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<big>Enter the '''General Index''' ([[:Category:Index|here]]) to see the contents of the Encyclopedia</big>
'''4 Enoch''' offers a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to [[Scholarship|SCHOLARLY RESEARCH]] and [[Fiction|FICTION]] in Second Temple Judaism (including [[Early Samaritan Studies|Samaritan]] and [[Christian Origins|New Testament Studies]]), i.e. the period from Ezekiel to the completion of the New Testament and the Mishnah. It also deals with the roots of Second Temple traditions in the [[Ancient Israel Studies|Ancient Israelite Religion]], as well as the influence and legacy of those traditions for [[Early Christian Studies|Christian]], [[Early Jewish Studies|Jewish]] and [[Early Islamic Studies|Islamic Origins]], up to the time of the completion of the [[Qur'an]]. 4 Enoch includes scholarly and fictional works authored [[Works' chronology|from the mid-15th century to the present]], [[Countries|all around the world]], with biographies of [[Scholars]] and [[Authors]] and a Dictionary of [[People]], [[Places]], [[Topics]], etc. of Second Temple Judaism & Christian Origins.


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(a) '''[[Fields of research|4 ENOCH SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH]]'''


NEWS -- The fourth meeting of the [[Enoch Graduate Seminar]] will be held June 18-20, 2012 on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, chaired by Prof. [[James C. VanderKam]]. Graduate or Post-Doc students working in the general area of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins who wish to present a paper at the seminar should submit an abstract (no more than one page) clearly stating the shape of the argument and the conclusion. The abstract should be sent to the secretary of the Conference, Isaac Oliver <ioliver@umich.edu>, no later than December 15, 2011.
*[[Hebrew Bible (Ancient Israel) Studies]]


Around 15 papers will be selected and presented at the Seminar. Papers in their final form must be completed by May 15, 2012. They will circulate in advance among the participants and will be only briefly introduced (5 minutes) by the author at the conference, where one hour will be devoted to the discussion of each paper, with all participants acting as respondents. The best papers will be selected for publication in the journal Henoch.
* -- [[Second Temple Studies|SECOND TEMPLE STUDIES]] -- and -- [[Christian Origins Studies|CHRISTIAN ORIGINS STUDIES]] --
**[[Early Samaritan Studies]] -- [[OT Apocrypha Studies]] / [[OT Pseudepigrapha Studies]] / [[Wisdom Studies]] / [[Apocalyptic Studies]] / [[Hellenistic-Jewish Studies]] / [[Qumran Studies]] / [[Enochic Studies]] / [[Philo Studies]] / [[Josephus Studies]]
**[[Historical Jesus Studies]] / [[New Testament Studies]] / [[Gospels Studies]] / [[Pauline Studies]] / [[Petrine Studies]] / [[Johannine Studies]]


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*[[Early Christian Studies]] -- [[Early Jewish Studies]] -- [[Early Islamic Studies]]


'' The Encyclopedia offers a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to scholarly research in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins, i.e. from Ezekiel to the completion of the New Testament and the Mishnah. With more than 12,000 pages, "4 Enoch" provides a comprehensive '''WHO's WHO''' of the period, as well as '''BIOGRAPHIES''' of Scholars and Authors, and '''ABSTRACTS''' of scholarly and fictional Works, authored from the mid-15th century to the present, all around the world. Still a work in progress, the Encyclopedia is the collective work of international specialists in the field. ''


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(b) '''[[4 Enoch Dictionary|4 ENOCH DICTIONARY OF SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM]]'''


* [[Second Temple Judaism]] -> [[People]] -- [[Places]] -- [[Artifacts]] -- [[Events]] -- [[Texts]] -- [[Topics]]


'''4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of [[Second Temple Judaism]] and [[Christian Origins]]''' is an academic project of the [[Enoch Seminar]], created in 2009 by [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA), in collaboration with the late [[Hanan Eshel]] (Bar-Ilan University, Israel), [[Loren T. Stuckenbruck]] (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA), and [[Carlos A. Segovia]] (Camilo José Cela University, Spain). The current Board of Directors of the Enoch Seminar includes: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (chair), [[Kelley Coblentz Bautch]], [[Matthias Henze]], [[Pierluigi Piovanelli]], [[Carlos A. Segovia]], and [[Loren T. Stuckenbruck]].
 
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(c) '''[[4 Enoch Abstracts|4 ENOCH ABSTRACTS OF SCHOLARLY & FICTIONAL WORKS]]'''


Funds for the Enoch Seminar are provided by the ''Alessandro Nangeroni International Endowment'', the ''Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies'', the ''Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of Michigan'' and the ''Frankel Center for Judaic Studies''. 
* [[Scholarship]] -- [[Fiction]] -- [[Non-Fiction]] -- [[Arch-fi]] -- [[Archaeology]] -- [[Research tools]]
*[[Languages]] -- [[Countries]] -- [[Cities]] -- [[Fields of research]] -- [[Works' chronology]]




==History==
(d) '''[[4 Enoch Biographies|4 ENOCH BIOGRAPHIES OF MODERN AUTHORS]]'''


Born as a bibliography in the early 1990s and developed as a database in the 2000s, '''4 Enoch''' has been made freely accessible online in wiki-format since August 2009. It now includes more than 1,000 encyclopedic entries, 8,000 abstracts of scholarly and fictional works, 3,000 biographies of scholars and authors, from the 15th century to the present...
*[[Scholars]] -- [[Authors]] -- [[Identities]] -- [[Expertise]] -- [[People's generations]]</big>


For more details on the website, see [[4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism:About|About 4 Enoch]]. To register and contribute, go to [[4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism:Community Portal|Community Portal]].


