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'''EnochFest: Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins — A Year in Review''' (Feb 15-16, 2027)
'''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.
== LETTER OF INVITATION ==
Dear Professor [Name],
It is my great pleasure to invite you to participate as a speaker in the inaugural EnochFest, an international online conference organized by the Enoch Seminar, to be held on February 15–17, 2027:
EnochFest 2027: Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins — A Year in Review
Since 2001, the Enoch Seminar has served as an open global forum promoting the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian, Jewish, and Islamic origins. The goal of EnochFest is to offer an annual overview of the most significant recent developments in the field by inviting scholars whose recently published work has made particularly important contributions to our understanding of these subjects.
The presentation is not intended as a book presentation. Rather, we invite you to offer a scholarly paper that develops an argument, insight, or theme drawn from your recently published work, whether from the book as a whole or from a particular section or aspect of it.
Like all other invited international scholars, you will be given a 40-minute slot, consisting of a 20-minute paper, followed by approximately 15–20 minutes of academic discussion with the appointed Chairs and questions from the audience.
In light of your distinguished scholarship, we would be especially honored if you would consider presenting a paper on:
“[Suggested Title]”
This is only a suggested title, and you would of course be entirely free to modify or reformulate it as you wish.
The conference will be held online via Zoom, according to the following schedule:
February 15, 2027: 9am-4pm (EST) [Europe: 15:00–22:00)
February 16, 2027: 9am-4pm (EST) [Europe: 15:00–22:00)
February 17, 2027: 9am-4pm (EST) [Europe: 15:00–22:00)
We would be grateful if you could let us know whether you would be able to participate in the conference by August 31, 2026.
At a later stage, we will ask you to provide:
your final presentation title;
an abstract of 100–200 words;
five to eight keywords;
your institutional affiliation;
a short professional biography; and
confirmation that you consent to the recording of your presentation.
It would be a great honor to have you contribute to this inaugural EnochFest, and I very much hope that you will be able to join us.
With my best regards,
Gabriele Boccaccini, PhD
Founding Director, Enoch Seminar
www.enochseminar.org
====  =====


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


Since 2001, the Enoch Seminar has served as an open global forum promoting the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian, Jewish, and Islamic origins. The goal of EnochFest is to offer an annual overview of the most significant recent developments in the field by inviting scholars whose recently published work has made particularly important contributions to our understanding of these subjects.
Since 2001, the Enoch Seminar has served as an open global forum promoting the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian, Jewish, and Islamic origins. The goal of EnochFest is to offer an annual overview of the most significant recent developments in the field by inviting scholars whose recently published work has made particularly important contributions to our understanding of these subjects.


Speakers include :
== Speakers ==


# Gabriele Boccaccini (University of Michigan) & Giulio Mariotti (ISSR-Trento), authors of Paolo di Tarso, un ebreo del suo tempo (Carocci, 2025).
# Gabriele Boccaccini (University of Michigan) & Giulio Mariotti (ISSR-Trento), authors of Paolo di Tarso, un ebreo del suo tempo (Carocci, 2025).
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# Markus Tiwald (University of Vienna), author of Early Judaism and the Beginnings of Christianity (Kohlhammer, 2026)
# Markus Tiwald (University of Vienna), author of Early Judaism and the Beginnings of Christianity (Kohlhammer, 2026)
# Jason Wendel (Regent College), author of Luke and the Law: A Defence of Christian Law-Observance (Mohr Siebeck, 2026).
# Jason Wendel (Regent College), author of Luke and the Law: A Defence of Christian Law-Observance (Mohr Siebeck, 2026).
# John Van Maaren, author of The Gospel of Mark’s Judaism and the Death of Christ as Ransom for Many (Mohr Siebeck, 2025)
# John Van Maaren (University of Vienna), author of The Gospel of Mark’s Judaism and the Death of Christ as Ransom for Many (Mohr Siebeck, 2025)
# Jordan Henderson, author ofDefeat and Deliverance: Prefigurements of the Jewish Revolt Against Rome in Josephus’ Depictions of Past Invasions of Jerusalem (Brill, 2025)
# Jordan Henderson (St. Athanasius College), author of Defeat and Deliverance: Prefigurements of the Jewish Revolt Against Rome in Josephus’ Depictions of Past Invasions of Jerusalem (Brill, 2025)
 
