2020 Enoch Seminar Colloquium

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

11:15 -- Informal gathering of participants

11:30am -- Welcome and Introduction

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 -- Discussion with the Editors, the authors and the audience.

2:00pm -- 30min break

2:30pm -- 9th Enoch Seminar Reception

3:30m -- Board of Directors Meeting

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.

Schedule

9:30am -- Informal Gathering of Participants

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

10:30am -- 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 Daniel Gurtner John Kampen A.-J. Levine

Discussion

12:00pm -- Break

1:00pm -- 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 Gabriele Boccaccini Isaac W. Oliver Karin Zetterholm

Discussion

3:00pm -- Wrap-up session [Live on Facebook]

Confirmed Participants

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. Alastair Moodie
23. Eric Noffke
24. Isaac W. Oliver (panelist)
25. Amy Richter
26. Vernon Robbins
27. Anders Runesson
28. Timothy B. Sailors
29. Lawrence Schiffman
30. Joshua Scott
31. David C. Sim
32. David Andrews Smith
33. Joel Wildermuth
34. Karin Zetterholm (panelist)