International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament

The International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) is a scientific organization of Old Testament scholars, established in 1950 in Leiden. The first congress was held in 1953 in Copenhagen.^[1]

List of congresses and presidents

Bibliography

• Rudolf Smend Jr. and David E. Orton (Translator): "Fifty Years International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament and Vetus Testamentum" In: Vetus Testamentum 50 (2000), pp. 14–26.

References

1. "Congress Volume Copenhagen," Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 1, Leiden 1953.
2. Edith Bentzen-Smith led the congress replacing her husband Aage Bentzen who had died on 4 June that year.
3. Homepage of the 23rd IOSOT Congress
4. Homepage of the 24rd IOSOT Congress
5. Homepage of Prof. Schipper at Humboldt University