The journal was founded in 2024. We invite contributions of 6,000 to 8,000 words on any aspect of Christian Zionism. One journal issue per year is dedicated to a particular theme; proposals for themes and special issues are welcome. For enquiries and submissions
contact: journal@studychristianzionism.org

Editorial Advisory Board

• Alex Awad, Retired pastor and professor, Bethlehem Bible College
• Sami Awad, Founder and former director of Holy Land Trust
• Susan Brogden, Regional Coordinator, Churches for Middle East Peace
• Gary Burge, Professor Emeritus, Wheaton College
• Monica Burnett, Secretary, Jerusalem Peace Institute
• Wes Granberg-Michaelson, Former General Secretary of the Reformed Church of America
• Marie-Claire Klassen, Postdoctoral Researcher, KU Leuven
• Ussama Makdisi, Professor, University of California Berkeley
• Fred Martin, Retired pastor and author
• Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Lawrence D. Biele Chair of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preparing your article for submission

Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order:

• Cover page, including:
  • Authors, including full contact details and affiliations, including city and country
  • Abstract (up to 150 words)
  • Keywords (3-5)
• Main text
• Acknowledgements (optional)
• Financial Support (if applicable)
• Table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages)
• Figure caption(s) (as a list)

The entire manuscript—including footnotes, tables, and references—should be double-spaced and numbered consecutively.

Book reviews must contain the publication and reviewer data above the main text, using this format:

John Doe, The Title of the Book, Series Title (Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication). Pp. 364. $35.95 cloth, $16.95 paper.* ISBN.

Reviewed by Jane Doe, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ email: jdoe@princeton.edu.

2. Style

The journal conforms to the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition and in general follows the footnote citation guidelines therein.

Multiple sources for a single sentence should be consolidated in a single note. Whenever possible, cite print sources instead of electronic copies.

When citing multiple sources in a footnote, order them in accordance with their appearance in the paragraph. If the sources have no apparent order within the text, order them chronologically.

When prefacing additional references, use the phrase “See also.” When prefacing one or two examples of many, use the phrase “For instance, see”; “and” should always precede the final entry in such a list.

When citing a source published in a city with a common name, include the state or country after the city’s name (e.g. Cambridge, MA or Cambridge, UK). For state names, use the standard, two-letter code of the United States Postal Service.

When referencing specific pages of a text, do not use abbreviations (e.g. p., pp., ff., idem, para., esp.), with the exception of “ch” or “chs” to indicate a specific chapter or chapters.

Use “ibid.” to reference the same citation as in the previous footnote, but avoid it if there are several references in the previous footnote. Do not use “op. cit.” or “passim” in footnotes.

Internet citations must include a full URL and should include an author, title, and publication date if these are available. If there is no publication date in the citation, an accessed date (any date on which the URL was valid) must be included in parenthesis. This rule applies even (indeed especially) to URLs that are no longer active.

Archival citations are the responsibility of the author but must be consistent across the footnotes for each archive cited. They should follow any style requirements specified by the archive itself and Chicago rules for all other style decisions. The first reference must include the full name of the archive, as well as the location if it is not obvious from the name. The full name may be followed by “(hereafter XXX)” and that abbreviation used in subsequent citations.

For examples, please see the Chicago Manual of Style page.

3. Artwork, Figures, and Other Graphics

Tables, figures, and images must be cited in the text, for example (see Table 1). They should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, captioned, and tables should appear in an editable format at the end of the article (in the case of figures, they should be submitted as separate figure files). They should not be interspersed in the text.

Reproduction of copyright material: Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. A copy of the paperwork granting permission should be provided to the editor. You may be asked to pay a permissions fee by the copyright holder; any permissions fees must be paid for by the author.

4. Competing Interests

All authors must include a competing interest declaration in their title page. This declaration will be subject to editorial review and may be published in the article. Competing interests are situations that could be perceived to exert an undue influence on the content or publication of an author’s work. They may include, but are not limited to, financial, professional, contractual or personal relationships or situations. If the manuscript has multiple authors, the author submitting must include competing interest declarations relevant to all contributing authors.

Example wording for a declaration is as follows: “Competing interests: Author 1 is employed at organization A, Author 2 is on the Board of company B and is a member of organization C. Author 3 has received grants from company D.” If no competing interests exist, the declaration should state “Competing interests: The author(s) declare none.”

5. Review process

The journal uses a double-anonymous peer review model. This means that the identities of both the peer reviewers and the authors are kept hidden. Roundtables, Review Essays, and Book Review Essays undergo Editorial review.