According to Carlin Romano, the Journal emerged from a 2004 conference on Jewish Sources in Early Modern Political Thought held at Jerusalem's Mishkenot Sha'ananim convention center.

[2] In 2004, the Shalem Center announced a call for papers for a conference on political Hebraism and, according to Gordon Schochet (Rutgers University), "the enthusiastic response convinced us there was a need for a journal.

"[1] The journal was established in 2005 with Schochet and Arthur Eyffinger (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands) as editors-in-chief.

The journal's last issue appeared Fall 2009, and its website states that it is no longer accepting submissions.

In the end, Arkush argues, ...Hebraic Political Studies may turn out to be a journal of more interest to students of forgotten corners of modern intellectual history than to people who aspire to revitalize liberalism in Israel in particular or in the Western world in general.