Welcome to the website of Het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België (The Old Testament Society in the Netherlands and in Belgium, OTW). The OTW is a society of Dutch speaking scholars, who are doing academic research in the Old Testament, its ancient Near Eastern environment, and in its history of reception.
The website contains information about the OTW and its members, activities and publications, news and details of the academic study of the Old Testament. For questions and suggestions, please contact the webmaster.

Latest news
Summer School on Biblical Hebrew Poetry: Song of Songs (Leuven)
Academic Conference: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Travel Experiences (3th BC-8th CE)
Calendar
Septuaginta Deutsch
18-21 July 2021, Wuppertal, Germany
The Society for Old Testament Study
19-22 July, venue tbc
Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense
The Letter to the Hebrews
22-24 July 2021, Leuven, Belgium
International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature,
25-29 July 2021, Canterbury, UK

כלי Database
A database containing academic articles concerned with the name and function of utensils in the Hebrew Bible.

OT Research
An overview of all locations in Belgium and the Netherlands where the Hebrew Bible can be studied as well as a list of all the members of the OTW and their academic interests.

Old Testament Studies
All publications in the Old Testament Studies (OTS) series of publisher Brill, published on behalf of the Societies for Old Testament Studies in the Netherlands and Belgium, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Ireland.