1st EnochFest

1st EnochFest: New research and Publications (Oct 5-7, 2026)

The online conference, to which all leading Enoch specialists will be invited, will discuss some of the key topics in Enoch research based on the most recent publications.

We are planning 6 sessions (2 hours each, with panels of 5/6 specialists)

1^ day (Mon Oct 5) 1. Book of the Watchers (10am-noon EST) 2. Book of Dreams / Epistle of Enoch / Book of Parables (1:30pm-3:30pm EST)

2^ day (Tue Oct 6) 3. Aramaic Enoch (10am-noon EST) 4. Ethiopic Enoch (1:30pm-3:00pm EST)

3^ day (Wed Oct 7) 5. Enoch and the New Testament 6. 2 Enoch (1:30pm-3:00pm EST)

1st session

• Book of the Watchers

Presenters:

• @ <OK> Mark Leuchter, author of An Empire Fas and Wide (2024)
• @ ? Alexander McCarron, author of Textual evolution and growth of the Enochic Theophany in the Book of the Watchers 1:1-9 (2025)

Respondents:

• @ ? Amar Annus (amar.annus@ut.ee University of Tartu, Helsinki)
• ? ? Kelley Bautch
• ? ? Angela Kim Harkins
• ? ? Matthew Goff

2nd session =

• Book of Dreams / Epistle of Enoch / Book of Parables

Presenters:

• Dorota Hartman, author of
• Matthew Korpman, author of
• David Cielontko [cielontko@etf.cuni.cz], author of The Visions of Enoch the Prophet: On the Function of the Book of Parables (De Gruyter, 2026)

Respondents:

• (resp. Jim VanderKam? John Collins?

3rd session =

Aramaic Enoch

Presenters:

• Daniel A. Machiela, author of A Handbook of the Aramaic Scrolls from the Qumran Caves: Manuscripts, Language, and Scribal Practices (Brill, 2023)
• Henryk Drawnel, editor of The Aramaic Books of Enoch and related literature from Qumran (Brill, 2024)
• Mladen Popovic (?), author of "Dating ancient manuscripts using radiocarbon and AI-based writing style analysis" (2025)

• Respondents:

4th session =

• Ethiopic Enoch

Presenters:

• Loren Stuckenbruck
• Vladimir Olivero [vladimirolivero@fas.harvard.edu], author of 1 Enoch: An Ethiopic Reader's Edition (SBL Press, 2025).
• Ted Erho [ted.erho@uni-hamburg.de]

Respondents:

• Massimo Villa,
• Pierluigi Piovanelli,
• Wendy Laura Belcher [wbelcher@princeton.edu])

5th session

• 2 Enoch:

Presenters:

• Grant Macaskill, author of The Entangled Enoch: 2 Enoch and the Cultures of Late Antiquity (Brill, 2024)
• Daniel Olson, author of Second Enoch: A Samaritan Apocalypse (Brill, 2025)

• Respondents: Andrei Orlov?

6th session =

• Enoch & the New Testament

Presenters:

• Cana Werman, author of "1 Enoch and the New Testament" (2025)
• Sofonit Abebe, author of Apocalyptic Spatiality in 1 Peter and Selected 1 Enoch Literature: A Comparative Analysis (Mohr Siebeck, 2024)
• Giulio Mariotti, author of

Respondents:

• Gabriele Boccaccini

-- The Place of Enoch in Second Temple Jewish Literature : General Introductions : Adriano Virgili -- Matthew Goff -- James Davila

-- Book of Watchers: Mark Leuchter -- Alexander McCarron -- Amar Annus (amar.annus@ut.ee University of Tartu, Helsinki) resp. Kelley Bautch, Angela Hrakins, John Collins? Hindy Najman?

-- Animal Apocalypse / Epistle of Enoch / Book of Parables : Dorota Hartman -- Matthew Korpman -- David Cielontko [cielontko@etf.cuni.cz] (resp. Jim VanderKam

-- Aramaic Enoch at Qumran : Henryk Drawnel -- Machiela -- (resp. Jutta Hokiranta, Jim VanderKam) Popovic, Tigchelaar

-- Studies of Ethiopic Enoch: Vladimir Olivero [vladimirolivero@fas.harvard.edu] -- Ted Erho [ted.erho@uni-hamburg.de] -- Loren Stuckenbruck -- Massimo Villa -- (respondent Pierluigi Piovanelli & Wendy Laura Belcher [wbelcher@princeton.edu])

-- 2 Enoch : Macaskill -- Olson -- Andrei Orlov Andreas Wagner (deceased) -- (resp. Badalova Geller? )

-- Enoch and New Testament : Cana Werman -- Sofonit Abebe - Giulio Mariotti (resp. Gabriele Boccaccini