 
Tentative schedule:
 


== Tentative Schedule ==


Time is EST (New York Time). It will be afternoon or evening in Europe)


FIRST DAY (February 15, 2027)


* 8:45 - 9:00 -- Welcome and Introduction


1^ Session (Chair: Isaac Oliver, EnSem Director)


* 9:00 - 9:40 -- 1. Gabriele Boccaccini, "25 Years of Enoch Seminar Publications"
* 9:40 - 10:20 -- 2. Markus Tiwald (University of Vienna)
Rebecca Harris (Messiah University)
* 10:20 - 11:00 -- 3. Rebecca Harris (Messiah University)


2^ session (Chair: Angela Kim Harkins, EnSem Vice-Director)


* 11:15 - 11:40 -- 4. Marcello Fidanzio
* 11:35 - 12:10 -- 5. Carmen Palmer
* 12:10 - 12:45 -- 6. Jamal-Dominique Hopkins (Baylor University)


3^ session (Loren Stuckenbruck, EnSem Vice-Director)


==== 2nd stage ===
* 1:45 - 2:20 -- 7. David Cielonko (Charles University, Prague)
* 2:20 - 2:55 -- 8. Jesse Mirotznik (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
* 2:55 - 3:30 -- 9. Sabina Inowlocki (Australian Catholic University)


Dear
SECOND DAY (February 16, 2027)


Thank you for accepting our invitation to the 2027 Enoch Fest (Feb 15-16, 2026)
4^ session (Chair: Karin Zetterholm, EnSem Vice-Director)
 
By the end of September we would be grateful if you could communicate the title of your paper (20m presentation, followed by 20m discussion) with an abstract.
 
We have an impressive roster of speakers.
 
Best.
Gabriele
 
 
=== Invitations ===
 
* Paul Sloan (Houston Christian University). Jesus and the Law of Moses: The Gospels and the Restoration of Israel Within First-Century Judaism (2025) <PSLOAN@HC.EDU>
 
* Chontel Syfox (Assistant Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Constructing Femininity in the Book of Jubilees (Brill 2025) csyfox@wisc.edu
 
* j.jordan.henderson@gmail.com Jordan Henderson, Defeat and Deliverance: Prefigurements of the Jewish Revolt Against Rome in Josephus’ Depictions of Past Invasions of Jerusalem (Brill 2025)
 
* Loren Stuckenbruck
 
 
* (M #1 <OK> ) David Cielontko (), author of ''The Visions of Enoch the Prophet: On the Function of the Book of Parables'' (De Gruyter, 2026). <cielontko@etf.cuni.cz>
 
* (M #2 <OK>) Jason Wendel (Postdoctoral Fellow in New Testament, Regent College), author of ''Luke and the Law: A Defence of Christian law-observance''. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026. <jwendel@regent-college.edu>
* (F #3 <OK>) Rebecca L Harris (Assistant Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies, Messiah University), author of '''Religious experience and divinization in the sectarian Dead Sea scrolls: Living in the liminal'''. Leiden: Brill, 2026.''' <harris@messiah.edu>
* (F #4 <OK>) Carmen Palmer (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Stetson University), author of '''Gentile Women in Qumran : Female converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls'''. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2026. <cpalmer4@stetson.edu>
 
* (M #5 <OK>) Jamal-Dominique Hopkins (Associate Professor of Christian Scriptures, Baylor University), author of '''Cultic spiritualization : Religious sacrifice in the Dead Sea Scrolls'''. Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press LLC, 2026. <j_hopkins@baylor.edu>
 
* (M #6 <OK>) Jesse Mirotznik (Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), author of '''The Portrayal of Pagan Worship in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism''' Cambridge University Press, 2026. <jesse.mirotznik@univie.ac.at>
 
* (F #7 <OK>) Sabrina Inowlocki (Marie Curie Fellow, KU Leuven), author of ''Ancient apologetics and the bibliographic imagination'' (Cambridge University Press, 2026) <sabrina.inowlocki@acu.edu.au >
 
* (M #8 <OK>) Marcello Fidanzio  - The Great Isaiah Scroll (2026)
 
* (F #9 <OK>) Hindy Najman (Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford), author of '''Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology and Hermeneutics''' (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2025).
 
