Fifth Enoch Seminar (2009 Naples), conference

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Cappella Cangiani, Naples, Italy
Participants at the Fifth Enoch Seminar
Andrei Orlov, Marquette University, Chair of the Conference
Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, Co-Chair of the Conference

The Fifth Enoch Seminar (2007) is an international Conference organized by the Enoch Seminar.

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Overview

The Fifth Enoch Seminar was held in Naples, Italy on "2 Enoch."

The Fifth Enoch Seminar was organized by the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, the University of Michigan (Dept. of Near Eastern Studies), and the University Naples "Federico II", in collaboration with and the University of Naples "L'Orientale."

The Seminar focused on the role of Enoch, Adam and Melchizedek as mediatorial figures in Second Temple Judaism, with special emphasis on 2 Enoch.

18 papers circulated in advance and were discussed at the conference, at the introduction of 18 respondents. Among the newcomers: Harold Attridge, Christfried Boettrich, Rachel Elior, Steven Fraade, Gabriella Gelardini, Alexander Kulik, Jack Levison, Basil Lourie, Eric Mason, Ludmilla Navtanovich, Alexander Toepel, Johannes Tromp.

The conference opened with the groundbreaking announcement of the discovery of the Coptic fragments of 2 Enoch ("No Longer Slavonic Only").

The Proceedings were published by Brill in 2012; see New Perspectives on 2 Enoch: No Longer Slavonic Only (2012 Orlov, Boccaccini), edited volume. An additional collection of "short papers" appeared in the journal Henoch; see Enochic Traditions and Mediatorial Figures in Second Temple Judaism and Their Legacy in Early Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and Islam (2011 Zurawski), edited volume

Participants

  1. Daphna Arbel, University of British Columbia, Canada
  2. Luca Arcari, University of Naples, Italy
  3. Daniel Assefa, Ethiopia, France
  4. Harold Attridge, Yale University, USA
  5. Florentina Badalanova Geller, Royal Anthropological Institute, England
  6. Albert I. Baumgarten, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  7. Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edward’s University, USA
  8. Andreas Bedenbender, Humboldt University, Germany
  9. Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA
  10. Darrell Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary, USA
  11. Christfried Böttrich, Greifswald University, Germany
  12. Daniel Boyarin, University of California at Berkeley, USA
  13. Silviu Bunta, University of Dayton, USA
  14. Calum Carmichael, Cornell University, USA
  15. James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
  16. Marianne Dacy, University of Sydney, Australia
  17. James R. Davila, St. Andrews University, Scotland
  18. Devorah Dimant, University of Haifa, Israel
  19. Lutz Doering, King’s College London, England
  20. Henryk Drawnel, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
  21. Rachel Elior, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  22. J. Harold Ellens, University of Michigan, USA
  23. Esther Eshel, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  24. Hanan Eshel, (1958-2010), Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  25. Crispin Fletcher-Louis, St Mary’s London, England
  26. Steven Fraade, Yale University, USA
  27. Ida Fröhlich, Catholic University of Budapest, Hungary
  28. Gabriella Gelardini, University of Basel, Switzerland
  29. Claudio Gianotto, University of Turin, Italy
  30. Charles Gieschen, Concordia College, USA
  31. Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, England
  32. Emmanouela Grypeou, Center for the Styudy of Jewish-Christian Relations, England
  33. Lara Guglielmo, University of Manchester, England
  34. Joost L. Hagen, Leiden University, Netherlands
  35. Matthias Henze, Rice University, USA
  36. Pieter van der Horst, Utrecht University, Netherlands
  37. Alexander Kulik, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  38. John R. Levison, Seattle Pacific University, USA
  39. Basil Lourié, Scrinium. Revue de patrologie d'hagiographie critieque et d'histoire ecclésiastique, Russia
  40. Jared Ludlow, Brigham Young University, USA
  41. Grant Macaskill, St Andrews University, Scotland
  42. Eric Mason, Judson University, USA
  43. Luca Mazzinghi, Central Italy Theological Seminary, Italy
  44. Anissava Miltenova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
  45. Liudmila Navtanovich, University of Barcelona, Spain
  46. Rivka Nir, The Open University of Israel, Israel
  47. Andrei A. Orlov, Marquette University, USA
  48. Stephen Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel
  49. Pierluigi Piovanelli, University of Ottawa, Canada
  50. Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University, USA
  51. Carlos Segovia, Camilo José Cela University, Spain
  52. Daniel Stökl Ben-Ezra, CNRS, France
  53. Michael Stone, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  54. David W. Suter, Saint Martin’s College, USA
  55. Alexander Toepel, University of Tübingen, Germany
  56. Johannes Tromp, Leiden University, Netherlands
  57. Pieter M. Venter, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Secretaries

  • Anne Kreps, University of Michigan, USA
  • James Waddell, University of Toledo, USA
  • Jason M. Zurawski, University of Michigan, USA