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

8:30am – 11:30am EST/EDT

8:30am - Informal gathering of participants

9:00am – Introductory remarks (Henryk Drawnel, Loren Stuckenbruck, & Gabriele Boccaccini)

Session I – The Book of Watchers [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 - Handout

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 Gabriele Boccaccini]

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

5:00pm – Afterhours Meet & Greet – Enoch Graduate Seminar Interest Session [Chairs: Rodney Caruthers and Deborah Forger]

DAY 3 -- Thursday, 22 October 2020

8:30am - Gathering of participants

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

• James VanderKam, Mirjam Bokhorst, Lawrence Schiffman

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 and Melissa Sayyad Bach, 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, Lawrence Schiffman, James VanderKam -- 4:15: Final remarks (Gabriele Boccaccini)

Registered participants

1. Sofanit T. Abebe, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2. Oren Shalom Ableman, Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), Israel
3. Sławomir Wacław Abramowski, PWTW Warsaw (Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw), Polska
4. Moritz F. Adam, University of Zurich, Switzerland
5. Quinetta Adderley, Alliance Theological Seminary, USA
6. Carlos Montiel Álvarez, Autonomous National University of Mexico, México
7. Anuj Amin, Stanford University, USA
8. Jeff S. Anderson, Wayland Baptist University, USA
9. Joseph L. Angel, Yeshiva University, USA
10. Patrick Joseph Angiolillo, New York University, USA
11. Magdalena Díaz Araujo, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja / Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina
12. Verónica Moreno Arjona, Université de Lorraine and Israel Institute of Biblical Studies, Spain
13. Fernando Raul Arce, Escuela de Alexandria, El Salvador
14. Ambrose Arralde, Father Catholic University of America, USA
15. Edna Assor, École Pratique des Hautes Études, France
16. Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA
17. Hector Avalos, Iowa State University, USA
18. Manaen Ayala, Seteca, Guatemala
19. Ruben Ramírez Balderas, UTESCO, Mexico
20. Silvio Barbaglia, Studio Teologico San Gaudenzio – Novara, Italia
21. Gad Barnea, Haifa University, Israel
22. Gustavo Bernardo Barroso, University of Lisbon, Portugal
23. Dariusz Kazimierz Bartoszewicz, adiunkt Papieski Wydział Teologiczny w Warszawie, Poland
24. Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX, USA
25. Moisés Jonathan Zelada Bazán, Independent Translator, Perú
26. Jacob Andrew Beebe, Toronto School of Theology, USA
27. Jonathan Ben-Dov, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
28. Paweł Zdzisław Bieniek, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Poland
29. Kirill Bitner, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
30. Laura Bizzarro, Universidad Catolica Argentina, Argentina
31. Laurence Gregory Bloomquist, Theology of Saint Paul University, Canada
32. Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA
33. Florin Ciprian Bodin, International Institute of Bible Archeology and Lingustic Reasearch "Beit Dina," Romania
34. Mirjam Bokhorst, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
35. Catherine Bonesho, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
36. Lourdes Bonhome-Pulido, University of Córdoba, Spain
37. Francis Borchardt, Lutheran Theological Seminary Hong Kong, Hong Kong
38. Connor Boyd, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
39. Jose S. Braga, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
40. Lucas Scott Brandon, Florida State University, USA
41. George Brooke, University of Manchester, England
42. Maria Brutti, Independent Scholar (Em.), Italia
43. Tamaz Bukhaidze, Gelati Theological Academy and Seminary, Georgia
44. Rolex Macatdon Cailing, Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines
45. Karina Casanova de Ortíz, Seminario Teológico Centroamericano, Guatemala
46. David Cielontko, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
47. Sara Chan, CCCOWE, Hong Kong
48. Abel Chavez, UAdeC, Mexico
49. Maria Chen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Alumna), Hong Kong
50. Pingling Cheung, P5 Society, Hong Kong
51. Dorota Katarzyna Chwiła, KUL, Poland
52. Mathias Coeckelbergs, Université libre de Bruxelles - KU, Leuven
53. R. Dennis Cole, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
54. Paolo Collini, Independent Scholar, Italia
55. Cristiana Conti-Easton, York University, Canada
56. Edward M. Cook, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA
57. Sebastiano Crestani, Bologna University, Italy
58. Charles Crouch, Catholic University of America, USA
59. Marianne Josephine Dacy, University of Sydney, Australia
60. Justin Daniel, Southern California Seminary, USA
61. Hila Dayfani, Tel Aviv University, Israel
62. James Joseph DeFrancisco, Independent Scholar, United States
63. Michael DeVries, University of Birmingham, UK
64. Matt Derrenbacher, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, USA
65. Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University Montreal, Canada
66. Elena Dinu, Independent Translator, Romania
