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)
7-11 September 2020 International Summer School on Biblical Hebrew Poetry: The Song of Songs and its Reception in Judaism This Summer School will provide a.. Read More →
Academic Conference: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Travel Experiences (3th BC-8th CE)
From: Mo 27-01-2020 08:30 Until: We 29-01-2020 14:00 Where: Old Courtroom, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen (38 Oude Boteringestraat) & Film Room, Protestant.. Read More →
Calendar
Annual Meeting Society for Biblical Literature
20-23 November 20-23, San Antonio, TX
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.