Third Enoch Seminar (2005 Camaldoli), conference

Monastery of Camaldoli, Italy

Participants at the Third Enoch Seminar

Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan

The Third Enoch Seminar (June 6-10, 2005) is an international Conference organized by the Enoch Seminar.

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Overview

The Third Enoch Seminar was held in Camaldoli [Italy] on "Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man."

The Third Enoch Seminar at Camaldoli signaled the determination of the promoters to strengthen the seminar format of the meeting and focus on the analysis of specific texts. The format now included for the first time the presence of an inner circle of specialists and discussion groups open to all participants.

The conference was organized by the University of Michigan (Dept. of Near Eastern Studies) and the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, in collaboration with the Camaldoli Order, and the Jewish Community of Florence. It focused on the ideology and date of the Parables of Enoch as a Second Temple Jewish document and on its message about the coming of the heavenly Messiah Son of Man.

10 papers (and 12 short papers) circulated in advance and were discussed at the conference in plenary sessions and three discussion groups, at the introduction of 10 respondents. In attendance were 43 scholars from 11 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America). Among the newcomers: Daniel Assefa, Jonathan Ben-Dov, Daniel Boyarin, Charles Gieschen, Robert Kraft, Hindy Najman, Gerbern Oegema, Daniel Olson, Andrei Orlov, and Michael Stone, and Pieter Venter.

The Proceedings of the Third Enoch Seminar were published in 2007 by Eerdmans; see Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man (2007 Boccaccini), edited volume.

Participants

1. William Adler, North Carolina State University, USA
2. Luca Arcari, University of Naples, Italy
3. Daniel Assefa, Ethiopia, France
4. Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edward’s University, USA
5. Andreas Bedenbender, Humboldt University, Germany
6. Jonathan Ben-Dov, University of Haifa, Israel
7. Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA
8. Daniel Boyarin, University of California at Berkeley, USA
9. James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
10. Sabino Chialà, Comunità di Bose, Italy
11. John J. Collins, Yale University, USA
12. Esther Eshel, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
13. Hanan Eshel, (1958-2010), Bar-Ilan University, Israel
14. Ida Fröhlich, Catholic University of Budapest, Hungary
15. Charles Gieschen, Concordia College, USA
16. Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, England
17. Darrell D. Hannah, England
18. Matthias Henze, Rice University, USA
19. Giovanni Ibba, Central Italy Theological Seminary, Italy
20. Michael A. Knibb, emeritus, King’s College London, England
21. Klaus Koch, emeritus, University of Hamburg, Germany
22. Robert Kraft, University of Pennsylvania, USA
23. Helge S. Kvanvig, University of Oslo, Norway
24. Luca Mazzinghi, Central Italy Theological Seminary, Italy
25. Phillip Munoa, Hope College, USA
26. Hindy Najman, University of Toronto, Canada
27. George W.E. Nickelsburg, emeritus, University of Iowa, USA
28. Eric Noffke, Rome, Italy
29. Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Canada
30. Daniel Olson, ,
31. Andrei A. Orlov, Marquette University, USA
32. Pierluigi Piovanelli, University of Ottawa, Canada
33. Paolo Sacchi, emeritus, University of Turin, Italy
34. Michael Stone, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
35. David W. Suter, Saint Martin’s College, USA
36. Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, Groningen Qumran Institute, Netherlands
37. James C. VanderKam, Notre Dame University, USA
38. Pieter M. Venter, University of Pretoria, South Africa
39. Leslie Walck, ,
40. Benjamin G. Wright, Lehigh University, USA
41. Adela Yarbro Collins, Yale University, USA

Secretaries

• J. Harold Ellens, University of Michigan, USA
• James Waddell, University of Toledo, USA
• Ronald Ruark, University of Michigan, USA
• Jason von Ehrenkrook, University of Michigan, USA
• Aaron Brunell, University of Michigan, USA
• Justin Winger, University of Michigan, USA