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
No. | Place | Date | President |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Copenhagen | 25.–28.8. 1953 | Edith Bentzen-Smith[2] |
2. | Strasbourg | 27.8.–1.9. 1956 | Roland de Vaux |
3. | Oxford | 31.8.–5.9. 1959 | Godfrey Rolles Driver |
4. | Bonn | 26.–31.8. 1962 | Martin Noth |
5. | Geneva | 22.–28.8.1965 | Johann Jakob Stamm |
6. | Rome | 15.–19.8.1968 | Roderick Andrew Francis MacKenzie |
7. | Uppsala | 8.–12.8. 1971 | Helmer Ringgren |
8. | Edinburgh | 18.–23.8. 1974 | George W. Anderson |
9. | Göttingen | 21.–26.8. 1977 | Walther Zimmerli |
10. | Vienna | 24.–29.8. 1980 | Walter Kornfeld |
11. | Salamanca | 28.8.–2.9. 1983 | Luis Alonso Schökel |
12. | Jerusalem | 24.–29.8. 1986 | Benjamin Mazar |
13. | Leuven | 27.8.–1.9. 1989 | Chris Brekelmans |
14. | Paris | 19.–24.7. 1992 | André Caquot |
15. | Cambridge | 16.–21.7. 1995 | John Emerton |
16. | Oslo | 2.–7.8. 1998 | Magne Sæbø |
17. | Basel | 5.–10.8. 2001 | Ernst Jenni |
18. | Leiden | 1.–6.8. 2004 | Arie van der Kooij |
19. | Ljubljana | 15.–20. 2007 | Jože Krašovec |
20. | Helsinki | 1.–6.8. 2010 | Raija Sollamo |
21. | Munich | 4.–9.8. 2013 | Christoph Levin |
22. | Stellenbosch | 4.–9.9. 2016 | Johann Cook |
23. | Aberdeen | 4.–9.8. 2019 | Joachim Schaper[3] |
24. | Zürich | 8. –12.8. 2022 | Konrad Schmid[4] |
25. | Berlin | August 2022 | Bernd Schipper[5] |
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
- ^ "Congress Volume Copenhagen," Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 1, Leiden 1953.
- ^ Edith Bentzen-Smith led the congress replacing her husband Aage Bentzen who had died on 4 June that year.
- ^ Homepage of the 23rd IOSOT Congress
- ^ Homepage of the 24rd IOSOT Congress
- ^ Homepage of Prof. Schipper at Humboldt University