==2011-12 Editorial Board==
With ore than 15,000 pages, "4 Enoch" provides a comprehensive '''WHO's WHO''' of the period, as well as '''BIOGRAPHIES''' of Scholars and Authors, and '''ABSTRACTS''' of scholarly and fictional Works, authored from the mid-15th century to the present, all around the world. Still a work in progress, the Encyclopedia, created in 2009 by [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] of the University of Michigan with the collaboration of [[Carlos A. Segovia]] of the Camilo Jose Cela University Madrid, is the collective work of international specialists in the field associated with the [[Enoch Seminar]] [http://www.enochseminar.org ]


*[[Gabriele Boccaccini]], Editor-in-chief
*Enter the [[:Category:Index|GENERAL INDEX (here)]] to see the contents of the Encyclopedia in more details.  
*[[Carlos A. Segovia]], Associate Editor and Chair of the Board (in charge for SPANISH scholarship)
**[[Daniel Assefa]], Capuchin Franciscan Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Addis Abeba (in charge for ETHIOPIC scholarship)
**[[Florentina Badalanova-Geller]], Freie-Universität Berlin, Germany (in charge for BULGARIAN and SERBO-CROATIAN scholarship)
**[[Emmanouela Grypeou]], University of Oxford, England (in charge for GREEK scholarship)
**[[Paul Kim]], Methdist Theological School, OH (in charge for KOREAN scholarship)
**[[Ludmila Navtanovich]], St Petersburg, Russia (in charge for RUSSIAN scholarship)
**[[Rivka Nir]], Open University of Israel (in charge for ISRAELI scholarship)
**[[Mika Pajunen]], University of Helsinki, Finland (in charge for FINNISH scholarship)
**[[Stephane Saulnier]], Newman University (in charge for FRENCH scholarship)
**[[Carla Sulzbach]], McGill University, Canada (in charge for DUTCH scholarship)
**[[Alexander Toepel]], University of Tübingen, Germany (in charge for GERMAN scholarship)
**[[Cecilia Wassen]], University of Uppsala, Sweden (in charge for SWEDISH scholarship)
**[[Géza G. Xeravits]], Sapientia Theological College, Budapest, Hungary (in charge for HUNGARIAN scholarship)


==Contents==
*''Are you a scholar or graduate student, and would you like to contribute to the Encyclopedia?'' Please, contact Editor-in-Chief Professor [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] <gbocca@umich.edu>, or Associate Editor Professor [[Carlos A. Segovia]] <segoviamail@gmail.com>, and join the team of international specialists working in this project.


<big> To visit the website, click (below) the corresponding categories or use the search command (on the left):
*Visit [http://www.enochseminar.org/drupal/ ENOCH SEMINAR Online] to see the many activities of the [[Enoch Seminar]].


[Note: 4 Enoch is a work in progress (changes are made of a daily basis). Some entries are fully developed, others exist only in a draft form. Evertytime you visit the site, you will see that new features have been added. ]


==(1) Dictionary==


====(a) [[:Category:Index|GENERAL INDEX]] (900+)====  
== Editorial Board ==


[[:Category:People|People]]  
*[[Gabriele Boccaccini]], University of Michigan (USA) – Editor-in-chief
**[[Carlos A. Segovia]], Camilo Jose Cela University (Madrid, Spain, EU) – Associate Editor and Chair of the Editorial Board
***[[Kelley Coblentz Bautch]], St Edward's University (Austin, Texas, USA)
***[[Samuele Rocca]] (Israel)
***[[Shayna Sheinfeld]], McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
***[[Géza G. Xeravits]], Sapientia College of Theology (Budapest, Hungary, EU)
****[[Rodney Caruthers]], University of Michigan (USA)
****[[Deborah Forger]], University of Michigan (USA)


*[[Babylonian Kings]] / [[Persian Kings]] / [[Ptolemaic Kings]] / [[Seleucid Kings]] / [[Nabatean Kings]] / [[Roman Emperors]] / [[Roman Governors of Syria]] / [[Roman Governors of Judea]]
====Thematic Board====
*[[Davidic Kings]] / [[High Priests]] / [[Zadokites]] / [[Tobiads]] / [[Hasmoneans]] / [[Herodians]] / [[Messiah Claimants]]
*[[Samuele Rocca]] (Israel) – Associate Editor and Chair of the Board
*[[Sadducees]] / [[Pharisees]] / [[Essenes]] / [[Zealots]] / [[Early Christians]] / [[Tannaim]]
*[[Shayna Sheinfeld]], McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) – Associate Editor and Co-Chair of the Board
*[[Greek and Latin Authors]]
**[[Gabriele Boccaccini]], University of Michigan (USA) – in charge for [[Second Temple Studies]]
**[[Leonard V. Rutgers]], University of Utrecht (Netherlands, EU) – in charge for [[Hellenistic-Jewish Studies]]
**[[Jan Willem van Henten]], University of Amsterdam (Netherlands, EU) – in charge for [[Josephus Studies]]
**[[Carlos A. Segovia]], Camilo José Cela University (Madrid, Spain, EU) – in charge for [[Early Islamic Studies]]
**[[Emilio González Ferrín]], University of Seville (Spain, EU) – in charge for [[Early Islamic Studies]]
***[[Jack Pastor]], Oranim Academic College (Israel) / [[Second Temple Studies]]


