4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism:Current events

News and Obituaries

• August 2015" - Major modification of the site

• May 8, 2013 Geza Vermes passed away. He was emeritus professor of Jewish Studies at Wolfson College, Oxford; and director of the Oxford Forum for Qumran Research at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. From 1971 he was editor of Journal of Jewish Studies.

• January 28, 2013 Paul J. Achtemeier passed away. He was Professor emeritus of Biblical Interpretation at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He was General Editor of the Harper’s Bible Dictionary (1985; rev. 1996) and author of numerous works on the New Testament.

• October 17, 2012 Frank Moore Cross passed away. He was one of the pioneers of Qumran Studies and among the most distinguished and influential scholars of his generation in the field of ancient Judaism.

• September 5, 2012 Walter Harrelson Walter Harrelson, an internationally acclaimed Old Testament scholar who previously served as dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School, died in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible, emeritus, was 92 years old and had been in hospice care. Vanderbilt University posted a fitting tribute here- http://bit.ly/PX6PLZ

• August 16, 2012 -- Marvin Meyer, was Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies and Co-Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Chapman University. He was also Director of the Chapman University Albert Schweitzer Institute. His publications were multitudinous and very influential in the field of early Christianity.

• March 26, 2012 -- Helmer Ringgren, Old Testament scholar and linguist died. He got his doctorate at Uppsala in 1947 and was a pupil of Geo Widengren, professor of Comparative Religion, and of the famous semitist H. S. Nyberg. He had held chairs both in Comparative Religion (Åbo, Finland, 1962-64), and in Old Testament Exegetics (Evanston, 1960-62; Uppsala 1964-83). Further here- http://bit.ly/HGNV95

• February 10, 2012 -- Richard T. France died. He was born on 2 April 1938. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford (BA, 1960; MA 1963). He earned his BD at Tyndale Hall, University of London (1963) and his PhD at Tyndale Hall, Bristol (1967). He served pastoral charges in England and Wales from 1995 until his retirement in 1999. He was the author of many important exegetical works.

• February 2, 2012 Lexicographer and New Testament scholar Frederick W. Danker passed away; see http://bit.ly/xM0gen. His memorial service was held Saturday, 18 Feb, 2012, at Bethel Lutheran Church, 7001 Forsyth Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63105.

• November November 21, 2011 Israeli Archaeologist Joseph Naveh passed away; see http://bit.ly/sccijU. For a list of his publications visit here - http://bit.ly/t4lpvy. And for a brief biography, here - http://bit.ly/t4L7wi. Christopher Rollston has penned an obituary which can be found here - http://www.rollstonepigraphy.com/?p=331

• The 6th Enoch Seminar was held in Milan, Italy (June 26-30, 2011) on 2 Baruch / 4 Ezra. See the Enoch Seminar page for further details.

• The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow) is now available. It is a landmark in the history of research in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins.

• July 11, 2011 Italian NT scholar Giuseppe Segalla passed away; see http://www.fttr.it/pls/fttr/V3_S2EW_CONSULTAZIONE.mostra_pagina?id_pagina=1005

• June 24, 2011 Friedemann Golka, a member of the Society for Old Testament Study and author of numerous Old Testament studies, passed away. He was born on the 5th of April in 1942. A brief obituary has been uploaded here- http://www.scribd.com/doc/59305033/Friedemann-Obituary .

• May 26, 2011 Dafydd Rhys ap-Thomas, a former President of SOTS and author of many biblical studies books as well as translator of many, passed away. There's a brief obituary here - http://www.annibynwyr.org/5353.html?diablo.lang=eng

• February 19, 2011 - Israeli Archaeologist Anson F. Rainey (born 11 January 1930) passed away 19 February 2011. A biography and bibliography of his many works is available here- http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/directory/dir_anson_rainey.html . May his memory be a blessing.

• February 13, 2011 - American Professor, and friend of the Enoch Seminar, Alan F. Segal (1945-2011) passed away on Feb 13. His premature death is very sad news for all those who had the privilege of knowing him, and a great loss for the entire community of specialists in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins. Our thoughts are with his family. May his memory be a blessing.

• January 13, 2011 - German scholar Rudolf Pesch (1936-2011) passed away. Prof. Pesch's research focused on the Gospel of Mark and the Acts of Apostles.

• Dec 15, 2010 - With great sorrow we announce that Israeli Professor, and member of the Enoch Seminar, Shemaryahu Talmon (1920-2010) passed away on Dec 15. Prof. Talmon was the chief editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project for many years. May his memory be a blessing.

• December 6, 2010 - Biblical scholar and translator John Bowden (1935 - 2010) passed away. He was an accomplished scholar in his own right but is probably better known as a translator of many books in the field of Biblical studies.

• Oct 28, 2010 - Israeli Archaeologist Ehud Netzer (1934-2010) passed away. A specialist of Herodian archaeology, is renowned for his excavations at the Herodium. He recently announced the discovery of the location of the tomb of Herod the Great.

• Oct 26, 2010 - Biblical scholar Jan Alberto Soggin (1926-2010) passed away. He was Professor at the Waldensian Faculty of Theology in Rome, Italy. His History of Israel and Introduction to the Old Testament were international bestsellers.

• May 15, 2010 - American-Israeli scholar Moshe Greenberg (1928-2010) passed away.

• Apr 8, 2010 - Israeli archaeologist and co-director of the Enoch Seminar Hanan Eshel (1958-2010) passed away.

• Apr 7, 2010 - American historian Ellis Rivkin (1918-2010) passed away

Conferences

November 23-26, 2013 - The Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting - The details, call for papers, and registration information can be read here - http://sbl-site.org/meetings/AnnualMeeting.aspx

Obituaries

• 2012 - Marvin Meyer (1948-2012).
• 2010 - Hanan Eshel (1958-2010) / Ellis Rivkin (1918-2010) / Donald J. Wiseman (1918-2010)
• 2009 - Pierre Grelot (1917-2009) / Martin Hengel (1926-2009) / Edward Schillebeeckx (1914-2009) / Moshe Weinfeld (1925-2009) // Pierre Bourgeade (1927-2009) / Gertrud Fussenegger (1912-2009)

Conferences

Fall 2011

• SBL (San Francisco, CA: November 2011)

Festschriften

A new Volume honoring Graham I. Davies has been published, the main details of which can be read here- http://bit.ly/uJUG7F and further details including the list of contributors is available here- http://bit.ly/uLHyZb .