The three-day conference, organised as part of the events of Hungary's Year of the Bible, was sponsored by Laszlo Kiss-Rigo, Bishop of Szeged-Csanad, Gyorgy Jakubinyi, Archbishop of Alba Iulia (C Romania) and Gyorgy Fodor, Rector of Peter Pazmany Catholic University in Budapest.
The event is attended by researchers of the Bible from several countries, including Germany, the Czech Republic, Romania and Croatia.