This volume presents the main lectures of the 21st Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Munich, Germany, in August 2013. Seventeen essays of internationally distinguished scholars offer a representative view of recent developments in the study of the Hebrew Bible.

Christl M. Maier, Dr. theol. (1994), is Professor of Old Testament at the University of Marburg, Germany and editor-in-chief of Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. She has published extensively on Wisdom Literature, Old Testament prophecy, and Feminist Hermeneutics.