*[[Bar Kokhba]] -- [[Barabbas]] -- [[Berenice]] -- [[Herod the Great]] -- [[Jesus of Nazareth]] -- [[John the Baptist]] -- [[Josephus]] -- [[Judas Iscariot]] -- [[Judas Maccabeus]] -- [[Judith]] -- [[Mary Magdalene]] -- [[Paul of Tarsus]] -- [[Peter]] -- [[Pilate]] -- [[Salome]] -- [[:Category:People|etc.]]
====Language Board====
*[[Géza G. Xeravits]], Sapientia College of Theology (Budapest, Hungary, EU) – Associate Editor and Chair of the Board
**[[Daniel Assefa]], Capuchin Franciscan Institute of Philosophy and Theology (Addis Abeba, Ethiopia) – in charge for [[Ethiopic Scholarship]]
**[[Florentina Badalanova-Geller]], Freie-Universität Berlin (Germany, EU) – in charge for [[Bulgarian Scholarship]] and [[Serbo-Croatian Scholarship]]
**[[Emmanouela Grypeou]], University of Oxford (England, UK, EU) – in charge for [[Greek Scholarship]]
**[[Paul Kim]], Methodist Theological School (Ohio, USA) – in charge for [[Korean Scholarship]]
**[[Ludmila Navtanovich]] (St Petersburg, Russia) – in charge for [[Russian Scholarship]]
**[[Rivka Nir]], Open University of Israel (Israel) – in charge for [[Israeli Scholarship]]
**[[Mika Pajunen]], University of Helsinki (Finland, EU) – in charge for [[Finnish Scholarship]]
**[[Stephane Saulnier]], Newman University (Wichita, Kansas, USA) – in charge for [[French Scholarship]]
**[[Carlos A. Segovia]], Camilo Jose Cela University (Madrid, Spain, EU) – in charge for [[Spanish Scholarship]]
**[[Carla Sulzbach]], McGill University (Montreal, Canada) – in charge for [[Dutch Scholarship]]
**[[Alexander Toepel]], University of Tübingen (Germany, EU) – in charge for [[German Scholarship]]
**[[Cecilia Wassen]], University of Uppsala (Sweden, EU) – in charge for [[Swedish Scholarship]]
**[[Géza G. Xeravits]], Sapientia College of Theology (Budapest, Hungary, EU) – in charge for [[Hungarian Scholarship]]


[[:Category:Places|Places]]
==History==


*[[Alexandria of Egypt]] -- [[Antioch of Syria]] -- [[Caesarea Maritima]] -- [[Caesarea Philippi]] -- [[Capernaum]] -- [[Jerusalem]] -- [[Masada]] -- [[Rome]] -- [[Sepphoris]] -- [[Tiberias]] -- etc.
'''4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of [[Second Temple Judaism]] and [[Christian Origins]]''' is an academic project of the [[Enoch Seminar]], created in 2009 by [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA), in collaboration with the late [[Hanan Eshel]] (Bar-Ilan University, Israel), [[Loren T. Stuckenbruck]] (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA), and [[Carlos A. Segovia]] (Camilo José Cela University, Spain). The current Board of Directors of the Enoch Seminar includes: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (chair), [[Kelley Coblentz Bautch]], [[Esther Eshel]], [[Matthias Henze]], [[Pierluigi Piovanelli]], [[Carlos A. Segovia]], and [[Loren T. Stuckenbruck]]. See the [http://www.enochseminar.org Enoch Seminar Website]
 
Born as a bibliography in the early 1990s and developed as a database in the 2000s, '''4 Enoch''' has been made freely accessible online in wiki-format since August 2009. It now includes more than 1,000 encyclopedic entries, 8,000 abstracts of scholarly and fictional works, 3,000 biographies of scholars and authors, from the 15th century to the present...  


[[:Category:Topics|Topics]]
Funds for the Enoch Seminar are provided by the ''Alessandro Nangeroni International Endowment'', the ''Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies'', the ''Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of Michigan'' and the ''Frankel Center for Judaic Studies''. 


*[[Angels & Demons]] -- [[Apocalypticism]] -- [[Archaeology]] -- [[Calendar]] -- [[Christology]] -- [[Devil]] -- [[Eschatology]] -- [[Essenes|Essenism]] -- [[Gnosticism]] -- [[Historical Jesus]] -- [[Messiah|Messianism]] -- [[Monotheism]] -- [[Mysticism]] -- [[Parting of the Ways]] -- [[Pharisees|Pharisaism]] -- [[Sadducees|Sadduceism]] -- [[Sexuality]] -- [[Son of David]] -- [[Son of God]] -- [[Son of Man]] -- [[:Category:Women (subject)|Women]] -- etc.


[[:Category:Events|Events]]
For more details on the website, see [[4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism:About|About 4 Enoch]]. To register and contribute, go to [[4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism:Community Portal|Community Portal]].


