The 16th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) was held in Oslo, Norway on August 2-7, 1998, in conjunction with the meetings of other professional organizations, including:

~ the 10th Meeting of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS)
~ the 3rd Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies on: “Sapiential, Liturgical, and Poetical Texts from Qumran” (August 2-4, 1998)
~ the 2nd Meeting of the International Organization for Targumic Studies (IOTS)