67. Jaap Doedens, Pápa Reformed Theological Seminary, Pápa, Hungary
68. Henryk Drawnel, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
69. Robert Duke, Azusa Pacific University, USA
70. Dariusz Dziadosz, KUL Lublin, Polska
71. Sarah Susan Eckert, Claremont Graduate University, USA
72. Florence Abimbola Egbeyale, Florida State University, USA
73. Beate Ego, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
74. Shlomi Efrati, KU Leuven, Belgium
75. Torleif Elgvin, NLA University College, Oslo, Norway
76. Steven Fassberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
77. Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Whymanity Research and Training, UK
78. Michele Stopera Freyhauf, Durham University/John Carroll University, UK/USA
79. Peter Gadalla, Pontifical Biblical Institute, USA
80. Leonardo Fernandez Galanza Jr., Center for Biblical Studies Institute & Seminary, Philippines
81. Magdalena Gawlik, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Polska
82. Florentina Kirilova Badalanova Geller, University College London, UK
83. Agustinus Gianto, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy
84. Maciej Głębocki, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
85. Matthew Goff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
86. Aure Ben-Zvi Goldblum, New York University, USA
87. David M. Goldenberg, Univ. of Pennsylvania (Em.), United States
88. Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, United Kingdom
89. Angel Javier Grabovieski, Moriah / Limud, Argentina
90. Dan Gurtner, Independent Researcher, USA
91. Holger Gzella, Ludwig-Maximilans University, Munich, Germany
92. Steven E. Fassberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
93. Randolf Carino Flores , Divine Word Seminary - School of Theology, Philippines
94. Lisbeth S. Fried, Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, USA
95. Ida Fröhlich, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
96. Rebekah Haigh, Princeton, USA
97. Yoel Halevi, University of Haifa, Israel
98. David Hamidovic, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
99. Matthew Herzog, Florida State University, USA
100. Søren Holst, Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark
101. Justyna Ewa Horbowska, KUL, Poland
102. Rumyana Yordanova Hristova, Evangel University, USA
103. David R. Jackson (Em.), Australia
104. Helen Jacobus, University of Manchester, Manchester, Great Britain
105. Alexei Jankowski-Diakonoff, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russia
106. Andrzej Jędrzejczak, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Polska
107. Luiz Flávio Curvelo de Jesus, Akademia Cristã, Brasil
108. David Johnson, Hebrew Union College - Pine School of Graduate Studies, USA
109. Årstein Justnes, University of Agder, Norway
110. Itai Kagan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
111. Daniel Assefa Kassaye, Tibeb Research and Retreat Center, Ethiopia
112. David Katzin, UCLA, USA
113. William Kennedy, Methodist Theological School - Ohio, USA
114. Martina Kepper, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
115. Bethany Kinderman, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
116. Krzysztof Kinowski, Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne, Poland
117. Hanne Irene Kirchheiner, Independent Researcher, Denmark
118. Aaron Koller, Yeshiva University, USA
119. Tomasz Kornek, Jan Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
120. Wojciech Piotr Kosek, Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie, Poland
121. Piotr Kot, Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Legnicy, Polska
122. Karina Krainer, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
123. Mateusz Krawczyk, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Polska
124. Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider, Université Toulouse 2, Austria
125. Adam Kubis, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
126. Mateusz Kusio, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
127. Peter Lanfer, Occidental College, USA
128. Joe Lee, William Jessup University, USA
129. Joseph Levi, Pontifical Gregorian University, Bea Centre, Rome, Italy
130. Susan Leybourne, University of Wales Trinity - Saint David, United Kingdom
131. Emerald Joy Romanos Lictawa, Sultan Kudarat State University, Philippines
132. Drew Longacre, University of Groningen, Netherlands
133. Kwang Meng Low, National University of Singapore, Singapore
134. Renata Ani Łukiewicz-Kostro, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II w Lublinie, Poland
135. Paweł Lupa, Wyższe Baptystyczne Seminarium Teologiczne, Polska
136. Hubert Michał Maciejewicz, WBST, Polska
137. Katie Maguire, University of Toronto, Canada
138. Paul Mandel, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Israel
139. Michał Marciniak, Pontifical Faculty of Theology (Wroclaw), Poland
140. Angel Fernandino Martín, Alexandria, España
141. Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
142. Ryan Masterson, Colorado Christian University, USA
143. Joshua Mark Matson, Florida State University, USA
144. Natalia Matuszewska, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Polska
145. Alexander McCarron, University of Oxford, UK
146. Gavin McDowell, Université Laval, Canada
147. Louisa None Miller, Ponticial University Angelicum (Em.), Italy
