2020 Enoch Seminar Colloquium

DAY 1 (11 November 2020) -- 10:30am-4:30pm EST

Schedule

11:15 -- Informal gathering of participants 11:30am - Welcome

11:40am - Presentation of the volume by the Editors (Alexander Kulik, Gabriele Boccaccini, Lorenzo DiTommaso, David Hamidovic, Michael Stone, Jason Zurawski)

12pm - Review of the volume by 3 external panelists (15m each)

• • James L. Kugel (Harvard University / Bar Ilan University)
  • Hindy Najman (University of Oxford)
  • Liv Ingeborg Lied (MF Norwegian School of Theology)

12:45pm - Responses by 3 authors (5m each)

• • Martha Himmelfarb
  • Robert Kraft
  • Gregory Sterling

1:00pm - 2:00pm - Discussion with the Editors, the authors and the audience.

+ + + 30min break + + +

2:30pm-3:30pm - 9th Enoch Seminar Reception

3:30m-4:30pm - Meeting of the Board of Directors

DAY 2 (12 November 2020) - 10am-4:30pm

Theme: The Place of Matthew within the Diversity of Second Temple Judaism and the Jesus Movement

The Gospel of Matthew has often been dubbed the “most Jewish Gospel.” But what does this evaluation even mean? If it is so Jewish, how so? What about the Jewishness of other Gospel texts such as Mark, Luke, and John? And what does “Jewish,” in any case, mean in Matthew’s time? In this session, the Enoch Seminar continues to critically appreciate the Jewish context and texture of early Christianity by focusing on Matthew’s particular relationship with(in) Judaism. Invited specialists will discuss anew the distinctive character of Matthew’s Gospel as they seek to relate it to its Jewish milieu in all of its complexity.

Please contact the event secretary, Joshua Scott, for more details (scottjos@umich.edu).

Schedule

9:30am-10am - Informal Gathering of Participants - Welcome

10am-10:15am -- Introduction (15 m ) - Status quaestionis and goals of the colloquium (Anders Runesson)

10:15am-12:00am -- The Place of Matthew within the Diversity of Second Temple Judaism

• What are the major features of Matthew’s Judaism?
• What do we mean by “Jewish” in Matthew’s time?
• Which (other) kind of Judaism is Matthew most closely related to?
• What is the place of Matthew within Jewish Sectarianism?

Gabriele Boccaccini (Chair)

• Albert Baumgarten (10 min)
• Gabriele Boccaccini (10 min)
• John Kampen (10 min)
• A.-J. Levine (10 min)

Discussion (65 mn)

12:00-1:00 am – Break

1:00am-2:45pm -- The Place of Matthew within the Diversity of the Jesus Movement

• What does it mean that Matthew is the most Jewish Gospel?
• Why Matthew, and not Luke or Mark or John?
• Is it proper to distinguish NT texts as “more” or “less” Jewish?
• What is the place of Matthew within the Jesus movement?

Gabriele Boccaccini (Chair)

• Kathy Ehrensperger (10 mn)
• Daniel Gurtner (10 mn)
• Isaac W. Oliver (10 mn)
• Karin Zetterholm (10 mn)

Discussion (65 mn)

3pm - 4:30pm Wrap-up session (90 mn). [Live on Facebook]

Confirmed Participants (Matthew Colloquium)

1. Albert Baumgarten (panelist)
2. Laura Bizzarro
3. Gabriele Boccaccini (panelist)
4. Akiva Cohen
5. Jason Comber
6. Jim Davila
7. Rachel Dryden
8. Kathy Ehrensperger (panelist)
9. Trenton R. Ferro
10. Roy Fisher
11. Jörg Frey
12. Daniel Gurtner (panelist)
13. Rebecca Harris
14. Årstein Justnes
15. John Kampen (panelist)
16. Arie van der Kooij
17. Ryan Lambert
18. A.-J. Levine (panelist)
19. Jocelyn McWhirter
20. Eva-Charlotta Mebius
21. Daniele Minisini
22. Eric Noffke
23. Isaac W. Oliver (panelist)
24. Amy Richter
25. Vernon Robbins
26. Anders Runesson
27. Timothy B. Sailors
28. Lawrence Schiffman
29. Joshua Scott
30. David C. Sim
31. David Andrews Smith
32. Joel Wildermuth
33. Karin Zetterholm (panelist)