*[[Babylonian Period]] -- [[Restoration]] -- [[Persian Period]] -- [[Samaritan Schism]] -- [[Greek Period]] -- [[Maccabean Revolt]] -- [[Roman Period]] -- [[Preaching of Jesus]] -- [[Preaching of Paul]] -- [[Jewish War]] -- [[Fall of Masada]] -- [[Revolts in the Diaspora]] -- [[Bar Kokhba Revolt]] -- etc.
==News and Obituaries==


====[[:Category:Texts|'''(b) ANCIENT TEXTS''']] (50+)====
* '''May 8, 2013''' [[Geza Vermes]] passed away. He was emeritus professor  of Jewish Studies at Wolfson College, Oxford; and director of the Oxford Forum for Qumran Research at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. From 1971 he was editor of Journal of Jewish Studies.


[[Bible]] -- [[Hebrew Bible]] -- [[Septuagint]] -- [[Targum]] -- [[Vulgate]]:
* '''January 28, 2013''' [[Paul J. Achtemeier]] passed away. He was Professor emeritus of Biblical Interpretation at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He was General Editor of the Harper’s Bible Dictionary (1985; rev. 1996) and author of numerous works on the New Testament.


* [[Book of Ezekiel]] -- [[Book of Chronicles]] -- [[Book of Daniel]] -- [[Book of Esther]] -- [[Ezra-Nehemiah]] -- [[Book of Job]] -- [[Qoheleth]] -- [[Song of Songs]] -- [[Book of Jonah]]
* '''October 17, 2012''' [[Frank Moore Cross]] passed away. He was one of the pioneers of Qumran Studies and among the most distinguished and influential scholars of his generation in the field of ancient Judaism.


[[OT Apocrypha]]:  
* '''September 5, 2012''' [[Walter Harrelson]] Walter Harrelson, an internationally acclaimed Old Testament scholar who previously served as dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School, died in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible, emeritus, was 92 years old and had been in hospice care.  Vanderbilt University posted a fitting tribute here-  http://bit.ly/PX6PLZ


* [[Book of Tobit]] -- [[Book of Judith]] -- [[Esther Additions]] -- [[Wisdom of Solomon]] -- [[Book of Sirach]] -- [[1 Baruch]] -- [[Daniel Additions]] -- [[1 Maccabees]] -- [[2 Maccabees]] -- [[3 Maccabees]] -- [[4 Maccabees]] -- [[3 Ezra]] -- [[4 Ezra]] -- [[Prayer of Manasseh]] -- [[Psalm 151]]  
* '''August 16, 2012''' -- [[Marvin Meyer]], was Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies and Co-Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Chapman University. He was also Director of the Chapman University Albert Schweitzer Institute. His publications were multitudinous and very influential in the field of early Christianity.
 
   
[[OT Pseudepigrapha]]:  
* '''March 26, 2012''' -- [[Helmer Ringgren]], Old Testament scholar and linguist died.  He got his doctorate at Uppsala in 1947 and was a pupil of Geo Widengren, professor of Comparative Religion, and of the famous semitist H. S. Nyberg. He had held chairs both in Comparative Religion (Åbo, Finland, 1962-64), and in Old Testament Exegetics (Evanston, 1960-62; Uppsala 1964-83). Further here- http://bit.ly/HGNV95
 
* [[Apocalypse of Abraham]] -- [[Testament of Abraham]] -- [[Life of Adam and Eve]] -- [[Ahiqar]] -- [[Letter of Aristeas]] -- [[2 Baruch]] -- [[3 Baruch]] -- [[4 Baruch]] -- [[Pseudo-Philo]] -- [[1 Enoch]] -- [[2 Enoch]] -- [[Testament of Job]] -- [[Joseph and Aseneth]] -- [[Book of Jubilees]] -- [[Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs]] -- [[Sibylline Oracles]] -- [[Psalms of Solomon]] -- [[Testament of Solomon]] -- [[Apocalypse of Zephaniah]] -- etc.
 
[[Elephantine Papyri]] -- [[Zenon Papyri]]
 
[[Dead Sea Scrolls]]:


*[[Rule of the Community]] -- [[Damascus Document]] -- [[War Scroll]] -- [[Temple Scroll]] -- [[Copper Scroll]] -- etc.
* '''February 10, 2012''' -- [[Richard T. France]] died.  He was born on 2 April 1938. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford (BA, 1960; MA 1963). He earned his BD at Tyndale Hall, University of London (1963) and his PhD at Tyndale Hall, Bristol (1967). He served pastoral charges in England and Wales from 1995 until his retirement in 1999.  He was the author of many important exegetical works.


[[Philo's Works]]
* '''February 2, 2012''' Lexicographer and New Testament scholar [[Frederick W. Danker]] passed away;  see  http://bit.ly/xM0gen.  His memorial service was held Saturday, 18 Feb, 2012, at Bethel Lutheran Church, 7001 Forsyth Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63105.