148. Daniele Minisini, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
149. Zoheir Mirkarimi, Macquarie University, Australia
150. Eva-Charlotta Mebius, UCL/Watts Gallery, United Kingdom
151. Theron Clay Mock III, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany
152. Jonathan Chase Morgan, Rogers Park Community Church, USA
153. Matthew Morgenstern, Tel Aviv University, Israel
154. Michael J. Morris, University of Mary, USA
155. Steve Kaplan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, USA
156. Dorota Katarzyna Muszytowska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland
157. Menahem Kister, The Hebrew University, Israel
158. Uri Kraut, International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism, Canada
159. Paweł Jan Lupa, Wyższe Baptystyczne Seminarium Teologiczne, Polska
160. Natanael Muñoz Farfan Natanael, Seminario Teológico Presbiteriano de México, México
161. James Nati, Santa Clara University/Graduate Theological Union, USA
162. Matthew Neville, Birmingham University, UK
163. Sam Newington, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
164. Low John Ny, STM, Malaysia
165. Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Canada
166. Emily T. Olsen, Florida State University, USA
167. Oscar Mauricio Ortíz Chacón, Seminario Teológico Centroamericano, Guatemala
168. Panayotis Coutsoumpos Otis, University of Montemorelos, Mexico
169. Willian Edson Pereira, Unopar, Brazil
170. Carina Perstadius, Lund Ubiversity/ Oslo University, Nederländerna
171. Nestor H. Petruk, Italian Adventist University, Italia
172. Kirill Porubaev, Pontifical Biblical University, Italia
173. Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Sevres, France
174. Richard Putman, Independent Researcher, Cambridge University, UK
175. Eshbal Ratzon, Ariel University, Israel
176. Andrea Ravasco, ISSR Genoa, Italy
177. Yosef Razin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
178. Naila Razzaq, Yale University, USA
179. Megan Remington, UCLA, USA
180. Liliana Rosso, Independent Researcher (Em.), Unito, Italy
181. Stefanie Rudolf, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
182. Carlos Alberto Saraiva, Teologo Mackenzie, Brasil
183. Jeffrey A. Schesnol, International Institute of Secular and Humanistic Judaism, USA
184. Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University, New York, NY, USA
185. Eileen Schuller, McMaster University, Canada
186. Joshua Scott, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, USA
187. James Senturk, Open University, UK
188. Ibrahim Shafiee, University of Tehran, I.R. Iran
189. Anna Shirav, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
190. Kasper Siegismund, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
191. Joseph Sievers , Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy
192. Liliana Siewierska-Suchy, Papieski Wydział Teologiczny, Poland
193. Ari Silbermann, Bar Ilan, Israel
194. Willem Frederik Smelik, University College London, Netherlands/UK
195. Maria Filomena Perdigão Soares, Universidade de Lisboa- Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
196. Wojciech Maciej Stabryla, Salesian Pontifical University, Faculty of Theology - Jerusalem Campus, Studium Theologicum Salesianum, Israel
197. John M. Steele, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
198. Sacha Stern, UCL, United Kingdom
199. Loren T. Stuckenbruch, University of Munich, Germany
200. Carla D. Sulzbach, Independent Researcher, McGill University, Canada
201. Stefan Szymik, WT KUL, Sekcja Nauk Biblijnych, Poland
202. Balazs Tamasi, Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies, Hungary
203. Mateusz Targoński, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy/Poland
204. Seng Tawng, Myanmar Institute of Theology, Myanmar
205. Fatemeh Tayebi, Independent Researcher, Iran
206. Dieter Leon Thom, Australian College of Kuwait, Kuwait
207. Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven, Belgium
208. Mariano Alejandro Troiano, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina
209. Mariola Anna Trojanowska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland
210. James M. Tucker, University of Toronto, Canada
211. Steve Ulrich, Independent Researcher, USA
212. Ana T. Valdez, University of Lisbon, Portugal
213. Juan Sebastián Hernández Valencia, Universidad católica Luis Amigó, Colombia
214. James VanderKam, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, USA
215. Harvey Van Bik, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong
216. Hanneke van der Schoor, KU Leuven, Belgium
217. Marcelo Wall, Universidad Evangélica del Paraguay, Paraguay
218. Jim West, Hua Theological College, USA
219. Tommy Woodward, Florida State University, USA
220. Archibald T. Wright, London School of Theology, USA
221. Miroslaw Stanislaw Wrobel, John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, Poland
222. Ho Yi Yeung, Evangel Seminary of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
223. Kin Pok Yu, HKCH, Hong Kong
224. Yan Yu, Lutheran Theological Seminary, HK
225. Chi Yau Yue, Lutheran Theological Seminary, 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區
226. Asad Uz Zaman, Ohio State University, USA
227. Alana Rebecca Zimath, Florida State University, USA