2020 Aramaic Enoch Conference

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From the Books of Enoch to Genesis Apocryphon:

Aramaic Manuscripts of 1 Enoch and Related Aramaic Traditions from Qumran

October 20-22, 2020

International Conference on the Aramaic Manuscripts of 1 Enoch

organized by the Institute of Biblical Studies (KUL, Lublin, Poland)

in collaboration with the Enoch Seminar

• Chairs: Henryk Drawnel and Gabriele Boccaccini
• Secretary: Joshua Scott

Tentative schedule

• 6:00am to 1:45pm -- Los Angeles time
• 9:00am to 4:45pm -- New York time
• 2:00pm to 9:45 -- London time
• 3:00pm to 10:45pm -- Europe time
• 4:00pm to 11:45pm -- Jerusalem time
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DAY 1 – Tuesday, 20 October 2020

9am – 11:30am EST/EDT

9:00am – Gathering of participants and introductory remarks (Henryk Drawnel, Loren Stuckenbruck, & Gabriele Boccaccini)

Session I – The Book of Watchers (I) [chair Lawrence H. Schiffman]

9:30am – Mirjam Bokhorst, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany - The Vision of the Heavenly Temple (1 En 14:8-25) Reconsidered - Handout

10:00am – Henryk Drawnel, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland - The Work of the Heaven and Earth (1 En. 2:1–5:2) in Its Context (1 En. 1:1–9; 5:4–9)

10:30am – James VanderKam, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame IN, USA - But What About the People?

11:00am – Plenary Discussion.

12:00pm–2:00pm EST/EDT

Session II – Aramaic Context of 1 Enoch [chair Kelley Coblentz Bautch]

12:00pm – Shlomi Efrati, KU Leuven, Belgium - On Angels and Mountains: Notes on the Levantine and Aramaic Background of the Fallen Angels

12:30pm – Ida Fröhlich, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary - Behind the Name: ՙyryn, gbryn, nplyn, Protagonists of the Earliest Tradition concerning the Watchers

1:00pm – Helen Jacobus, University of Manchester, Manchester, Great Britain - “And all the rest of its light is taken.” A comparative look at the lunar fractions in 4QAstronomical Enocha-b (4Q208–4Q209)

1:30pm – Plenary discussion

2:30pm–4:30pm EST/EDT

Session III – Redaction, Scribal Work, and Slavonic Enoch [chair Matthew Goff]

2:30pm – Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX, USA - More than One Recension? The Evidence from Aramaic Book of the Watchers

3:00pm – Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven, Belgium - The Scribes Who Copied the Works of Enoch

3.30pm – Florentina Badanalova-Geller, University College London, London, Great Britain - 1st and 2nd Enoch Compared and Contrasted

4:00pm Plenary discussion

DAY 2 – Wednesday, 21 October 2020

8:30am - Gathering of participants

8:45am – DAY 1 recap [chair Gabriele Boccaccini]:

• Lawrence H. Schiffman, Matthew Goff, Gerbern Oegema

9:30am – 11:30am EST/EDT

Session IV – Genesis Apocryphon and the Book of Giants [chair James VanderKam]

9:30am – Jaap Doedens, Pápa Reformed Theological Seminary, Pápa, Hungary- Rehabilitating the Heroes: Exegetical Exoneration of Biblical Protagonists in the Genesis Apocryphon

10:00am – Matthew Goff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA - The Qumran Book of Giants and Aramaic

10:30am – Itai Kagan, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel - ‘Righteous Plant’ or ‘Rightful Plant’? Unlocking a Key Term in 1 Enoch and Genesis Apocryphon

11:00am – Plenary discussion

12:30pm – 2:30pm EST/EDT

Session V – Enochic Astronomy and the Ancient Near East [chair Mirjam Bokhorst]

12:30pm – Jonathan Ben-Dov, Tel-Aviv University, Israel - The Nebuchadnezzar reliefs from Brisa (Lebanon) as Inspiration for the Myth of the Watchers

1:00pm – Eshbal Ratzon, Ariel University, Israel - The Role of the Calendar in the Sectarian Dispute in light of a New Reconstruction of 4Q318

1:30pm – John M. Steele, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA - Mesopotamian Astronomy in the so-called ‘Astronomical Book’ of Enoch: A Reappraisal

2pm – Plenary discussion

3.00pm – 5.00pm EST/EDT

Session VI – The Aramaic Books of 1 Enoch and the Qumran Community [chair Henryk Drawnel]

3:00pm – Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA - What the Book of First Enoch and the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls Reveal about the History of the Qumran Community

