The 20th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) was held in Helsinki, Finland on August 1-6, 2013 in conjunction with the meetings of other professional organizations, including:

~ the 14th Meeting of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS) (August, 2013)

~ the 7th Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies (IOQS) (August 2-4, 2013) under the title: “”The Scrolls and Biblical Traditions.”

~ the 6th Meeting of the International Organization for Targumic Studies (IOTS) (August, 2013)

The 2010 IOSOT Congress marked the 60th anniversary of the Organization’s foundation.