*[[De opificio mundi]] -- [[De decalogo]] -- [[In Flaccum]] -- etc.
* '''November November 21, 2011''' Israeli Archaeologist [[Joseph Naveh]] passed away; see http://bit.ly/sccijU. For a list of his publications visit here - http://bit.ly/t4lpvy.  And for a brief biography, here - http://bit.ly/t4L7wi. Christopher Rollston has penned an obituary which can be found here - http://www.rollstonepigraphy.com/?p=331
 
[[New Testament]]:
 
*[[Gospel of Matthew]] –  [[Gospel of Mark]] –  [[Gospel of Luke]] –  [[Gospel of John]] –  [[Acts of Apostles]] –  [[Romans]] –  [[1 Corinthians]] –  [[2 Corinthians]] –  [[Galatians]] –  [[Ephesians]] –  [[Philippians]] –  [[Colossians]] –  [[1 Thessalonians]] –  [[2 Thessalonians]] –  [[1 Timothy]] –  [[2 Timothy]] –  [[Titus (text)|Titus]] –  [[:Category:Philemon (text)|Philemon]] –  [[Hebrews]] –  [[Letter of James]] –  [[1 Peter]] –  [[2 Peter]] –  [[1 John]] –  [[2 John]] –  [[3 John]] –  [[Letter of Jude]] –  [[Revelation of John]]
 
[[NT Apocrypha]]:
 
*[[Gospel of Thomas]] -- [[Gospel of Judas]] -- etc.
 
[[Josephus' Works]]
 
*[[Bellum Iudaicum]] -- [[Antiquitates Iudaicae]] -- [[Vita]] -- [[Contra Apionem]]
*See also [[Testimonium Flavianum]]
 
[[Apostolic Fathers]]:
 
*[[1 Clement]] -- [[2 Clement]] -- [[Didache]] -- [[Letter of Barnabas]] -- [[Letters of Ignatius]] -- [[Letter of Polycarp]] -- [[Martyrdom of Polycarp]] -- [[Shepherd of Hermas]] -- [[Papias]] -- [[Quadratus of Athens]]
 
[[Early Church Fathers]]
 
*[[Justin Martyr]] -- [[Tatian]] (c.120-180) -- [[Irenaeus]] -- [[Clement of Alexandria]] -- [[Tertullian]] (c.160-220) -- [[Origen]] (c.185-254) -- [[Eusebius]] (c.263-339) --
 
==(2) Abstracts==
 
====[[:Category:Scholarship|'''(a) SCHOLARLY WORKS''']] (5,200+)====
 
*[[:Category:Books|Books]] -- [[:Category:Edited volumes|Edited volumes]] -- [[:Category:Translated Scholarship|Translated Scholarship]]
*[[:Category:Languages|Languages]] / [[:Category:Works' chronology|Works' chronology]]
 
*[[:Category:Ancient Judaism (subject)|Ancient Judaism]] / [[:Category:Second Temple Judaism (subject)|Second Temple Judaism]] / [[:Category:Rabbinic origins (subject)|Rabbinic origins]] / [[:Category:Jewish History (subject)|Jewish History]]  
*[[:Category:Historical Jesus (subject)|Historical Jesus]] / [[:Category:Time of Jesus (subject)|Time of Jesus]] / [[:Category:Christian origins (subject)|Christian origins]] / [[:Category:Early Christianity|Early Christianity]] / [[:Category:Church History|Church History]]
 
====[[:Category:Fiction|'''(b) LITERATURE AND THE ARTS''']] (2,700+)====
See [[:Category:Languages|Languages]], and [[:Category:Works' chronology|Works' chronology]]
 
*[[:Category:Art|Art]] / [[:Category:Cinema|Cinema]] / [[:Category:Films|Films]] / [[:Category:Literature|Literature]] / [[:Category:Novels|Novels]] / [[:Category:Poetry|Poetry]] / [[:Category:Music|Music]] / [[:Category:Operas|Operas]] / [[:Category:Oratorios|Oratorios]] / [[:Category:Theatre|Theatre]] / [[:Category:Plays|Plays]]
 
====[[:Category:Research tools|'''(c) RESEARCH TOOLS''']] (100+)====
*[[:Category:Book series|Book series]] -- [[:Category:Journals|Journals]] -- [[:Category:Dictionaries|Dictionaries]]
*[[:Category:Higher Education|Institutions of Higher Education]] -- [[:Category:Learned Societies|Learned Societies]] -- [[:Category:Publishers|Publishers]]
*[[:Category:Websites|Websites]] -- [[:Category:Databases|Databases]]
 
====[[:Category:Fiction|'''(d) VARIA''']] ====
 
*[[:Category:Translations|Translations]] / [[:Category:Non-Fiction|Non-Fiction]]
*[[:Category:Arch-fi|Arch-fi]] / [[:Category:Visions|Visions]]
 
 
==(3) Biographies==
 
====[[:Category:Scholars|'''(a) SCHOLARS''']] (1,500+)====
 
Field of specialization
 
*[[:Category:Second Temple Scholars|Second Temple Scholars]] -- [[:Category:OT Scholars|OT Scholars]] -- [[:Category:Qumran Scholars|Qumran Scholars]] -- [[:Category:Philo Scholars|Philo Scholars]] -- [[:Category:Josephus Scholars|Josephus Scholars]] -- [[:Category:NT Scholars|NT Scholars]] -- [[:Category:Historical Jesus Scholars|Historical Jesus Scholars]] -- [[:Category:Pauline Scholars|Pauline Scholars]] -- [[:Category:Archaeologists|Archaeologists]]
 
[[:Category:National Schools|National Schools]]
 
*[[:Category:American Scholars|American Scholars]] -- [[:Category:British Scholars|British Scholars]] -- [[:Category:French Scholars|French Scholars]] -- [[:Category:German Scholars|German Scholars]] -- [[:Category:Italian Scholars|Italian Scholars]] -- [[:Category:Spanish Scholars|Spanish Scholars]] -- etc.
 