* (M #10 <OK>) Giancarlo Lacerenza (University of Naples L'Orientale), author of '''Gli ebrei nell'Italia antica. Dalla diaspora all'età cristiana''' (Roma: Carocci, 2025). <glacerenza@iuo.it>
 
 
 
* (#10) Ishay Rosen-Zvi (Tel Aviv University), author of '''How to Read the Mishnah and Midrash : An introduction to early Rabbinic literature'''. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2026. <rosenzvi@post.tau.ac.il>
 
* (#11) William B Bowes (Assistant Professor of Religion, Lindsey Wilson University), author of '''John's Interpretation of Mark: Composition as exegesis in the Fourth Gospel'''. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2026. <williambrannonbowes@gmail.com>
 
 
 
* (F #9 <<no>>) Kim Haines-Eitzen (Professor of Early Christianity and Early Judaism, Cornell University), author of '''The Gospel of John: A Biography'''. Princeton University Press, 2026. <kjh10@cornell.edu>
 
* (#12 <<no>>) Saqib Hussain (Assistant Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University), author of '''Wisdom in the Qur'an: Law and morality from the Bible to Late Antiquity'''. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2026. <saqib.hussain@lmu.edu>
 
* (#13) Edmon L. Gallagher (Professor of Christian Scripture, Heritage Christian University, Florence, AL), author of '''The Apocrypha Through History'''. Oxford University Press, 2025. <egallagher@hcu.edu>
 
* (#15 <<no>>) John J. Collins (emeritus, Yale University), author of '''Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism''' (Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, 2026).
 
* (#17) Maoz Kahana (Tel Aviv University). '''Pagan Gods in Jewish Space: Greek and Roman Mythology in Early Modern Jewish Culture'''. Stanford University Press: 2026. <maozk@tauex.tau.ac.il>
 
--
 
* (#18) Jessica Dello Russo, A Jewish Archaeology: The Christian Discovery of Jewish Catacombs in Rome (Leiden: Brill, 2025)
 
* (#19) John van Maaren, author of The Gospel of Mark’s Judaism and the Death of Christ as Ransom for Many (2025)
 
* (#20) JiSeong James Kwon, author of ''Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism'' (2025) camelkne@gmail.com
 
* Markus Tiwald (University of Vienna). Early Judaism and the Beginnings of Christianity : common roots and the Parting of the Ways. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2026.
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=== To be invited ===
 
* () Jonathan Plummer (Senior lecturer, Solent University). '''Movies and the church of baseball: Religion in the cinema of the national pastime'''. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2025. <jonathan.plummer@solent.ac.uk>
 
* () Bryan P. Stone (Dean, SMU Perkins School of Theology). '''Christianity and Horror Cinema''' Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025. <bpstone@smu.edu>
 
* () Matthew Avery Sutton (Professor and chair of the department of history Washington State University). '''Chosen Land:
How Christianity made America and Americans remade Christianity'''. New York : Basic Books, 2026. <sutton@wsu.edu>
 
* JiSeong James Kwon. Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism (2025)
 
* Dillon
 
* Sargent
 
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== Program ==
 
FIRST DAY
 
1^ session


* 8:45 - 9:00 -- Welcome and Introduction
* 8:45 - 9:00 -- Welcome and Introduction
* 9:00 - 9:40 -- 1. Gabriele Boccaccini, "25 Years of Enoch Seminar Publications"
* 9:00 - 9:35 -- 10. John Van Maaren (University of Vienna)
* 9:40 - 10:20 -- 2. John Collins, author of Apocalypticism as a World View (2026)
* 10:20 - 11:00 -- 3. Indy Najman, Author of Scriptural Vitality
 
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
 
* 11:15 - 11:40 -- 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.
 
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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.
 


