International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament

The International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) is a learned society established in 1950, to promote the study of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Meetings and Proceedings

Since IOSOT’s founding in 1950 in Leiden, an international Old Testament conference has been held every three years at some of the leading international universities:

• IOSOT Founding Meeting (Leiden, Netherlands, August 30th - September 2, 1950)

• 1st IOSOT Congress (Copenhagen, Denmark; August 1953)

• 2nd IOSOT Congress (Strasbourg, France; Summer 1956)

• 3rd IOSOT Congress (Oxford, England; Summer 1959)

• 4th IOSOT Congress (Bonn, Germany; Summer 1962)

• 5th IOSOT Congress (Geneva, Switzerland; Summer 1965)

• 6th IOSOT Congress (Rome, Italy; Summer 1968)

• 7th IOSOT Congress (Uppsala, Sweden; Summer 1971)
  • 1st IOSCS Meeting

• 8th IOSOT Congress (Edinburgh, Scotland; Summer 1974)
  • 2nd IOSCS Meeting

• 9th IOSOT Congress (Göttingen, Germany; Summer 1977
  • 3rd IOSCS Meeting

• 10th IOSOT Congress (Vienna, Austria; Summer 1980;
  • 4th IOSCS Meeting

• 11th IOSOT Congress (Salamanca, Spain; Summer 1983)
  • 5th IOSCS Meeting

• 12th IOSOT Congress (Jerusalem, Israel; Summer 1986)
  • 6th IOSCS Meeting

• 13th IOSOT Congress (Leuven, Belgium; Summer 1989)
  • 7th IOSCS Meeting

• 14th IOSOT Congress (Paris, France; July 19-24, 1992)
  • 8th IOSCS Meeting

• 15th IOSOT Congress (Cambridge, England; Summer 1995;
  • 9th IOSCS Meeting / 1st IOTS Meeting

• 16th IOSOT Congress (Oslo, Norway; August 2-7, 1998)
  • 10th IOSCS Meeting / 2nd IOTS Meeting

• 17th IOSOT Congress (Basel, Switzerland; Summer 2001)
  • 11th IOSCS Meeting / 3rd IOTS Meeting

• 18th IOSOT Congress (Leiden, Netherlands; Summer 2004)
  • 12th IOSCS Meeting / 4th IOTS Meeting

• 19th IOSOT Congress (Ljubljana, Slovenia; Summer 2007)
  • 13th IOSCS Meeting / 5th IOTS Meeting

• 20th IOSOT Congress (Helsinki, Finland; Summer 2010)
  • 14th IOSCS Meeting / 6th IOTS Meeting

• 21st IOSOT Congress (Munich, Germany; Summer 2013)
  • 15th IOSCS Meeting / 7th IOTS Meeting

• 22nd IOSOT Congress (Summer 2016)
  • 16th IOSCS Meeting / 8th IOTS Meeting

• 23rd IOSOT Congress (2019
  • 17th IOSCS Meeting / 9th IOTS Meeting

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