THE JOURNAL OF BIBLE AND RELIGION. – Official journal of the Protestant National Association of Biblical Instructors, founded to promote religion in education (NABI, an acronym alluding to nābîḥ, "prophet"), now widespread throughout the United States, with headquarters in Baltimore. The Association was founded by Ismar John Petrie in Syracuse (N.Y.) in 1909; from 1919 to 1932 it published its proceedings and articles in *Christian Education* (complete list in *J. of B. and R.*, 18 [1950], pp. 24-26), but from 1933 it had its own semiannual journal, *Journal of the NABI*, which from vol. 5 (1937) became a quarterly under the present title.
According to its constitution, NABI aims to promote more effective biblical and religious instruction, especially in secondary schools, colleges, universities, and theological seminaries (cf. *J. of B. and R.*, 17 [1949], pp. 215 ff.). For the most part, it synchronizes its meetings with those of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis. However, the editorial approach of the two journals differs: the latter focuses on technical and specialized research, while *The Journal of Bible and Religion* seeks to address "scientific but non-technical" results. It is thus a journal of high-level popularization, yet engaging and current in the field of scientific exegesis, with bibliographies and bulletins on biblical issues (*Research Abstracts*, since 1947); it also covers topics in the history of religions and religious philosophy.
There is a special editor for biblical archaeology. The journal is distinctly "interdenominational," open to various ecclesiastical and theological currents; it reflects the doctrine of "orthodox" Protestants.