"The XIXth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) was held in Ljubljana from 15 to 20 July 2007"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

Transmission of Semitic forms of Biblical proper names in Greek and Latin linguistic traditions / Jože Krašovec -- The Genesis of Genesis / David L. Petersen -- Das Rätsel von Psalm 49 / Gianni Barbiero -- Masora's contribution to Biblical studies : revival of an ancient tool / Aron Dotan -- Retouches ré́dactionnelles au texte proto-massorétique : l'apport des versions grecques de Daniel / Olivier Munnich -- The challenge of Hebrew lexicography today / David J.A. Clines -- An integrated verb system for Biblical Hebrew prose and poetry / Alviero Nicacci -- Zwischen Elephantine und Qumran : das Alte Testament im Rahmen des antiken Judentums / Reinhard G. Kratz -- The earliest known manuscripts of Samaritan Arabic Chronicles and other texts in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg / Haroutyun S. Jamgotchian -- The coincidental textual nature of the collections of ancient scriptures / Emanuel Tov -- The significance of the pre-Maccabean literature from the Qumran library for the understanding of the Hebrew Bible / Armin Lange -- Gebete als hermeneutischer Schlüssel zu biblischen Büchern, am Beispiel von Jeremia / Georg Fischer -- Das judäische und das babylonische Jeremiabuch / Hermann-Josef Stipp -- Konstantinos Oikonomos ex Oikonomon als Septuaginta-Interpret / Evangelia G. Dafni -- Principles of Orthodox hermeneutics / Vasile Mihoc -- The forgotten divinity of creation : suggestions for a revision of Old Testament creation theology in the 21st century / Silvia Schroer -- Philosophical interpretations of the sacrifice of Isaac / Seizō Sekine -- Reading texts holistically : the foundation of biblical criticism / John Barton -- La persuasion coopérative dans le discours sur la loi : pour une analyse de la rhétorique du Code de Sainteté / Jan Joosten -- The creation of man in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch and in Christian tradition / Grant Macaskill -- The impact of interpretation on the evolution of the Church Slavonic Psalter text up to the fifteenth century / Catherine Mary MacRobert -- Biblical prophecy from a Near Eastern perspective : the cases of kingship and divine possession / Martti Nissinen -- God's repentance and "false starts" in biblical history (Genesis 6-9; Exodus 32-34; 1 Samuel 15 and 2 Samuel 7) / Jean-Pierre Sonnet -- Hope in two keys : musical impact and the poetics of Job 14 / C.-L. Seow -- Messianic passages of the Book of Sirach in the translation of St. Methodius / Svetlina Nikolova -- The perception of God's house in the Psalter : a study of how the Psalmists understand the Temple / Mary Jerome Obiorah -- The Second Commandment and "true worship" in the Iconoclastic Controversy / Vladimir Baranov -- Ezekiel's debate with Isaiah / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Farewell to Deutero-Isaiah, or Prophecy without a prophet / Ulrich Berges -- Fondements du message social des prophètes / Francolino J. Gonçalves -- Towards the formulation of a theology of the Septuagint / Johann Cook.

Twenty-three contributions in English, 5 in German, and 3 in French.