SECOND DAY
* 9:35 - 10:10 -- 11. Jason Wendel (Regent College)
* 10:10 - 10:45 -- 12. Gabriele Boccaccini / Giulio Mariotti (University of Michigan / ISSR-Trento)


4^ session
5^ session (Chair: Gabriele Boccaccini, EnSem Founding Director)


* 8:45 - 9:00 -- Welcome and Introduction
* 11:00 - 11:35 -- 13. Hindy Najman (University of Oxford)
* 9:00 - 9:35 -- 10.
* 11:35 - 12:10 -- 14. Jordan Henderson (St. Athanasius College)
* 9:35 - 10:10 -- 11.
* 12:10 - 12:45 -- 15. Isaac Oliver et al., "Enoch Seminar Forthcoming Events & Publications"
* 10:10 - 10:45 -- 12. Van Maaren
 
5^ session
 
* 11:00 - 11:35 -- 13.  
* 11:35 - 12:10 -- 14. Jason Wendel (Postdoctoral Fellow in New Testament, Regent College <jwendel@regent-college.edu>). 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
6^ session


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




== Books / Invitations ==
== LETTER OF INVITATION ==  


Dear Professor [Name],


It is my great pleasure to invite you to participate as a speaker in the inaugural EnochFest, an international online conference organized by the Enoch Seminar, to be held on February 15–17, 2027:


== Program ==
EnochFest 2027: Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins — A Year in Review


* Gabriele Boccaccini, '''New Publications of the Enoch Seminar'''
Since 2001, the Enoch Seminar has served as an open global forum promoting the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian, Jewish, and Islamic origins. The goal of EnochFest is to offer an annual overview of the most significant recent developments in the field by inviting scholars whose recently published work has made particularly important contributions to our understanding of these subjects.
* Indy Najman, Author of Scriptural Vitality
* Sabrina Inowlocki. Ancient apologetics and the bibliographic imagination.


* Marcello Fidanzio - The Great Isaiah Scroll
The presentation is not intended as a book presentation. Rather, we invite you to offer a scholarly paper that develops an argument, insight, or theme drawn from your recently published work, whether from the book as a whole or from a particular section or aspect of it.
* Rebecca L Harris. Religious experience and divinization in the sectarian Dead Sea scrolls: Living in the liminal. Leiden: Brill, 2026.


* John Collins,  
Like all other invited international scholars, you will be given a 40-minute slot, consisting of a 20-minute paper, followed by approximately 15–20 minutes of academic discussion with the appointed Chairs and questions from the audience.
* Vladimir Olivero, 1 Enoch: An Ethiopic Reader's Edition (Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2025)
* 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)


SECOND DAY
In light of your distinguished scholarship, we would be especially honored if you would consider presenting a paper on:


* Jamal-Dominique Hopkins. Cultic spiritualization : Religious sacrifice in the Dead Sea scrolls. Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press LLC, 2026
“[Suggested Title]”
* Carmen Palmer. Gentile women in Qumran : Female converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2026.


* Van Maaren. MArk
This is only a suggested title, and you would of course be entirely free to modify or reformulate it as you wish.
* William Bowes, John's Interpretation of Mark
* Amber M Dillon (Adjunct Faculty, New Testament, Denver Seminary). John the Baptist and composite intertextuality in the Fourth Gospel: The evangelist's archetypal witness. Leiden: Brill, 2026.


* Federico Adinolfi. The Contribution of Italian Scholarship to the Within Judaism Perspective.
The conference will be held online via Zoom, according to the following schedule:
* Jason Wendel. Luke and the Law: A Defence of Christian law-observance. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026.


* Markus Tiwald. Early Judaism and the Beginnings of Christianity : common roots and the Parting of the Ways. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2026.
February 15, 2027: 9am-4pm (EST) [Europe: 15:00–22:00)
* Benjamin Sargent. The nature and significance of Ignatius of Antioch's use of Jewish Scripture : "we love the Prophets". London: T&T Clark, 2026.
February 16, 2027: 9am-4pm (EST) [Europe: 15:00–22:00)
February 17, 2027: 9am-4pm (EST) [Europe: 15:00–22:00)


We would be grateful if you could let us know whether you would be able to participate in the conference by August 31, 2026.


THIRD DAY
At a later stage, we will ask you to provide:


* Giancarlo Lacerenza, Jews in Ancient Italy
your final presentation title;
* Jessica Dello Russo, A Jewish Archaeology: The Christian Discovery of Jewish Catacombs in Rome (Leiden: Brill, 2025)
an abstract of 100–200 words;
* Maoz Kahana. '''Pagan Gods in Jewish Space: Greek and Roman Mythology in Early Modern Jewish Culture'''. Stanford University Press: 2026.
five to eight keywords;
your institutional affiliation;
a short professional biography; and
confirmation that you consent to the recording of your presentation.


