Presidental address : the city of Babel and Assyrian imperialism : Genesis 11:1-9 interpreted in light of Mesopotamian sources / Arie van der Kooij -- The twelve Minor Prophets and the Dead Sea Scrolls / George J. Brooke -- La reconstruction du Temple selon la Septante de Zacharie / Cécile Dogniez -- Die Textgeschichte der Königsbücher und ihre Konsequenzen für die Textgeschichte der hebräischen Bibel, illustriert am Beispiel von 2 Kön 23:1-3 / Adrian Schenker -- Beersheba Valley archaeology and its implications for the biblical record / Zeev Herzog -- Die Geschichte der Abrahamüberlieferung / Matthias Köckert -- The Temple library of Jerusalem and the composition of the book of Kings / Nadav Naʼaman -- Der reissende Wolf : Josua in Überlieferung und Geschichte / Ed Noort -- "God" in Old Testament theology / Graham I. Davies -- Scribes inspirés et écrits céleste / Jean-Marie Husser -- Rhyme and reason : the historical résumé in Israelite and early Jewish thought / Carol A Newsom -- Anciens et modernes face au Cantique des cantiques : un impossible dialogue? / Jean-Marie Auwers -- Biblical exegesis, cognitive linguistics, and hypertext / Christo H.J. van der Merwe -- The manumission of hermeneutics : the slave laws of the Pentateuch as a challenge to contemporary Pentateuchal theory / Bernard M. Levinson -- The role and significance of dbry ḥpṣ (Qoh. 12:10a) for understanding Qohet / J.S.Y. Pahk -- Towards an integrated approach in biblical studies, illustrated with a dialogue between Job 28 and Job 38 / Ellen van Wolde -- Reading the Pentateuch as counter-text : a new interpretation of Genesis 1:14-19 / J. Severino Croatto -- Lire la Bible dans le contexte africain : approche et perspectives / André Kabasele Mukenge -- The cross-textual method and the J stories in Genesis in light of a Chinese philosophical text / Craig Y.S. Ho -- Responses to Kabasele Mukenge and Craig Y.S. Ho / John Barton.