[[:Category:People's generations|People's generations]]
 
*... -- [[:Category:Born in the 1900s|Born in the 1900s]] -- [[:Category:Born in the 1910s|Born in the 1910s]] -- [[:Category:Born in the 1920s|Born in the 1920s]] -- [[:Category:Born in the 1930s|Born in the 1930s]] -- ...
*... -- [[:Category:Died in the 2010s|Died in the 2010s]] -- [[:Category:Died in the 2000s|Died in the 2000s]] -- [[:Category:Died in the 1990s|Died in the 1990s]] -- [[:Category:Died in the 1980s|Died in the 1980s]] -- ...
 
[[:Category:Jewish Scholars|Jewish Scholars]] -- [[:Category:Women Scholars|Women Scholars]]
 
====[[:Category:Authors|'''(b) AUTHORS''']] (1,500+)====
 
Field of specialization
 
*[[Artists]] / [[Composers]] / [[Film Directors]] / [[Librettists]] / [[Novelists]] / [[Playwrights]] / [[Poets]]
 
[[:Category:National Schools|National Schools]]
 
*[[:Category:American Authors|American Authors]] -- [[:Category:British Authors|British Authors]] -- [[:Category:French Authors|French Authors]] -- [[:Category:German Authors|German Authors]] -- [[:Category:Italian Authors|Italian Authors]] -- [[:Category:Spanish Authors|Spanish Authors]] -- etc.  
 
[[:Category:People's generations|People's generations]]
 
*... -- [[:Category:Born in the 1900s|Born in the 1900s]] -- [[:Category:Born in the 1910s|Born in the 1910s]] -- [[:Category:Born in the 1920s|Born in the 1920s]] -- [[:Category:Born in the 1930s|Born in the 1930s]] -- ...
*... -- [[:Category:Died in the 2010s|Died in the 2010s]] -- [[:Category:Died in the 2000s|Died in the 2000s]] -- [[:Category:Died in the 1990s|Died in the 1990s]] -- [[:Category:Died in the 1980s|Died in the 1980s]] -- ...
 
[[:Category:Jewish Authors|Jewish Authors]] -- [[:Category:Women Authors|Women Authors]]
 
====[[:Category:Others|'''(c) OTHERS''']] ====
 
*[[Translators]] / [[Writers]]
*[[Visionaries]] / [[Arch-fi Authors]]
*[[:Category:National Schools|National Schools]] / [[:Category:People's generations|People's generations]] /
 
==News==
See [http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/ Paleojudaica.com]


* The '''6th Enoch Seminar''' was held in Milan, Italy (June 26-30, 2011) on ''2 Baruch / 4 Ezra''. See the [[Enoch Seminar]] page for further details.
* The '''6th Enoch Seminar''' was held in Milan, Italy (June 26-30, 2011) on ''2 Baruch / 4 Ezra''. See the [[Enoch Seminar]] page for further details.


*[[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary]] is now available. It is a landmark in the history of research in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins.
*[[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow)]] is now available. It is a landmark in the history of research in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins.


*'''July 11, 2011''' Italian NT scholar [[Giuseppe Segalla]] passed away; see http://www.fttr.it/pls/fttr/V3_S2EW_CONSULTAZIONE.mostra_pagina?id_pagina=1005
*'''July 11, 2011''' Italian NT scholar [[Giuseppe Segalla]] passed away; see http://www.fttr.it/pls/fttr/V3_S2EW_CONSULTAZIONE.mostra_pagina?id_pagina=1005
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*'''May 26, 2011''' [[Dafydd Rhys ap-Thomas]], a former President of SOTS and author of many biblical studies books as well as translator of many, passed away.  There's a brief obituary here - http://www.annibynwyr.org/5353.html?diablo.lang=eng
*'''May 26, 2011''' [[Dafydd Rhys ap-Thomas]], a former President of SOTS and author of many biblical studies books as well as translator of many, passed away.  There's a brief obituary here - http://www.annibynwyr.org/5353.html?diablo.lang=eng
*'''April 4, 2011''' (New York University) - Conference: [http://www.nyu.edu/isaw/events/conference-2011-04-04.htm Ancient Jewish Sciences and the History of Knowledge] - Organizers: Jonathan Ben-Dov (University of Haifa and ISAW) and Seth Sanders (Trinity College and ISAW)


*'''February 19, 2011''' - Israeli Archaeologist '''[[Anson F. Rainey]]''' (born 11 January 1930) passed away 19 February 2011.  A biography and bibliography of his many works is available here- http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/directory/dir_anson_rainey.html .  May his memory be a blessing.
*'''February 19, 2011''' - Israeli Archaeologist '''[[Anson F. Rainey]]''' (born 11 January 1930) passed away 19 February 2011.  A biography and bibliography of his many works is available here- http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/directory/dir_anson_rainey.html .  May his memory be a blessing.
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*'''Dec 15, 2010''' - With great sorrow we announce that Israeli Professor, and member of the [[Enoch Seminar]], '''[[Shemaryahu Talmon]]''' (1920-2010) passed away on Dec 15. Prof. Talmon was the chief editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project for many years. May his memory be a blessing.
*'''Dec 15, 2010''' - With great sorrow we announce that Israeli Professor, and member of the [[Enoch Seminar]], '''[[Shemaryahu Talmon]]''' (1920-2010) passed away on Dec 15. Prof. Talmon was the chief editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project for many years. May his memory be a blessing.
*'''New entries'''. [[Psalms of Solomon]] and [[Salome Alexandra]], by [[Kenneth Atkinson]]. / [[Apocalypse of Abraham]], by [[Gerbern S. Oegema]]. / [[2 Enoch]], by [[Andrei A. Orlov]] / [[John]] and [[Wedding at Cana]], by [[James E. West]] / [[Tigranes the Great]], by [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] / [[Herod the Great]], by [[Samuele Rocca]]
*'''Obituaries'''. German NT scholar [[Rudolf Pesch]] (1936-2011); Biblical scholar and translator John S. Bowden (1935 - 2010); Israeli Archaeologist [[Ehud Netzer]] (1934-2010); Italian Biblical scholar [[Jan Alberto Soggin]] (1926-2010).


