In the course of 2024, JJAR published two volumes:
Volume 6
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Daniel Vainstub |
The Enigmatic mmšt in the lmlk Stamps |
1–31 |
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Baruch Rosen and Amir Gorzalczany |
Reinterpreting the Obscure Biblical Hebrew Lexem צעה (Ẓoʻe) in Arad Ostracon 16 |
32–45 |
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Yosef Garfinkel |
Iron Age Towers and the Middle Bronze Age Fortifications of Lachish: A Reply to Vaknin et al.’s Archaeomagnetic Study |
46–57 |
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Yael Max |
Mold-blown Glass Arcaded Beakers from Masada |
58–76 |
Volume 7: Epigraphy in Judah
Guest editors: Daniel Vainstub and Yosef Garfinkel
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Daniel Vainstub and Yosef Garfinkel |
Foreword |
1 |
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Raymond F. Person, Jr. |
Scribal Memory and Metonymy in Iron Age Judah with Some Discussion of Deuteronomy and the Lachish Letters |
2–22 |
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K. Martin Heide |
How to Write Hebrew Letters in Iron Age II Israel and Judah: Some Observations |
23–42 |
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André Lemaire |
Judahite Hebrew Epigraphy and Cult |
43–72 |
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Ze’ev B. Begin |
A Proposed Reading of Lachish Letter 4 |
73–79 |
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Daniel Vainstub |
The Management of Agricultural Taxes in the Valley of Arad as Reflected by Arad Ostraca |
80–99 |
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Matthieu Richelle |
Literacy in the Kingdom of Judah: A Typology of Approaches and a Criticism of Quantitative Perspectives |
100–126 |
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Stefan Jakob Wimmer |
The “Scribal Turn” from Egyptian Hieratic to the Alphabet |
127–139 |
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Christopher Eames and Yosef Garfinkel |
A Corpus of Iron Age II Inscriptions from Jerusalem: The Background for the Writing of Biblical Texts |
140–192 |
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Eythan Levy |
One Big Family? A Quantitative Look at Recurring Names on Judahite Private Jar-handle Impressions |
193–224 |
JJAR’s regular issue received 11 manuscript submissions in 2024. Of these, four were published (36.4%), one was accepted and is in production (9.1%), two were returned to the authors for revision (18.2%), one was rejected following review (9.1%), and three were rejected at the editors’ discretion (27.3%). All in all, the journal’s acceptance rate is 45.5%–63.7%.
Three of the 11 manuscripts (27.3%) were submitted more than once. Two were initially rejected at the editors’ discretion but encouraged to resubmit; they were ultimately rejected. One was initially rejected by the editors but invited to resubmit; it is presently with the author.
Five of the 11 manuscripts submitted in 2024 were initially found severely wanting and unfit for publication in their original form: four under the editorial board’s discretion alone and one following unfavorable reviews. Of these, three were resubmitted, but none were accepted for publication.
The duration between submission to publication ranged between four and nine months.