3.30pm – Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Turin, Italy - The Teacher of Righteousness and the Scribe of Righteousness: Scribal Activity between Qumran and Enochism

4:00pm – Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University, New York, NY, USA - Divine Appellations and Concepts of God in the Enoch Fragments and the Dead Sea Scrolls

4.30pm – Plenary discussion

DAY 3 -- Thursday, 22 October 2020

8:30am - Gathering of participants

8:45am – Day 2 Recap (panel) [chair Gabriele Boccaccini]

• James VanderKam, Mirjam Bokhorst, Henryk Drawnel

9:30am-11:30am EST/EDT

Session VII – Philology and Linguistics [chair Eibert Tigchelaar]

9:30am – Mathias Coeckelbergs, Université libre de Bruxelles - KU Leuven, Belgium From Clustering to Interpretation. Lexical Differences in Light of Linguistic Features in the Enochic Texts from Qumran

10:00am – Edward M. Cook, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA The Language of Enoch in its Social and Historical Setting

10:30am – Steven Fassberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel The Language of the Qumran Aramaic Fragments of Enoch Revisited

11:00am – Plenary discussion

12.30pm–2.00pm EST/EDT

Session VIII – Modern Forgery and Ancient Apocalyptic Authority [Chair Ida Fröhlich]

12:30pm –Torleif Elgvin, NLA University College, Oslo, Norway - Three Forged Fragments of 1 Enoch in the Schøyen Collection: How Were the Texts Designed by a Scholar, and How Did we Detect the Forgery?

1.00pm – Jesper Høgenhaven, Melissa Sayyad Bach and Kasper Siegismund, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark - Apocalypticism and Authority in the Visions of Amram

1:30pm – Plenary discussion

3:00pm-4:30pm EST/EDT

Final panel: Summary & conclusions

• Panelist: Gabriele Boccaccini, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Henryk Drawnel, Lawrence Schiffman, James VanderKam