* '''December 6, 2010''' -  Biblical scholar and translator [[John Bowden]] (1935 - 2010) passed away.  He was an accomplished scholar in his own right but is probably better known as a translator of many books in the field of Biblical studies.
* '''December 6, 2010''' -  Biblical scholar and translator [[John Bowden]] (1935 - 2010) passed away.  He was an accomplished scholar in his own right but is probably better known as a translator of many books in the field of Biblical studies.
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*''' Apr 8, 2010''' - Israeli archaeologist and co-director of the Enoch Seminar [[Hanan Eshel]] (1958-2010) passed away.
*''' Apr 8, 2010''' - Israeli archaeologist and co-director of the Enoch Seminar [[Hanan Eshel]] (1958-2010) passed away.
   
   
*'''Apr 7, 2010''' - American historian [[Ellis Rivkin]] (1918-2010) passed away  
*'''Apr 7, 2010''' - American historian [[Ellis Rivkin]] (1918-2010) passed away
 
==Conferences==
 
'''November 23-26, 2013''' - The Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting -  The details, call for papers, and registration information can be read here - http://sbl-site.org/meetings/AnnualMeeting.aspx
 


''Note'': 4 Enoch is a work in progress. In the first phase (Aug 2009 - Jul 2010) thousands of entries (abstracts of works of scholarship and fiction, biographies of scholars and authors, etc.) were included. Consequently, the Encyclopedia appears today essentially as a wikified bibliography, providing a comprehensive survey of the history of research in the period.  
''Note'': 4 Enoch is a work in progress. In the first phase (Aug 2009 - Jul 2010) thousands of entries (abstracts of works of scholarship and fiction, biographies of scholars and authors, etc.) were included.  


The keywords associated with each bibliographical and biographical entry have generated numerous "Subject entries" or "Categories" (now existing mostly in a draft form), which in the second phase of the project (Aug 2010 - Aug 2014) are in the process of being assigned to specialists and developed as original contributions to the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins]]
The keywords associated with each bibliographical and biographical entry have generated numerous "Subject entries" or "Categories" (now existing mostly in a draft form), which in the second phase of the project (Aug 2010 - Aug 2014) are now in the process of being assigned to specialists and developed as original contributions to the study of [[Second Temple Judaism]] and [[Christian Origins]]

Latest revision as of 09:55, 24 September 2013

4 Enoch offers a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to SCHOLARLY RESEARCH and FICTION in Second Temple Judaism (including Samaritan and New Testament Studies), i.e. the period from Ezekiel to the completion of the New Testament and the Mishnah. It also deals with the roots of Second Temple traditions in the Ancient Israelite Religion, as well as the influence and legacy of those traditions for Christian, Jewish and Islamic Origins, up to the time of the completion of the Qur'an. 4 Enoch includes scholarly and fictional works authored from the mid-15th century to the present, all around the world, with biographies of Scholars and Authors and a Dictionary of People, Places, Topics, etc. of Second Temple Judaism & Christian Origins.

(a) 4 ENOCH SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH


(b) 4 ENOCH DICTIONARY OF SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM


(c) 4 ENOCH ABSTRACTS OF SCHOLARLY & FICTIONAL WORKS


(d) 4 ENOCH BIOGRAPHIES OF MODERN AUTHORS


With ore than 15,000 pages, "4 Enoch" provides a comprehensive WHO's WHO of the period, as well as BIOGRAPHIES of Scholars and Authors, and ABSTRACTS of scholarly and fictional Works, authored from the mid-15th century to the present, all around the world. Still a work in progress, the Encyclopedia, created in 2009 by Gabriele Boccaccini of the University of Michigan with the collaboration of Carlos A. Segovia of the Camilo Jose Cela University Madrid, is the collective work of international specialists in the field associated with the Enoch Seminar [1]

  • Are you a scholar or graduate student, and would you like to contribute to the Encyclopedia? Please, contact Editor-in-Chief Professor Gabriele Boccaccini <gbocca@umich.edu>, or Associate Editor Professor Carlos A. Segovia <segoviamail@gmail.com>, and join the team of international specialists working in this project.

