THE BIBLICAL ANNALS has been published since 1954 by the Institute of Biblical Studies that makes part of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, first under the title Roczniki Teologiczne, fascicle 1, then Roczniki Biblijne. As a research journal dedicated to biblical studies on the Old and New Testament, and intertestamentary literature, it covers fields of research, such as exegesis, philology, and history. The main purpose of the journal is to further literary, historical and religious understanding of biblical texts and intertestamentary literature.