The International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) is a scientific organization of Old Testament scholars, established in 1950 in

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. The first congress was held in 1953 in

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."Congress Volume Copenhagen," ''Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 1'', Leiden 1953.

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

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