[Note: 4 Enoch is a work in progress (changes are made of a daily basis). Some entries are fully developed, others exist only in a draft form. Evertytime you visit the site, you will see that new features have been added. ]


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History

4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins is an academic project of the Enoch Seminar, created in 2009 by Gabriele Boccaccini (University of Michigan, USA), in collaboration with the late Hanan Eshel (Bar-Ilan University, Israel), Loren T. Stuckenbruck (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA), and Carlos A. Segovia (Camilo José Cela University, Spain). The current Board of Directors of the Enoch Seminar includes: Gabriele Boccaccini (chair), Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Esther Eshel, Matthias Henze, Pierluigi Piovanelli, Carlos A. Segovia, and Loren T. Stuckenbruck. See the Enoch Seminar Website

Born as a bibliography in the early 1990s and developed as a database in the 2000s, 4 Enoch has been made freely accessible online in wiki-format since August 2009. It now includes more than 1,000 encyclopedic entries, 8,000 abstracts of scholarly and fictional works, 3,000 biographies of scholars and authors, from the 15th century to the present...

Funds for the Enoch Seminar are provided by the Alessandro Nangeroni International Endowment, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, the Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of Michigan and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.


For more details on the website, see About 4 Enoch. To register and contribute, go to Community Portal.

News and Obituaries

  • May 8, 2013 Geza Vermes passed away. He was emeritus professor of Jewish Studies at Wolfson College, Oxford; and director of the Oxford Forum for Qumran Research at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. From 1971 he was editor of Journal of Jewish Studies.
  • January 28, 2013 Paul J. Achtemeier passed away. He was Professor emeritus of Biblical Interpretation at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He was General Editor of the Harper’s Bible Dictionary (1985; rev. 1996) and author of numerous works on the New Testament.
  • October 17, 2012 Frank Moore Cross passed away. He was one of the pioneers of Qumran Studies and among the most distinguished and influential scholars of his generation in the field of ancient Judaism.
  • September 5, 2012 Walter Harrelson Walter Harrelson, an internationally acclaimed Old Testament scholar who previously served as dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School, died in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible, emeritus, was 92 years old and had been in hospice care. Vanderbilt University posted a fitting tribute here- http://bit.ly/PX6PLZ
  • August 16, 2012 -- Marvin Meyer, was Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies and Co-Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Chapman University. He was also Director of the Chapman University Albert Schweitzer Institute. His publications were multitudinous and very influential in the field of early Christianity.
  • March 26, 2012 -- Helmer Ringgren, Old Testament scholar and linguist died. He got his doctorate at Uppsala in 1947 and was a pupil of Geo Widengren, professor of Comparative Religion, and of the famous semitist H. S. Nyberg. He had held chairs both in Comparative Religion (Åbo, Finland, 1962-64), and in Old Testament Exegetics (Evanston, 1960-62; Uppsala 1964-83). Further here- http://bit.ly/HGNV95
  • February 10, 2012 -- Richard T. France died. He was born on 2 April 1938. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford (BA, 1960; MA 1963). He earned his BD at Tyndale Hall, University of London (1963) and his PhD at Tyndale Hall, Bristol (1967). He served pastoral charges in England and Wales from 1995 until his retirement in 1999. He was the author of many important exegetical works.
  • February 2, 2012 Lexicographer and New Testament scholar Frederick W. Danker passed away; see http://bit.ly/xM0gen. His memorial service was held Saturday, 18 Feb, 2012, at Bethel Lutheran Church, 7001 Forsyth Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63105.
  • The 6th Enoch Seminar was held in Milan, Italy (June 26-30, 2011) on 2 Baruch / 4 Ezra. See the Enoch Seminar page for further details.
  • February 13, 2011 - American Professor, and friend of the Enoch Seminar, Alan F. Segal (1945-2011) passed away on Feb 13. His premature death is very sad news for all those who had the privilege of knowing him, and a great loss for the entire community of specialists in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins. Our thoughts are with his family. May his memory be a blessing.
  • Dec 15, 2010 - With great sorrow we announce that Israeli Professor, and member of the Enoch Seminar, Shemaryahu Talmon (1920-2010) passed away on Dec 15. Prof. Talmon was the chief editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project for many years. May his memory be a blessing.
  • December 6, 2010 - Biblical scholar and translator John Bowden (1935 - 2010) passed away. He was an accomplished scholar in his own right but is probably better known as a translator of many books in the field of Biblical studies.
  • Oct 28, 2010 - Israeli Archaeologist Ehud Netzer (1934-2010) passed away. A specialist of Herodian archaeology, is renowned for his excavations at the Herodium. He recently announced the discovery of the location of the tomb of Herod the Great.
  • Oct 26, 2010 - Biblical scholar Jan Alberto Soggin (1926-2010) passed away. He was Professor at the Waldensian Faculty of Theology in Rome, Italy. His History of Israel and Introduction to the Old Testament were international bestsellers.
  • May 15, 2010 - American-Israeli scholar Moshe Greenberg (1928-2010) passed away.
  • Apr 8, 2010 - Israeli archaeologist and co-director of the Enoch Seminar Hanan Eshel (1958-2010) passed away.
  • Apr 7, 2010 - American historian Ellis Rivkin (1918-2010) passed away

Conferences

November 23-26, 2013 - The Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting - The details, call for papers, and registration information can be read here - http://sbl-site.org/meetings/AnnualMeeting.aspx


Note: 4 Enoch is a work in progress. In the first phase (Aug 2009 - Jul 2010) thousands of entries (abstracts of works of scholarship and fiction, biographies of scholars and authors, etc.) were included.

The keywords associated with each bibliographical and biographical entry have generated numerous "Subject entries" or "Categories" (now existing mostly in a draft form), which in the second phase of the project (Aug 2010 - Aug 2014) are now in the process of being assigned to specialists and developed as original contributions to the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins

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