* JiSeong James Kwon. Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism (2025)
It would be a great honor to have you contribute to this inaugural EnochFest, and I very much hope that you will be able to join us.
* Saqib Hussain (Loyola Marymount University). '''Wisdom in the Qur'an: Law and morality from the Bible to Late Antiquity'''. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2026.
* Isaac Oliver, "Upcoming events and publications of the Enoch Seminar"


With my best regards,


*Jesse Mirotznik is a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem <jesse.mirotznik@univie.ac.at> '''The Portrayal of Pagan Worship in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism''' Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Gabriele Boccaccini, PhD
Founding Director, Enoch Seminar
www.enochseminar.org


====  =====


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


9:00 - 9:40
Since 2001, the Enoch Seminar has served as an open global forum promoting the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian, Jewish, and Islamic origins. The goal of EnochFest is to offer an annual overview of the most significant recent developments in the field by inviting scholars whose recently published work has made particularly important contributions to our understanding of these subjects.
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
* 2.
* 3.
 
11:15am-1pm -- First session (3 papers)
 
* 4.
* 5.
* 6.
 
Break
 
2:00pm - 3:15pm -- Third session (3 papers)
 
* 7.
* 8.
* 9.
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)
 
* 4.
* 5.
* 6.
 
Break
 
2:00pm - 3:45pm -- Third session (3 papers)
 
* 7.
* 8.
* 9.
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 (2025)
 
* 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

Revision as of 16:19, 24 September 2026

<<< WORK in Progress! (only a draft)>>>

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

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

Since 2001, the Enoch Seminar has served as an open global forum promoting the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian, Jewish, and Islamic origins. The goal of EnochFest is to offer an annual overview of the most significant recent developments in the field by inviting scholars whose recently published work has made particularly important contributions to our understanding of these subjects.

Speakers

  1. Gabriele Boccaccini (University of Michigan) & Giulio Mariotti (ISSR-Trento), authors of Paolo di Tarso, un ebreo del suo tempo (Carocci, 2025).
  2. David Cielontko (Charles University, Prague), author of The Visions of Enoch the Prophet: On the Function of the Book of Parables (De Gruyter, 2026).
  3. Marcello Fidanzio (Lugano Faculty of Theology, Switzerland), The Great Isaiah Scroll (Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht, 2026)
  4. Rebecca L. Harris (Messiah University), author of Religious Experience and Divinization in the Sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls: Living in the Liminal (Brill, 2026).
  5. Jamal-Dominique Hopkins (Baylor University), author of Cultic Spiritualization: Religious Sacrifice in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Gorgias Press, 2026).
  6. Sabrina Inowlocki (Australian Catholic University), author of Ancient apologetics and the bibliographic imagination (Cambridge University Press, 2026)
  7. Jesse Mirotznik (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), author of The Portrayal of Pagan Worship in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism (Cambridge University Press, 2026).
  8. Hindy Najman (University of Oxford), author of Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology and Hermeneutics (Oxford University Press, 2025).
  9. Carmen Palmer (Stetson University), author of Gentile Women in Qumran : Female converts in the Dead Sea Scrolls (De Gruyter, 2026).
  10. Markus Tiwald (University of Vienna), author of Early Judaism and the Beginnings of Christianity (Kohlhammer, 2026)
  11. Jason Wendel (Regent College), author of Luke and the Law: A Defence of Christian Law-Observance (Mohr Siebeck, 2026).
  12. John Van Maaren (University of Vienna), author of The Gospel of Mark’s Judaism and the Death of Christ as Ransom for Many (Mohr Siebeck, 2025)
  13. Jordan Henderson (St. Athanasius College), author of Defeat and Deliverance: Prefigurements of the Jewish Revolt Against Rome in Josephus’ Depictions of Past Invasions of Jerusalem (Brill, 2025)

Tentative Schedule

Time is EST (New York Time). It will be afternoon or evening in Europe)

FIRST DAY (February 15, 2027)

