology (JMAT)

·      Journal of Pastoral Theology (?)

·      Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity (?)

·      Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research (?)

·      Judaica: Neue Digitale Folge (?)

·      Judaica Ukrainica (?)

·      Kirche und Israel (?)

·      Laval théologique et philosophique

·      Lectio difficillior: European Electronic Journal for Feminist Exegesis (?)

·      Lexington Theological Quarterly

·      Midwestern Journal of Theology (?)

·      Missionalia (?) Unfortunately, this journal charges an author processing fee.

·      Newman Studies Journal (?)

·      Nigerian Journal of Christian Studies

·      Nova et Vetera (?)

·      Pharos Journal of Theology (?) Another “pay to publish” journal. 

·      Polish Journal of Biblical Research (?)

·      Practical Theology (?)

    Promissio (?)--brand new, open access. Lutheran.

·      Reformation (?)

·      Reformed Baptist Theological Review (?)

·      Reformed Presbyterian Theological Journal (?)

·      Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception (?) (online: here). This journal focuses mostly on book reviews.

·      Religions (?). Note: although this journal occasionally has articles published by legitimate scholars, it charges authors 1,400 Swiss Francs per article as stated here (this is almost $1,600; this is absurd!!). Other red flags are that this journal is not listed in the SBL handbook, I don't think I've ever seen an article from here cited in a respected scholarly work, and their website brags that peer-review takes about 20 days, and publication after that takes about 5 days. I have seen anecdotal evidence that an article can be published in this journal that was actually rejected by the reviewer. That's a lot of red flags. 

·      Revista Hermenêutica (Cachoeira-BA)

·      Revue Théologie Évangélique (?)

·      Rivista biblica

·      Scriptura (?)

     Spes Christiana (Spes) The journal of the European Adventist Society of Theology and Religious Studies.

·      Studies in World Christianity (?)

·      The Journal of Biblical Storytelling (?) 1989, I think now defunct?

      The Gospel Witness (?)--As best as I can figure, this started out more as a newspaper meant to publish  the  sermons of the great Canadian preacher T. T. Shields, but in its current form it does look like an  academic journal. I will plan on investigating further.

·      Theoforum (?)

     Theologika (?). In Spanish and English. Website here. This might deserve to be on Tier-3, since it's been around for a while.

·      Theology and Ministry (?). Published by St. John's College of Durham, accessible here.

·      Toronto Journal of Theology (TJT)-- more known for its book reviews than articles.

Wrocław Theological Review (??), the journal of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Wracław (Poland).

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[1] Initially Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, then Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1922). Current title from 2022 onward.

[2] Began as Revue Biblique in 1892, switched to Vivre et Penser in 1941, then returned to Revue Biblique in 1946.