Voice of Jacob: Early Jewish Texts and Traditions in Christian Transmission / 2nd Nangeroni Meeting (2014 Dor), conference

Ruins of Caesarea Maritima, near Dor, Israel

Alexander Kulik, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan

Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University Montreal

David Hamidovic, University of Lausanne (@ Felix Imhof)

Michael Stone, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Voice of Jacob: Early Jewish Texts and Traditions in Christian Transmission (2014) is the topic of the second conference in the series of Nangeroni Meetings organized by the Enoch Seminar at Dor, Israel (8-12 June 2014).

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Second Nangeroni Meeting (Dor, Israel; 8-12 June 2014)

Voice of Jacob: Early Jewish Texts and Traditions in Christian Transmission

International Conference and Nangeroni Meeting

under the auspices of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions / Institut romand des sciences bibliques (Université de Lausanne)

in collaboration with Enoch Seminar: International Scholarship in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins

Supported by the European Research Council

Basic Information

Title: Voice of Jacob: Early Jewish Texts and Traditions in Christian Transmission

Chair: Alexander Kulik

Conference Committee: Alexander Kulik, Gabriele Boccaccini, Lorenzo DiTommaso, David Hamidovic, and Michael E. Stone

Secretary: Jason M. Zurawski

When and Where: 8-12 June 2014; Nahsholim Seaside Resort, situated on the Mediterranean Dor Beach, near ancient Dor

Description of Topic: The meeting and the resultant volume will deal with problems of preservation, reception, and development of Jewish texts and traditions from the Second Temple period in diverse ecclesiastical traditions.

The papers will present:

• (1) general up-to-date surveys of separate traditions (addressing, inter alia, recent developments in the state of research and perspectives for future research)
• (2) discussion of the destinies of specific texts and corpora among diverse traditions
• (3) methodological issues (distinction between originally Jewish and Christian material, modes of medieval transmission and compilation, early Jewish texts and motifs in liturgy and iconography, etc.)
• (4) innovations relevant for the topic.

We plan to have panels on the following topics:

• Overview of linguistic traditions
• Pseudepigrapha
• Philo
• Josephus
• Minor Jewish Hellenistic authors
• OT motifs in Christian pseudepigrapha
• Qumran and Christian traditions
• Comparative perspective: Preservation of Second Temple texts and traditions in Rabbinic, Islamic, and Manichaean transmission, and in late Judeo-Christian contacts.

The central purpose of discussing these diverse topics is to move towards mapping trajectories of early Jewish traditions among diverse cultures and to prepare a volume of introduction to the field.

Costs: The conference organizers will cover the costs of accommodation and full board of all the participants who contribute chapters. Those who prefer to participate in the conference without taking on any assignments are expected to cover their costs, with accommodation and full board to be paid directly to the hotel. In either case, all participants will have to cover the expenses of an accompanying spouse or family (but please note that additional payment for double occupancy, including full board, is only 100 NIS). All participants are also expected to cover their own travel expenses to the site of the conference.

Participants

The following have confirmed their participation in the volume and conference:

1. William Adler (North Carolina State University, USA)
2. Cyril Aslanov (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
3. Florentina Badalanova Geller (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
4. Albert I. Baumgarten (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
5. Gabriele Boccaccini (University of Michigan, USA)
6. James H. Charlesworth (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA)
7. Lorenzo DiTommaso (Concordia University Montreal, Canada)
8. David Hamidovič (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
9. Vered Hillel
10. Robert A. Kraft (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
11. Alexander Kulik (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
12. David Satran (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
13. Gregory Sterling (Yale University, USA)
14. Michael E. Stone (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
15. Michael Tuval (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
16. Jason M. Zurawski (University of Michigan, USA)

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• Martha Himmelfarb (Princeton University, USA)
• Martin McNamara (Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Ireland; Chapter only)
• Brian Murdoch (University of Stirling, Scotland; chapter only)
• Pierluigi Piovanelli (University of Ottawa, Canada)
• John C. Reeves (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
• Folker Siegert (Universität Münster, Germany; chapter only)
• Loren T. Stuckenbruck (University of Munich, Germany)
• David Taylor (University of Oxford, England)
• Jacques van der Vliet (Leiden University, Netherlands)

Provisional Program

Traditions

• Greek Transmission
  • William Adler
• Latin Transmission
  • Robert Kraft
• Ethiopic Transmission
  • Loren Stuckenbruck
• Slavonic Transmission
  • Alexander Kulik
• Coptic Transmission
  • Jacques van der Vliet
• Syriac Transmission
  • David Taylor (chap. only)
• Armenian Transmission
  • Michael Stone
• Georgian Transmission
• Christian Arabic Transmission
  • John Reeves
• Celtic Transmission
  • Martin McNamara (chap. only)
• Germanic (Anglo-Saxon, Old High German) Transmission
  • Brian Murdoch (chap. only)
• Romance Transmission
  • Cyril Aslanov

