Professor Jože Krašovec, President of the IOSOT 2004-2007

Jože Krašovec was born on 20 April 1944 in Sodna vas near Podčetrtek, Slovenia. He studied theology at the Theological Faculty in Ljubljana (1963-1970) and at the Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem. In 1976 he was awarded a Doctorate in Biblical Studies from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome; in 1982 he completed a Doctorate in Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1986 he earned a combined Doctorate at the Sorbonne in Paris – in the History of Religion and Religious Anthropology (Sorbonne), and in Theological Studies (Institut Catholique). All three dissertations have been published: 1. Der Merismus im Biblisch-Hebräischen und Nordwestsemitischen (BibOr 33; Rome: Biblical Institute Press 1977); 2. Antithetic Structure in Biblical Hebrew Poetry (VT.S 35; Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1984); 3. La justice (sdq) de Dieu dans la Bible hébraique et l'interprétation juive et chrétienne (OBO 76; Freiburg, Switzerland: Universitätsverlag; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1988). He began lecturing in Biblical studies at the Theological Faculty in Ljubljana in 1976, and has been a Full Professor since 1992. On 30 May 1991 he was elected an Adjunct, and on 6 June 1995 a Full Member of the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences. His bibliography comprises about 300 monographic studies and articles published in Slovene, English, German, French as well as various other languages. His most comprehensive projects are the proceedings Interpretation of the Bible (Ljubljana / Sheffield, 1998) and Reward, Punishment, and Forgiveness (VT.Sup 78; Leiden / Boston / Köln: E. J. Brill, 1999). For Slovenia the most important work carried out under his supervision is the new Slovenian translation of the Bible: the Slovenian Standard Version (1996). On 6 August 2004 he was elected (at the world congress at Leiden, Netherlands) President of IOSOT for the years 2004-2007.

Professor Joseph Plevnik, Secretary of the IOSOT Congress 2007

Joseph Plevnik was born on 18 December 1928 in Ljubljana. College and University studies were carried out in Canada and in Germany: St. Mary’s university, Halifax (1949-1948); Ignatius College, Guelph (1952-1954); Collegium Christi Regis, Toronto (1954-1957); Loyola and Immaculate Conception Colleges, Montreal (1956-1957); Boston College (M.A. 1963); University of Würzburg, Germany (PhD 1971). Professional activities in the field of Sacred Scriptures at Regis College, Toronto: Assistant professor (1971-1978), Associate Professor (1978-1989), Full Professor (1989-), Advanced Degree Director (1982-1991); Professor Emeritus (1994-). Professor Plevnik is member of the Catholic Biblical Association of America, of the Society of Biblical Literature, of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, of the Editorial board of the scholarly journal Bogoslovni vestnik (Ljubljana, 1996-). He has delivered scholarly papers in various seminars. His publications include many scholarly papers in refereed journals and a few monographic works in English and in Slovene languages.

Associated Secretaries are: Dr. Maksimilijan Matjaž, Dr. Maria Carmela Palmisano, and Dr. Terezija Snežna Večko.

Auspices, Representatives and Organization of the Congress

Main Auspices:
President of the Republic of Slovenia
Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia
Academic Auspices:
President of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA)
Rector of the University of Ljubljana
Religious Auspices:
President of the Slovenian Bishops’ Conference
Leader of the Slovenian Evangelical Church
Leader of the Slovenian Serbian Orthodox Church

Organizing Committee
Jože Krašovec, President of the IOSOT
Janez Gril, Director of DRUŽINA and TRUD
Zoran Mezeg, Administration Director of the SASA
Tanja Benedik, Administration Secretary
Barbara Kostanjšek, KOMPAS D.D., Congresses and Business Travel Department
Peter Volasko, Slovenian Research Agency, Department for International Cooperation

Members of the Academic Committee
Irena Avsenik Nabergoj, Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana
Martin Dimnik, University of Toronto, Canada
Bogdan Dolenc, Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana
Mirjana Filipic, Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana
Bogdan Kolar, Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana (Dean)
Janez Kranjc, Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana
Maksimilijan Matjaž, Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana
Marijan Peklaj, Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana
Jože Plevnik, University of Toronto, Canada
Miran Špelič, Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana
Rajko Pirnat, Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana (Dean)
Terezija Snežna Večko, Faculty of Theology of the University of Ljubljana

Advisory Committee
Georg Braulik, Faculty of Theology of the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
Rinaldo Fabris, Theological School of Udine, Italy
Milan Holc, Faculty of Theology Seraphicum, Rome
Konstantin Nikolakopoulos, University of Munich, Germany
Adalbert Rebić, Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Correspondence Bureau IOSOT 2007
Prof. Dr. Jože Krašovec
President of the IOSOT
Dolnicarjeva 1
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone: ++386 (0)1 434 01 98
Fax: ++386 (0)1 433 04 05
E-mail: info@iosot2007.si

Web-site:
www.iosot2007.si

Dates of the Congress from 12^th to 20^th July 2007
International Organization for Targumic Studies (IOTS):
Thursday and Friday

International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS):
Friday and Saturday

International Organization for Qumran Studies (IOQS):
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday afternoon

International Organization for Masoretic Studies (IOMS):
Monday

International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT):
From Sunday to Friday

The plan for this combination of Congresses was conceived at Leiden on 6^th August 2004 by:
Prof. Arie van der Kooij, the former President and the acting Secretary of the IOSOT;
Dr. Konrad D. Jenner, Congress Secretary at Leiden 2004;
Prof. Jože Krašovec, the new President of the IOSOT.