Contains the 19 papers given at the IOSCS congress in Jerusalem in the summer of 1986. There were two symposia of five papers each: "Symposium on Exegesis in the LXX" and "Symposium on Translation Technique." Presenters: D. Dimant; Z. Talshir; R.G. Jenkins; C.E. Cox; J. Cook; A. van der Koiij; J. Lust; M.K.H. Peters; T. Muraoka; V. Spottorno; N. Fernández Marcos; J.R. Busto Saiz; B.J. Wright; E. Tov; A. Aejmelaeus; J. Barr; G. Marquis; I. Soisalon-Soininen. Indexes: biblical references, Qumranic literature, targumim and midrashim, personal names, subjects. The editor provides an introduction in which the papers are summarized.