Corpora

• OT Pseudepigrapha (Jewish & Christian)
  • Lorenzo DiTommaso
• Josephus Versions
  • Michael Tuval
• Josephus, Patristic Evidence
  • Albert Baumgarten
• Philo
  • Gregory Sterling
• Minor Jewish Hellenistic authors
  • Folker Siegert (chap. only)
• Early Jewish Liturgical Works
  • Folker Siegert (chap. only)
• OT Motifs in Christian Pseudepigrapha
  • Pierluigi Piovanelli
• Qumran and Christian Traditions
  • David Hamidovic
• Early Jewish Motifs in Patristic Literature
• Enochic Books and Traditions
  • Gabriele Boccaccini
• Iconographic Traditions
  • Florentina Badalanova Geller

Comparative Perspective

• Rabbinic and Karaite Transmission, early & medieval
  • Martha Himmelfarb
• Islamic Transmission
  • John Reeves
• Manichaean Transmission
  • John Reeves
• Jewish Traditions and Christian Texts or Jewish Texts and Christian Transmission -- Should We Care?
  • David Satran
• The Crescent of Transmission and a Taxonomy of How Christians Shaped Jewish Traditions and Texts
  • James Charlesworth

Program

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Check in – 15:00

Opening Dinner – 19:00

20:00-21:00 Opening Session

• Alexander Kulik
• Gabriele Boccaccini
• Lorenzo DiTommaso
• David Hamidovic
• Michael E. Stone

Monday, June 9, 2014

10:30 – 12:00 Patterns of Transmission (Moderator: Michael Stone)

• James Charlesworth, The Crescent of Transmissions and a Taxonomy of How Christians Shaped Jewish Traditions and Texts; Respondents: Gregory Sterling

• David Hamidovic, Qumran texts in Jewish and Christian Traditions; Respondents: Gabrielle Boccaccini

12:15-13:00 Linguistic Traditions I (Moderator: James Charlesworth)

• William Adler, Greek Transmission; Respondents: Robert Kraft

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 16:15 Linguistic Traditions II (Moderator: Lorenzo DiTommaso)

• Robert Kraft, Latin Transmission; Respondents: Michael Stone

• Michael Stone, Armenian Transmission; Respondents: Vered Hillel

• Alexander Kulik, Slavonic Transmission; Respondents: William Adler

 

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

10:30 – 18:00 Excursion: Zichron Ya’akov, Megiddo, Gilboa, Carmel

20:00 – 21:30 Additional Discussions (Moderator: Mark Geller)

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

10:00 – 10:45 Linguistic Traditions III (Moderator: Robert Kraft)

• Cyril Aslanzov, Romance Transmission; Respondents: Florentina Badalanova Geller

10:45 - 13:00 Corpora I (Moderator: Gabriele Boccaccini)

• Lorenzo DiTommaso, Biblical Pseudepigrapha; Respondents: James Charlesworth

• Michael Tuval, Josephus’ Versions; Respondents: Albert Baumgarten

• Albert Baumgarten, Josephus: Patristic Evidence; Respondents: Michael Tuval

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 16:15 Corpora II (Moderator: David Hamidovic)

• Gregory Sterling, Philo; Respondents: Jason Zurawski

• Gabriele Boccaccini, Enochic Books and Traditions; Respondents: David Hamidovic

• Florentina Badalanova Geller, Iconographic traditions; Respondents: Lorenzo DiTommaso

19:30 Dinner in Caesarea

Thursday, June 12, 2014

9:30 – 11:00 Concluding Discussion: Results and Perspectives

Check-in/out times: 15:00/11:00

Meal times:

7:30 - 9:30 12:30 - 14:00 18:30 - 20:00

• Lunch on June 10th and dinner on June 11th will be held outside the hotel

Arrival Times at Ben Gurion Airport

• Saturday, June 7

• Sunday, June 8

12:40 Greg Sterling (Delta 1960)

15:15 Robert Kraft (USAir/American 796)

15:20 Gabriele Boccaccini (Alitalia 808)

17:10 Jason Zurawski (Delta 468)

Getting to the Seminar

Nahsholim Seaside Resort

M.P. Hof Carmel

30815 Israel

Phone: 972-4-6399533

Fax: 972-4-6397614

http://www.nahsholim.co.il/

Travelling from Ben Gurion Airport to Nahsholim Seaside Hotel on Saturday is by taxi only, which takes about an hour depending on traffic and costs about 500 NIS. (Ask the driver to take you to Nahsholim Hotel at Kibbutz Nahsholim, Hof Dor).

Depending on your time of arrival at the airport, a direct train service is available from the airports’ train station to Binyamina train station and costs 38.5 NIS. From Binyamina train station a taxi to the hotel costs about 100 NIS.

Please visit Israel Railways website for more info on trains from the airport to Binyamina: Israel Railways