International Organization for Qumran Studies (1992-), learned society
The International Organization for Qumran Studies (IOQS) is an international academic society, devoted to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
History
The International Organization for Qumran Studies was founded in the summer of 1989 in Groningen at an international conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Starting from 1991, there have been meetings of the Organization every three years at different locations in Europe. The Proceedings are published in the series Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah.
Eibert Tigchelaar (Catholic University of Leuven) is the current Executive secretary of the IOQS.
The steering comittee is formed by George Brooke (University of Manchester), Esther Chazon (Hebrew University Jerusalem), Daniel Falk (University of Oregon) and Annette Steudel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen).
Meetings and Proceedings
- 1992 (Paris, France) - 1st Meeting
- 1995 (Cambridge, England) - 2nd Meeting
- 1998 (Oslo, Norway; 2-4 August 1998) - 3rd Meeting
- 2001 (Basel, Switzerland; 5-7 August 2001) - 4th Meeting
- 2004 (Groningen, Netherlands; 25-28 July 2004) - 5th Meeting
- 2007 (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 16-18 July 2007) - 6th Meeting
- 2010 (Helsinki, Finland; 2-4 August 2010) - 7th Meeting