Journal of Near Eastern Studies

*The Journal of Near Eastern Studies*
Discipline	Middle Eastern studies
Language	English
Publication details
Former names	Hebraica, American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures
History	1884–present
Publisher	University of Chicago Press for Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Division of the Humanities, University of Chicago (United States)
Frequency	Biannual
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Near East. Stud.
Indexing;
ISSN	0022-2968;
JSTOR	00222968
OCLC no.	859655365
Links
	Journal homepage;

The Journal of Near Eastern Studies^[1] is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press, covering research on the ancient and medieval civilizations of the Near East, including archaeology, art, history, literature, linguistics, religion, law, and science. The Journal was founded in 1884 is a journal from the University of Chicago's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. It currently publishes twice a year, in April and October. Since 1884, it has featured articles by scholars about the history, art, languages, philosophies, and religions of ancient Egypt and the Near East. There is also a book review section.^[1]^[2]