The International Organization for Targum Studies (IOTS) advances the study of the Targums, the Aramaic translations of the Hebrew Bible. Its aims are to promote scholarship on the Targums and their contexts, connecting researchers across disciplines to foster a global network for Targum Studies.
This website provides updates on upcoming conferences, new publications, and other news related to the field. For any questions or if you’d like an item to be featured in the newsletter, please contact jeroen.verrijssen@ugent.be.
Executive Committee 2024-2027
President
David Shepherd, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Vice President
Christian Brady, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, United States
Secretary-Treasurer
Leeor Gottlieb, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
At-Large Members
Viktor Ber, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Margaretha Folmer, Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Laura Lieber, Duke University, UK
Gavin McDowell, Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, France
Hector Patmore, KU Leuven, Belgium
Shlomi Efrati, KU Leuven, Belgium
Editor, Newsletter for Targumic and Cognate Studies
Jeroen Verrijssen, Ghent University, Belgium