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, USA

Carlos Montiel Álvarez, Autonomous National University of Mexico, México

Anuj Amin, Stanford University, USA

Jeff S. Anderson, Wayland Baptist University, USA

Joseph L. Angel, Yeshiva University, USA

Patrick Joseph Angiolillo, New York University, USA

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, USA

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, USA

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, USA 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, USA

Florence Abimbola Egbeyale, Florida State University, USA

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, USA

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, USA

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, USA

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, USA

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, USA

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, USA

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, USA

Joshua Mark Matson, Florida State University, USA

Natalia Matuszewska, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Polska

Alexander McCarron, University of Oxford, UK

Gavin McDowell, Université Laval, Canada

Louisa None Miller, Ponticial University Angelicum (Em.), 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, USA

Matthew Morgenstern, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Michael J. Morris, University of Mary, USA

Steve Kaplan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, USA

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, USA

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, USA

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, USA

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, USA

Alana Rebecca Zimath, Florida State University, USA