  • 8:45 - 9:00 -- Welcome and Introduction

1^ Session (Chair: Isaac Oliver, EnSem Director)

  • 9:00 - 9:40 -- 1. Gabriele Boccaccini, "25 Years of Enoch Seminar Publications"
  • 9:40 - 10:20 -- 2. Markus Tiwald (University of Vienna)

Rebecca Harris (Messiah University)

  • 10:20 - 11:00 -- 3. Rebecca Harris (Messiah University)

2^ session (Chair: Angela Kim Harkins, EnSem Vice-Director)

  • 11:15 - 11:40 -- 4. Marcello Fidanzio
  • 11:35 - 12:10 -- 5. Carmen Palmer
  • 12:10 - 12:45 -- 6. Jamal-Dominique Hopkins (Baylor University)

3^ session (Loren Stuckenbruck, EnSem Vice-Director)

  • 1:45 - 2:20 -- 7. David Cielonko (Charles University, Prague)
  • 2:20 - 2:55 -- 8. Jesse Mirotznik (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
  • 2:55 - 3:30 -- 9. Sabina Inowlocki (Australian Catholic University)

SECOND DAY (February 16, 2027)

4^ session (Chair: Karin Zetterholm, EnSem Vice-Director)

  • 8:45 - 9:00 -- Welcome and Introduction
  • 9:00 - 9:35 -- 10. John Van Maaren (University of Vienna)
  • 9:35 - 10:10 -- 11. Jason Wendel (Regent College)
  • 10:10 - 10:45 -- 12. Gabriele Boccaccini / Giulio Mariotti (University of Michigan / ISSR-Trento)

5^ session (Chair: Gabriele Boccaccini, EnSem Founding Director)

  • 11:00 - 11:35 -- 13. Hindy Najman (University of Oxford)
  • 11:35 - 12:10 -- 14. Jordan Henderson (St. Athanasius College)
  • 12:10 - 12:45 -- 15. Isaac Oliver et al., "Enoch Seminar Forthcoming Events & Publications"

6^ session

[TBA]


LETTER OF INVITATION

Dear Professor [Name],

It is my great pleasure to invite you to participate as a speaker in the inaugural EnochFest, an international online conference organized by the Enoch Seminar, to be held on February 15–17, 2027:

EnochFest 2027: Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins — A Year in Review

Since 2001, the Enoch Seminar has served as an open global forum promoting the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian, Jewish, and Islamic origins. The goal of EnochFest is to offer an annual overview of the most significant recent developments in the field by inviting scholars whose recently published work has made particularly important contributions to our understanding of these subjects.

The presentation is not intended as a book presentation. Rather, we invite you to offer a scholarly paper that develops an argument, insight, or theme drawn from your recently published work, whether from the book as a whole or from a particular section or aspect of it.

Like all other invited international scholars, you will be given a 40-minute slot, consisting of a 20-minute paper, followed by approximately 15–20 minutes of academic discussion with the appointed Chairs and questions from the audience.

In light of your distinguished scholarship, we would be especially honored if you would consider presenting a paper on:

“[Suggested Title]”

This is only a suggested title, and you would of course be entirely free to modify or reformulate it as you wish.

The conference will be held online via Zoom, according to the following schedule:

February 15, 2027: 9am-4pm (EST) [Europe: 15:00–22:00) February 16, 2027: 9am-4pm (EST) [Europe: 15:00–22:00) February 17, 2027: 9am-4pm (EST) [Europe: 15:00–22:00)

We would be grateful if you could let us know whether you would be able to participate in the conference by August 31, 2026.

At a later stage, we will ask you to provide:

your final presentation title; an abstract of 100–200 words; five to eight keywords; your institutional affiliation; a short professional biography; and confirmation that you consent to the recording of your presentation.

It would be a great honor to have you contribute to this inaugural EnochFest, and I very much hope that you will be able to join us.

With my best regards,

Gabriele Boccaccini, PhD Founding Director, Enoch Seminar www.enochseminar.org

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

Since 2001, the Enoch Seminar has served as an open global forum promoting the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian, Jewish, and Islamic origins. The goal of EnochFest is to offer an annual overview of the most significant recent developments in the field by inviting scholars whose recently published work has made particularly important contributions to our understanding of these subjects.

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