Ninth Enoch Seminar (2017 Camaldoli), conference

The Ninth Enoch Seminar (June 18-23, 2017), is an international conference organized by the Enoch Seminar.

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Ninth Enoch Seminar Overview

Theme: “From tôrāh to Torah: Variegated Notions of Torah from the First Temple Period to Late Antiquity”

Chairs: William M. Schniedewind (University of California at Los Angeles) and Jason M. Zurawski (University of Groningen), in collaboration with Gabriele Boccaccini (Director of the Enoch Seminar).

Date: June 18-23, 2017

Place: Monastero di Camaldoli, Camaldoli, Italy

Area of Focus:

The Enoch Seminar and the resultant volume will examine the diverse understandings of tôrāh, beginning with the texts of the Hebrew Bible through to the Second Temple period and late antiquity, moving beyond traditional paradigms such as the early usage of tôrāh as general instruction vs. the transition to nomos, as “law,” or the development of a “normative” notion of Torah (capitalization intentional) in the Second Temple period. Participants are encouraged to rethink our scholarly assumptions and preconceptions on the topic and tackle the questions anew in light of more critical philological and historical approaches. We seek to examine the various notions of tôrāh (and nomos) in all relevant literature, regardless of scholarly or denominational corpora, both within ancient Jewish/Judean traditions and in light of broader influences, whether Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, Persian, etc. As this meeting follows and builds upon the work from the Fifth Nangeroni Meeting, “Second Temple Jewish Paideia in its Ancient Near Eastern and Hellenistic Contexts” (June/July 2015), discussions pertaining to the connections between tôrāh/Torah/nomos/dat and education, pedagogy, wisdom, etc., are especially encouraging. Our aim will be to discuss the variety of ways that tôrāh was defined and developed in the literature.

Registration

Online registration for invited participants will begin in December 2016.

Attendance at the Enoch Seminar is by invitation only and is limited to university professors and scholars in the field. If you are interested in attending or participating in the Ninth Enoch Seminar, please contact Jason Zurawski.

All participants are expected to pay the registration fee, which will range from $0 - $225, depending on the participant's past involvement in Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings. Spouses and guests of participants are not required to pay the registration fee.

Lodging

Contribution (including 5 nights lodging and meals), To be paid in Camaldoli at the Seminar (Estimate, prices may still vary):

• 0: Authors of major papers
• 325 euros: All other participants
• 200 euros: Guests, spouses, etc. (children under 5 years old: free)

Participants

1. Samuel Adams (Union Presbyterian Seminary)
2. Sara Ahbel-Rappe (University of Michigan)
3. Gabriele Boccaccini (University of Michigan)
4. Francis Borchardt (Lutheran Theological Seminary of Hong Kong)
5. Calum M. Carmichael (Cornell University)
6. James H. Charlesworth (Princeton University)
7. Esther G. Chazon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
8. Federico Dal Bo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
9. Vicente Dobroruka (Universidade de Brasília)
10. Lutz Doering (University of Münster)
11. Steven D. Fraade (Yale University)
12. Paula Fredriksen (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
13. Christine Hayes (Yale University)
14. Ronald Herms (Fresno Pacific University)
15. David R. Jackson (William Carey Christian School, Australia)
16. Anne Kreps (University of Oregon)
17. David Lambert (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
18. Liv Ingeborg Lied (MF Norwegian School of Theology)
19. Paul Mandel (Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies)
20. Eva Mroczek (University of California, Davis)
21. Jason Myers (Greensboro College)
22. Anders Klostergaard Petersen (Aarhus University)
23. Patrick Pouchelle (Centre Sèvres – Paris)
24. Adele Reinhartz (University of Ottawa)
25. Alexander Rofé (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
26. Jacque van Ruiten (University of Groningen)
27. Michael Satlow (Brown University)
28. William M. Schniedewind (University of California, Los Angeles)
29. Stefan Schorch (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
30. Malka Simkovich (Catholic Theological Union)
31. Joan Taylor (King’s College London)
32. Jacqueline Vayntrub (Brandeis University)
33. Benjamin G. Wright (Lehigh University)
34. J. Edward Wright (University of Arizona)
35. Jason M. Zurawski (University of Groningen)

Getting to the Seminar

Foresteria del Monastero di Camaldoli (site of Seminar and accommodations)

Località Camaldoli, 52010 Camaldoli

Tel. 0575/556013

Fax 0575/556001

foresteria@camaldoli.it

www.camaldoli.it

You may fly in to either Florence, Rome, or Bologna. You will then take the train to Arezzo.

• From the Florence Airport (Peretola), you will need to take a bus/cab to the main train station, Santa Maria Novella, then the train to Arezzo.

• From Rome (Fiumicino), you will take the train to Roma Termini, then to Arezzo.

• From Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi), you will take the bus/taxi to Bolgona Centrale and from there to Arezzo.

• Try to avoid local trains which stop at every station and therefore take much longer. Look for high-speed, intercity, or frecciarosa trains.

We are scheduling a bus to take us from Arezzo to Camalodoli on Sunday, June 18. The bus will leave the train station at _____.

• Meet at the Arezzo train station, at the bar/café, to be ready to leave by ____.

• If you are unable to make this bus, you can take the train from Arezzo to Bibbiena.

• From Bibbiena, you can take a taxi to Camaldoli (~20-30 euros).

You may also take a taxi directly from Arezzo to Camaldoli, but this will be more expensive.

Please check the Trenitalia website (http://www.trenitalia.com) for up to date train schedules and travel times.

External Links

• Enoch Seminar Website