Meetings


Winter Meeting 2022

Online 4-6 January 2022 Under the presidency of Prof Charlotte Hempel TUESDAY 4 January 2.00 pm Committee Meeting 7.15 pm Charlotte Hempel (Birmingham) – ‘The Legacy of the People of the Land in the Dead Sea Scrolls’ WEDNESDAY 5 January 9.15 am Stuart Weeks (Durham) – ‘Why Do We Read […]


Summer Meeting 2021

Online 12-14 January 2021 Under the presidency of Prof Hugh Pyper MONDAY 12 July 2.00 pm Committee Meeting 7.15 pm Martti Nissinen – ‘Female Voices in Akkadian Love Poetry and in the Song of Songs’  TUESDAY 13 Jul 9.15 am Alison Gray – ‘Bringing a dead language to life? Teaching and learning Biblical […]


Winter Meeting 2021

Online 5-7 January 2021 Under the presidency of Prof Hugh Pyper TUESDAY 5 January 2.00 pm Committee Meeting 7.15 pm Presidential Address: Prof Hugh Paper, ‘Old Testament Studies after Covid-19? Precedents for Dealing with the Unprecedented’  TUESDAY 7 January 9.15 am Megan Warner, ‘Are You Indeed to Reign Over Us? Politics in Genesis 37-50’  […]


Winter Meeting 2020

Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham Confidential material (minutes of the previous business meeting as well as proposals for membership) will be posted here (log-in required) once they are ready. Newark Hall, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, NG8 1AW (see here for a pdf with travel information), and the contact telephone number is […]


Report of the Joint Meeting 2018

Violence in the Hebrew Bible: Between Text and Reception 22–24 August 2018, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, Oude Boteringestraat 38, Court Room Het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en BelgiëThe Society for Old Testament Study (United Kingdom)Die Ou-Testamentische Werkgemeenskap van Suid Afrika For a pdf of the report see […]


Winter Meeting 2018

University of Nottingham (Jubilee Campus) confidential material (minutes of the previous business meeting as well as proposals for membership) will be posted here (log-in required) once they are ready. Newark Hall, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, NG8 1AW (see here for a pdf with travel information). 2–4 January 2018 Under the presidency of […]


Winter Meeting 2017

Cripps Hall, University Park, Nottingham confidential material (minutes of the previous business meeting as well as proposals for membership) can be found here (log-in required). Cripps Hall, Nottingham, NG7 2QE (West Entrance; see here for a pdf with a description of how to get to Cripps hall, and links on the University of Nottingham website). […]


Summer Meeting 2016

Hulme Hall, University of Manchester confidential material (minutes of the previous business meeting as well as proposals for membership) can be found here (log-in required). Hulme Hall, Manchester, M14 5RR (see here for a googlemaps link; and here for a pdf with a description of how to get to Hulme hall). 25-28 July 2016 Under the presidency of Dr Adrian […]


SOTS Centenary Volume

PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER ON THE SOCIETY’S CENTENNIAL ESSAYS A special offer is available on pre-ordered copies of the SOTS Centennial Essays for prospective attendees at the SOTS Centennial Meeting (Winter Meeting 2017, at Cripps Hall, Nottingham, on 3rd-5th January 2017). Order by 1st November 2016 a copy (or copies) of SOTS at […]