1st EnochFest

EnochFest: Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins — A Year in Review (Feb 15-16, 2027)

The goal of the conference is to offer the opportunity to authors who have recently published works in Second Temple Judaism to present their research. It is not a series of book presentations but of papers based on published books.

FIRST DAY

1^ session

• 8:45 - 9:00 -- Welcome and Introduction
• 9:00 - 9:35 -- 1. Kelley Bautch, Matthew Goff and Joshua Scott, Enoch Studies in the 2020s (ES edited volume) (2026)
• 9:35 - 10:10 -- 2. John Collins, author of Apocalypticism as a World View (2026)
• 10:10 - 10:45 -- 3. 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)

2^ session

• 11:00 - 11:35 -- 4. Marcello Fidanzio - The Great Isaiah Scroll
• 11:35 - 12:10 -- 5. Rebecca L Harris. Religious experience and divinization in the sectarian Dead Sea scrolls: Living in the liminal. Leiden: Brill, 2026.
• 12:10 - 12:45 -- 6. Carmen Palmer, Gentile Women in Qumran

3^ session

• 1:45 - 2:20 -- 7. Giancarlo Lacerenza, Jews in Ancient Italy
• 2:20 - 2:55 -- 8. JiSeong James Kwon, author of Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism
• 2:55 - 3:30 -- 9. Gabriella Gelardini (II)

SECOND DAY

4^ session

• 8:45 - 9:00 -- Welcome and Introduction
• 9:00 - 9:35 -- 10. Indy Najman, Author of Scriptural Vitality
• 9:35 - 10:10 -- 11. Sibylline Oracles
• 10:10 - 10:45 -- 12. Van Maaren

5^ session

• 11:00 - 11:35 -- 13. Isaac Oliver, Jocelyn McWhirter, Joshua Scott, Luke and Acts with(in) Second Temple Judaism
• 11:35 - 12:10 -- 14. Jason Wendel. Luke and the Law: A Defence of Christian law-observance. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026.
• 12:10 - 12:45 -- 15. Federico Adinolfi. The Contribution of Italian Scholarship to the Within Judaism Perspective.

6^ session

• 1:45 - 2:20 -- 16. Vladimir Olivero, 1 Enoch: An Ethiopic Reader's Edition (Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2025)
• 2:20 - 2:55 -- 17. Makaskill, 2 Enoch
• 2:55 - 3:30 -- 18. A Survey of Enoch Seminar Upcoming Events & Publications

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9:00 - 9:40 9:40 - 10:20 10:20 - 11:00

11:10 - 11:50 11:50 - 12:30

1:30 - 2:10 2:50 - 3:30

9:00-9:15 - Welcome & Introduction

9:15-11am - 1^ session

• 1. The contribution of the Enoch Seminar (I) : Publications
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11:15am-1pm -- First session (3 papers)

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Break

2:00pm - 3:15pm -- Third session (3 papers)

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3:15-3:30pm - Forthcoming publications by the Enoch Seminar

9:00-9:15 - Welcome & Introduction

9:15-11am - 1^ session

• 1. The contribution of the Enoch Seminar (I) : Publications
• 2. John Collins, author of Apocalypticism as a World View (2026)
• 3. 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)

11:15am-1pm -- First session (3 papers)

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Break

2:00pm - 3:45pm -- Third session (3 papers)

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3:15-3:30pm - Publications by the Enoch Seminar (II)

9:00 - 9:10 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION 9:10 - 9:40 Enoch Seminar Recent Publications 9:40 - 10:20 -- (1) SPEAKER 10:20 - 11 -- (2) SPeaker

11:20 - 12 -- (3) 12 - 12:40 (4)

1:40 - 2:20 (5) 2:20 - 3 (6) 3 - 3:30 - Enoch Seminar Forthcoming Publications

9:15 - 10 10 - 1);45

11 - 11:45 11:45 - 12:30

1:30 - 2:15 2:15 - 3:00

3:00 - 3:30

9:00 Introduction The contribution of the Enoch Seminar (II) : Meetings)

9:30 - 11 -- First session (3 papers)

11:15 - 12:45 -- Second Session (3 papers)

2pm - 3:30pm -- Third session (3 papers)

9:00 Introduction The contribution of the Enoch Seminar (II) : Meetings)

Forthcoming Meetings by the Enoch Seminar.

Total 18 papers

• Jason Wendel. Luke and the Law: A Defence of Christian law-observance. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026.
• Van Maaren (?)
• Federico Adinolfi. Contribution of Italian Scholarship to the Within Judaism Perspective.

• Rebecca Harris - Qumran
• Carmen Palmer - Gentile Women in Qumran
• Marcello Fidanzio - The Great Isaiah Scroll

• Giancarlo Lacerenza, Jews in Ancient Italy

• Indy Najman, Scriptural Vitality
• JiSeong James Kwon. Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism

• John Collins, author of Apocalypticism as a World View (2026)
• 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)

!^ Session 25 year of The Enoch Semianr. A celebration Looking forward to Isaac Oliver. Kelley Coblentz Bautch, "Enoch Studies in the 2020s"

2^ Session -- Enoch

Mark Leuch

David Cielontko [cielontko@etf.cuni.cz]

Mcaskill

Lorenzo DiTommaso, Josephus, Apocalypticism

3^ Session

Hindy Najman

Stewart

Carmen Palmer, cpalmer4@stetson.edu, Gentile Women at Qumran.

4^ Sessions -- Studies on Christian Origins

Van Maaren, Mark within Judaism

Federico Adinolfi, "The Contribution of Italian Scholarship to the Within-Judaism Perspective" (20m)

Warren Carter; Ariel Feldman Grant Macaskill, author of The Entangled Enoch: 2 Enoch and the Cultures of Late Antiquity (Brill, 2024) JiSeong James Kwon

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. session (10am-noon EST) 2. session (1:30pm-3:30pm EST)

2^ day (Tue Oct 6) 3. session (10am-noon EST) 4. session (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:

• 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)
• Gabriele Boccaccini, author of Paolo di Tarso un ebreo del suo tempo (Rome: Carocci, 2025)
• Tyler Stewart, The Origin and Persistence of Evil in Galatians (2022)

Respondents:

• matthew Novenson?
• John. Barclay?
• Paula Fredriksen?

• (resp. Jim VanderKam? John Collins?
• Dorota Hartman, author of
• Matthew Korpman, author of

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)

• Respondents:
• Mladen Popovic (?), author of "Dating ancient manuscripts using radiocarbon and AI-based writing style analysis" (2025)

4th session =

• Ethiopic Enoch

Presenters:

• Vladimir Olivero [vladimirolivero@fas.harvard.edu], author of 1 Enoch: An Ethiopic Reader's Edition (SBL Press, 2025).

Respondents:

• Loren Stuckenbruck
• Ted Erho [ted.erho@uni-hamburg.de]
• 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:

• Wunrow, Stephen C. / Heavenly Space in Hebrews and its Jewish and Christian environment (London: T&T Clark, 2025) / Stephen.wunrow@my.wheaton.edu
• Sofonit Abebe, author of Apocalyptic Spatiality in 1 Peter and Selected 1 Enoch Literature: A Comparative Analysis (Mohr Siebeck, 2024)
• Giulio Mariotti, author of L'elezione, il dualismo, il tempo. Leggere 2 Tessalonicesi nel giudaismo del secondo tempio (2024)

Respondents:

• Cana Werman, author of "1 Enoch and the New Testament" (2025)
• A-J Levine?
• 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