Registered participants

Sofanit T. Abebe, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Oren Shalom Ableman, Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), Israel Sławomir Wacław Abramowski, PWTW Warsaw (Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw), Polska Moritz F. Adam, University of Zurich, Switzerland Quinetta Adderley, Alliance Theological Seminary, United States Carlos Montiel Álvarez, Autonomous National University of Mexico, México Anuj Amin, Stanford University, USA Jeff S. Anderson, Wayland Baptist University, United States Joseph L. Angel, Yeshiva University, USA Patrick Joseph Angiolillo, New York University, United States Magdalena Díaz Araujo, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja / Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina Verónica Moreno Arjona, Université de Lorraine and Israel Institute of Biblical Studies, Spain Fernando Raul Arce, Escuela de Alexandria, El Salvador Ambrose Arralde, Father Catholic University of America, United States Edna Assor, École Pratique des Hautes Études, France Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA Hector Avalos, Iowa State University, USA Manaen Ayala, Seteca, Guatemala Ruben Ramírez Balderas, UTESCO, Mexico Silvio Barbaglia, Studio Teologico San Gaudenzio – Novara, Italia Gad Barnea, Haifa University, Israel Gustavo Bernardo Barroso, University of Lisbon, Portugal Dariusz Kazimierz Bartoszewicz, adiunkt Papieski Wydział Teologiczny w Warszawie, Poland Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX, USA Moisés Jonathan Zelada Bazán, Independent Translator, Perú Jacob Andrew Beebe, Toronto School of Theology, United States Jonathan Ben-Dov, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Paweł Zdzisław Bieniek, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Poland Kirill Bitner, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia Laura Bizzarro, Universidad Catolica Argentina, Argentina Laurence Gregory Bloomquist, Theology of Saint Paul University, Canada Florin Ciprian Bodin, International Institute of Bible Archeology and Lingustic Reasearch "Beit Dina," Romania Mirjam Bokhorst, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Catherine Bonesho, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Lourdes Bonhome-Pulido, University of Córdoba, Spain Francis Borchardt, Lutheran Theological Seminary Hong Kong, Hong Kong Connor Boyd, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Jose S. Braga, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Lucas Scott Brandon, Florida State University, United States George Brooke, University of Manchester, England Maria Brutti, Independent Scholar (Em.), Italia Tamaz Bukhaidze, Gelati Theological Academy and Seminary, Georgia Rolex Macatdon Cailing, Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines Karina Casanova de Ortíz, Seminario Teológico Centroamericano, Guatemala David Cielontko, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Sara Chan, CCCOWE, Hong Kong Abel Chavez, UAdeC, Mexico Maria Chen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Alumna), Hong Kong Pingling Cheung, P5 Society, Hong Kong Dorota Katarzyna Chwiła, KUL, Poland Mathias Coeckelbergs, Université libre de Bruxelles - KU Leuven R. Dennis Cole, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, USA Paolo Collini, Independent Scholar, Italia Cristiana Conti-Easton, York University, Canada Edward M. Cook, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA Sebastiano Crestani, Bologna University, Italy Charles Crouch, Catholic University of America, USA Marianne Josephine Dacy, University of Sydney, Australia Justin Daniel, Southern California Seminary, USA Hila Dayfani, Tel Aviv University, Israel James Joseph DeFrancisco, Independent Scholar, United States Michael DeVries, University of Birmingham , UK Matt Derrenbacher, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, USA Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University Montreal, Canada Elena Dinu, Independent Translator, Romania Jaap Doedens, Pápa Reformed Theological Seminary, Pápa, Hungary Henryk Drawnel, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland Robert Duke, Azusa Pacific University, USA Dariusz Dziadosz, KUL Lublin, Polska Sarah Susan Eckert, Claremont Graduate University, United States Florence Abimbola Egbeyale, Florida State University, United States Beate Ego, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Shlomi Efrati, KU Leuven, Belgium Torleif Elgvin, NLA University College, Oslo, Norway Steven Fassberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Whymanity Research and Training, UK Michele Stopera Freyhauf, Durham University/John Carroll University, UK/USA Peter Gadalla, Pontifical Biblical Institute, United States Leonardo Fernandez Galanza Jr., Center for Biblical Studies Institute & Seminary, Philippines Magdalena Gawlik, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Polska Florentina Kirilova Badalanova Geller, University College London, UK Agustinus Gianto, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy Maciej Głębocki, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Matthew Goff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA Aure Ben-Zvi Goldblum, New York University, United States David M. Goldenberg, Univ. of Pennsylvania (Em.), United States Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, United Kingdom Angel Javier Grabovieski, Moriah / Limud, Argentina Dan Gurtner, Independent Researcher, United States Holger Gzella, Ludwig-Maximilans University, Munich, Germany Steven E. Fassberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Randolf Carino Flores , Divine Word Seminary - School of Theology, Philippines Lisbeth S. Fried, Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, USA Ida Fröhlich, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary Rebekah Haigh, Princeton, USA Yoel Halevi, University of Haifa, Israel David Hamidovic, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Matthew Herzog, Florida State University, USA Søren Holst, Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark Justyna Ewa Horbowska, KUL, Poland Rumyana Yordanova Hristova, Evangel University, United States David R. Jackson (Em.), Australia Helen Jacobus, University of Manchester, Manchester, Great Britain Alexei Jankowski-Diakonoff, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russia Andrzej Jędrzejczak, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Polska Luiz Flávio Curvelo de Jesus, Akademia Cristã, Brasil David Johnson , Hebrew Union College - Pine School of Graduate Studies, United States Årstein Justnes, University of Agder, Norway Itai Kagan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Daniel Assefa Kassaye, Tibeb Research and Retreat Center, Ethiopia David Katzin, UCLA, USA William Kennedy, Methodist Theological School - Ohio, USA Martina Kepper, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany Bethany Kinderman, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Krzysztof Kinowski, Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne, Poland Hanne Irene Kirchheiner, Independent Researcher, Denmark Aaron Koller, Yeshiva University, United States Tomasz Kornek, Jan Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Wojciech Piotr Kosek, Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie, Poland Piotr Kot, Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Legnicy, Polska Karina Krainer, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Mateusz Krawczyk, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Polska Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider, Université Toulouse 2, Austria Adam Kubis, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Mateusz Kusio, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Peter Lanfer, Occidental College, USA Joe Lee, William Jessup University, USA Joseph Levi, Pontifical Gregorian University, Bea Centre, Rome, Italy Susan Leybourne, University of Wales Trinity - Saint David, United Kingdom Emerald Joy Romanos Lictawa, Sultan Kudarat State University, Philippines Drew Longacre, University of Groningen, Netherlands Kwang Meng Low, National University of Singapore, Singapore Renata Ani Łukiewicz-Kostro, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II w Lublinie, Poland Paweł Lupa, Wyższe Baptystyczne Seminarium Teologiczne, Polska Hubert Michał Maciejewicz, WBST, Polska Katie Maguire, University of Toronto, Canada Paul Mandel, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Israel Michał Marciniak, Pontifical Faculty of Theology (Wroclaw), Poland Angel Fernandino Martín, Alexandria, España Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Turin, Italy Ryan Masterson, Colorado Christian University, United States Joshua Mark Matson, Florida State University, United States of America Natalia Matuszewska, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Polska Alexander McCarron, University of Oxford, UK Gavin McDowell, Université Laval, Canada Louisa None Miller, Ponticial University Angelicum (Emiritus), Italy Daniele Minisini, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Zoheir Mirkarimi, Macquarie University, Australia Eva-Charlotta Mebius , UCL/Watts Gallery, United Kingdom Theron Clay Mock III, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany Jonathan Chase Morgan, Rogers Park Community Church, United States Matthew Morgenstern, Tel Aviv University, Michael J. Morris, University of Mary, USA Steve Kaplan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, United States Dorota Katarzyna Muszytowska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland Menahem Kister, The Hebrew University, Israel Uri Kraut, International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism, Canada Paweł Jan Lupa, Wyższe Baptystyczne Seminarium Teologiczne, Polska Natanael Muñoz Farfan Natanael, Seminario Teológico Presbiteriano de México, México James Nati, Santa Clara University/Graduate Theological Union, United States Matthew Neville, Birmingham University, UK Sam Newington, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK Low John Ny, STM, Malaysia Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Canada Emily T. Olsen, Florida State University, United States Oscar Mauricio Ortíz Chacón, Seminario Teológico Centroamericano, Guatemala Panayotis Coutsoumpos Otis, University of Montemorelos, Mexico Willian Edson Pereira, Unopar, Brazil Carina Perstadius, Lund Ubiversity/ Oslo University , Nederländerna Nestor H. Petruk, Italian Adventist University, Italia Kirill Porubaev, Pontifical Biblical University, Italia Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Sevres, France Richard Putman, Independent Researcher, Cambridge University, UK Eshbal Ratzon, Ariel University, Israel Andrea Ravasco, ISSR Genoa, Italy Yosef Razin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Naila Razzaq, Yale University, USA Megan Remington, UCLA, USA Liliana Rosso, Independent Researcher (Em.), Unito, Italy Stefanie Rudolf, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Carlos Alberto Saraiva, Teologo Mackenzie, Brasil Jeffrey A. Schesnol, International Institute of Secular and Humanistic Judaism, United States Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University, New York, NY, USA Eileen Schuller, McMaster University, Canada Joshua Scott, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, USA James Senturk, Open University, UK Ibrahim Shafiee, University of Tehran, I.R. Iran Anna Shirav, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Kasper Siegismund, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Joseph Sievers , Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy Liliana Siewierska-Suchy, Papieski Wydział Teologiczny, Poland Ari Silbermann, Bar Ilan, Israel Willem Frederik Smelik, University College London, Netherlands/UK Maria Filomena Perdigão Soares, Universidade de Lisboa- Faculdade de Letras, Portugal Wojciech Maciej Stabryla, Salesian Pontifical University, Faculty of Theology - Jerusalem Campus, Studium Theologicum Salesianum, Israel John M. Steele, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Sacha Stern, UCL, United Kingdom Carla D. Sulzbach, Independent Researcher, McGill University, Canada Stefan Szymik, WT KUL, Sekcja Nauk Biblijnych, Poland Balazs Tamasi, Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies, Hungary Mateusz Targoński, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy/Poland Seng Tawng, Myanmar Institute of Theology, Myanmar Fatemeh Tayebi, Independent Researcher, Iran Dieter Leon Thom, Australian College of Kuwait, Kuwait Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven, Belgium Mariano Alejandro Troiano, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina Mariola Anna Trojanowska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland James M. Tucker, University of Toronto, Canada Steve Ulrich, Independent Researcher, USA Ana T. Valdez, University of Lisbon, Portugal Juan Sebastián Hernández Valencia, Universidad católica Luis Amigó, Colombia James VanderKam, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, USA Harvey Van Bik, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong Hanneke van der Schoor, KU Leuven, Belgium Marcelo Wall, Universidad Evangélica del Paraguay, Paraguay Jim West, Hua Theological College, USA Tommy Woodward, Florida State University , USA Archibald T. Wright, London School of Theology, USA Miroslaw Stanislaw Wrobel, John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, Poland Ho Yi Yeung, Evangel Seminary of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Kin Pok Yu, HKCH, Hong Kong Yan Yu, Lutheran Theological Seminary, HK Chi Yau Yue, Lutheran Theological Seminary, 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區 Asad Uz Zaman, Ohio State University, United States Alana Rebecca Zimath, Florida State University, USA