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Winter Meeting 2023 This winter’s SOTS Conference takes place in The Edge, Endcliffe Student Village, Sheffield, S103ED, between Tuesday January 3rd and Thursday January 5th. Under the presidency of Professor Katharine Dell Confidential material (minutes of the previous business meeting as well as proposals for membership) are available to view HERE. You […]

The Summer Meeting 2022 This summer’s SOTS Conference takes place in the Exchange Building, Jubilee Campus, Nottinham NG8 1BB, between Monday July 25th and Thursday July 28th. The residential venue for the Meeting is Southwell Hall, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, NG8 1AW, and the contact telephone number for the registration and […]

The Summer Meeting 2021 Under the presidency of Prof. Hugh Pyper  Confidential material (minutes of the previous business meeting as well as proposals for membership) are available to view HERE. You must be logged in as a Member to access these documents. Additional material for the conference are available to view HERE. You […]

Bertil Albrektson was born on 27 September 1929 in Gothenburg. He attended the University of Gothenburg where he received a degree in philosophy in 1951. He then studied theology at the University of Lund, receiving his degree in 1956 after which he was ordained priest in the Church of Sweden […]

SOTS members for whom the REF2021 research audit is relevant are encouraged to consult the information on the REF website (https://www.ref.ac.uk/guidance). Where there seems any uncertainty about their individual circumstances, they should raise such questions with the appropriate officers in their home institutions.

Prof Hugh Pyper reading his own translation of Qohelet into Scots:

As the Committee of the Society for Old Testament Study, we wish to express our shock and sorrow that Professor Jan Joosten, a leading Old Testament scholar and, until recently, a member of the Society, has been convicted of the possession of images of the sexual abuse of children, and […]