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Not to be confused with the Jewish Quarterly.
The Jewish Quarterly Review (JQR) is the oldest English-language journal of Judaic scholarship, established in 1888 by Israel Abrahams
Israel Abrahams

Israel Abrahams was one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his generation. He wrote a number of classics on Judaism, most notably, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages ....
 and Claude G. Montefiore as an outgrowth of the Wissenschaft des Judentums
Wissenschaft des Judentums

Wissenschaft des Judentums , refers to a nineteenth-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....
 movement. It has historically been a favorite publication venue for some of the best-known names in Jewish scholarship, including Solomon Schechter
Solomon Schechter

Solomon Schechter ?????? ???? ???? was a Moldavian-born Romanian and England 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 United States Conservative Judaism movement....
, Alexander Altmann
Alexander Altmann

Alexander Altmann was an Orthodox Judaism scholar and rabbi born in Kaschau, Austria-Hungary, today Ko?ice, Slovakia. He emigrated to England in 1938 and later settled in the United States, working productively for a decade and a half as a professor within the Philosophy Department at Brandeis University....
, Solomon Zeitlin
Solomon Zeitlin

Solomon Zeitlin, ???????? ??????, ????? ??????? Shlomo Cejtlin was a Jewish historian. His work The Rise and Fall of the Judean State is still considered the standard history of the Second Jewish Commonwealth, and essential reading for anyone wishing to study the origins and birth of Christianity....
, Louis Ginzberg
Louis Ginzberg

Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; he died on November 11, 1953, in New York City....
, Menachem Kellner, Michael Friedländer
Michael Friedländer

Michael Friedl?nder was an Orientalist and principal of Jews' College, London. He is best known for his English language translation of Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed, which was the most popular such translation until the more recent work of Shlomo Pines, and still remains in print....
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Not to be confused with the Jewish Quarterly.
The Jewish Quarterly Review (JQR) is the oldest English-language journal of Judaic scholarship, established in 1888 by Israel Abrahams
Israel Abrahams

Israel Abrahams was one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his generation. He wrote a number of classics on Judaism, most notably, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages ....
 and Claude G. Montefiore as an outgrowth of the Wissenschaft des Judentums
Wissenschaft des Judentums

Wissenschaft des Judentums , refers to a nineteenth-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....
 movement. It has historically been a favorite publication venue for some of the best-known names in Jewish scholarship, including Solomon Schechter
Solomon Schechter

Solomon Schechter ?????? ???? ???? was a Moldavian-born Romanian and England 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 United States Conservative Judaism movement....
, Alexander Altmann
Alexander Altmann

Alexander Altmann was an Orthodox Judaism scholar and rabbi born in Kaschau, Austria-Hungary, today Ko?ice, Slovakia. He emigrated to England in 1938 and later settled in the United States, working productively for a decade and a half as a professor within the Philosophy Department at Brandeis University....
, Solomon Zeitlin
Solomon Zeitlin

Solomon Zeitlin, ???????? ??????, ????? ??????? Shlomo Cejtlin was a Jewish historian. His work The Rise and Fall of the Judean State is still considered the standard history of the Second Jewish Commonwealth, and essential reading for anyone wishing to study the origins and birth of Christianity....
, Louis Ginzberg
Louis Ginzberg

Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; he died on November 11, 1953, in New York City....
, Menachem Kellner, Michael Friedländer
Michael Friedländer

Michael Friedl?nder was an Orientalist and principal of Jews' College, London. He is best known for his English language translation of Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed, which was the most popular such translation until the more recent work of Shlomo Pines, and still remains in print....
, E. N. Adler, W. Bacher, L. Blau, A. Büchler, T. K. Cheyne, H. Hirschfeld, D. Kaufmann, A. Neubauer, M. Steinschneider, I. Zangwill, etc.

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

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