About the Journal

"The Biblical Annals" is the official scholarly journal of the Institute of Biblical Studies at the Faculty of Theology, the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. It is dedicated to biblical studies and it is divided into the following sections: Old Testament, Intertestamental Literature, New Testament, Varia, Review Articles, Book Reviews, and Biblical News. The journal covers fields of research such as biblical archeology, history, exegesis, philology, hermeneutics, literary studies, studies on culture and religion, and theological studies. It is aimed at presenting the research of Polish and international scholars focusing on problems and methodologies current in the contemporary biblical studies. The articles and reviews are published in Polish, English, Italian, French, and German.

"The Biblical Annals" has been published since 1963 by the Institute of Biblical Studies, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland. During its history, it was issued under the subsequent titles: (1) "Roczniki Teologiczno-Kanoniczne", fascicle 1 “Pismo Święte” (ISSN 0035-7723), 1963-1990; (2) "Roczniki Teologiczne", fascicle 1 “Pismo Święte” (ISSN 1233-1457), 1991-2008; and (3) "Roczniki Biblijne" (ISSN 2080-8518), 2009-2010. Since 2011, the journal has appeared under the new present title, “The Biblical Annals”. In the years 2013-2015, the journal was issued twice a year, in March and in October. Since 2016, it has turned into a quarterly issued in January, April, July, and October, in an online, open access version.

Publication Details:

• ISSN 2083-2222
• E-ISSN 2451-2168
• The quarterly is published online four times a year (January, April, July, October)
• Publisher: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
• Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education: 200 points

Indexed by:

• SCOPUS
• Web of Science Core Collection (Emerging Sources Citation Index)
• ATLA Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (ATLA CPLI)
• ATLA Religion Database® (ATLA RDB®)
• ATLAS and ATLAS plus
• Central European Journal of Social Siences and Humanities (CEJSH)
• Library of Science
• Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)
• EBSCO
• European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS)
• Arianta
• Baza Artykułów Biblistyki Polskiej (BABP)
• Humanities Journals (BazHum)
• Index Copernicus (IC)
• Index Theologicus (IxTheo)
• New Testament Abstracts (NTA)
• Old Testament Abstracts (OTA)
• POL-Index
• Polska Bibliografia Naukowa (PBN)
• Sherpa Romeo

FOCUS AND SCOPE

The Biblical Annals is the official scholarly journal of the Institute of Biblical Studies at the Faculty of Theology, the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. It is dedicated to biblical studies and it is divided into the following sections: Old Testament, Intertestamental Literature, New Testament, Varia, Book Reviews, and Biblical News. The journal covers fields of research such as biblical archeology, history, exegesis, philology, hermeneutics, literary studies, studies on culture and religion, and theological studies. The Biblical Annals is an open access journal with all its latest content and back issues digitalized and available for free at our website. Our principle is to provide students and researchers with free access to scholarship and with quality research, using modern technologies and internet delivery platforms.

The Biblical Annals is aimed at presenting the research of Polish and international scholars focusing on problems and methodologies current  in the contemporary biblical studies. The articles and reviews published in the journal are written in Polish, English, Italian, French, and German. Our contributors are both the senior, prominent and the young, promising Polish scholars representing important academic centers like Warsaw, Cracow, Wroclaw, Katowice, and Lublin. The journal plays an essential role in stimulating the biblical studies and scholarly discussion  in our region. The Biblical Annals also welcomes international scholars who want to contribute to it. The international board of scholars (required by Polish academic regulations) and above all the articles and reviews written in foreign languages are aimed at popularizing the Polish biblical publications abroad and to keep it in contact with the international research.

The Biblical Annals requires high scientific standards of the submitted papers which are then subjected to a thorough and critical review process. The journal promotes high ethical standards, originality of scholarly works, the rigorous employment of biblical methodologies, and their diversity. Vision, action, innovation and a commitment to continuous improvement, are the core values we share and we believe in. The Biblical Annals edited by the oldest, biggest, and most respected Institute of Biblical Studies in Poland wants to serve as a biblical platform fostering scholarly collaboration and exchange in our region, in a fruitful dialog with international researchers.