The Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZATW/ZAW) is an academic German journal established in 1881.

At the present time, it is more ecumenical, also representing Catholic and Jewish points of view.

Currently, the journal is edited by Hans-Christoph Schmitt and Ernst-Joachim Waschke and published by Walter de Gruyter.

A companion to the ZAW journal is the Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZNW).

There is a further supplementary series to the worked called Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft.