2020 Aramaic Enoch Conference

International Conference on the Aramaic Manuscripts of 1 Enoch organized by the Institute of Biblical Studies (KUL, Lublin, Poland) in collaboration with Enoch Seminar

Tentative schedule

DAY 1 (Wednesday, 21 October 2020)

Session I: The Book of Watchers

10:00am -- Mirjam Bokhorst, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

• The Vision of the Heavenly Temple (1 En 14:8-25) Reconsidered

10:30am -- Henryk Drawnel, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland The Work of the Heaven and Earth (1 En. 2:1–5:2) and the Eschatological Judgment (1 En. 1:1–9; 5:4–9)

11:00am -- James VanderKam, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, USA But What About the People?

Session II: The Book of Watchers

12:00pm -- Jonathan Ben-Dov, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

• The Nebuchadnezzar reliefs from Brisa (Lebanon) as Inspiration for the Myth of the Watchers

12:30pm -- Shlomi Efrati, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel

• On Angels and Mountains: Notes on the Levantine and Aramaic Background of the Fallen Angels

1:pm -- Ida Fröhlich, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary

• Behind the name: ՙyryn, gbryn, nplyn, protagonists of the earliest tradition on the Watchers

Session III: Redaction, Scribal Work, and Modern Forgery

2:00pm -- Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX, USA (Wednesday)

• More than One Recension? The Evidence from Aramaic Book of the Watchers

2:30pm -- 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?

3:00pm -- Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven, Belgium

• The Scribes Who Copied the Works of Enoch

• 10:00 - Welcome & Introduction (Henryk Drawnel & Gabriele Boccaccini)
• 10:30 - Paper #1
• 11:00 - Paper #2
• 11:30 - Paper #3

• 1:00 - Paper #4
• 1:30 - Paper #5
• 2:00 - Paper #6

• 3:30 - Paper #7
• 4:30 - Paper #8
• 1:30 - Paper #9

• 3 - 4:30 - Discussion of papers #1-7 (the panelists could be the seven authors of the papers, being asked to comment on the other papers)

DAY 2 (Thursday, 22 October, 2020)

Session IV: The Aramaic Books of 1 Enoch and the Qumran Community

10:00am -- 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

10:30am -- Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Turin, Italy The Teacher of Righteousness and the Scribe of Righteousness. Scribal Activity between Qumran and Enochism

11:00 -- Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University, New York, NY, USA Divine Appelations and concepts of God in the Enoch fragments and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Session V: Philology and Semantics

12:00pm -- Edward M. Cook, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA

• The Language of Enoch in its Social and Historical Setting

12:30pm -- Steven Fassberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (teaches Wednesdays- talk on Thursday)

• The Language of the Qumran Aramaic Fragments of Enoch Revisited

1:00pm -- Itai Kagan, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

• ‘Righteous Plant’ or ‘Rightful Plant’? Unlocking a Key Term in 1 Enoch and Genesis Apocryphon

Session VI: Genesis Apocryphon and the Book of Giants

2:00pm -- Mathias Coeckelbergs, Université libre de Bruxelles - KU Leuven, Belgium From Clustering to Interpretation: A Neural Network Approach to the Classification of the Genesis Apocryphon

2:30pm -- Jaap Doedens, Pápa Reformed Theological Seminary, Pápa, Hungary Rehabilitating the Heroes: Exegetical Exoneration of Biblical Protagonists in the Genesis Apocryphon

3:00pm -- Matthew Goff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA The Qumran Book of Giants and Aramaic

• 9:00 - Paper #8
• 9:30 - Paper #9
• 10:00 - Paper #10
• 10:30 - Paper #11

• 12:00 - Paper #12
• 12:30 - Paper #13
• 1:00 - Paper #14
• 1:30 - Paper #15

• 3 - 4:30 - Discussion of papers #8-15 (the panelists could be the eight authors of the papers, being asked to comment on the other papers, plus the other participants)

DAY 3 (Friday, 23 October 2020)

Session VII: Enochic Astronomy and the Ancient Near East

10am -- Helen Jacobus, University of Manchester, Manchester, Great Britain

• A Comparative Look at the Lunar Fractions in the Aramaic Fragments of 4QAstronomical Enocha-b ar (4Q208–4Q209)

10:30am -- Eshbal Ratzon, Ariel University, Israel (teaches Thursdays, paper on Wednesday)

• The Role of the Calendar in the Sectarian Dispute in light of a New Reconstruction of 4Q318

11:00am -- John M. Steele, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

• Mesopotamian Astronomy in the so-called ‘Astronomical Book’ of Enoch: A Reappraisal

• 9:00 - Paper #16
• 9:30 - Paper #17
• 10:00 - Paper #18
• 10:30 - Paper #19

• 12:00 - Paper #20
• 12:30 - Paper #21
• 1:00 - Paper #22

• 2:30 - 4:00 - Discussion of papers #16-22 (the panelists could be the seven authors of the papers, being asked to comment on the other papers, plus the other participants)
• 4:00 - Conclusions (Henryk Drawnel)

Prospective participants

1. 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

2. Jonathan Ben-Dov, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

• The Nebuchadnezzar reliefs from Brisa (Lebanon) as Inspiration for the Myth of the Watchers

3. Mirjam Bokhorst, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

• The Vision of the Heavenly Temple (1 En 14:8-25) reconsidered

4. Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX, USA

• To be announced

5. Mathias Coeckelbergs, Université libre de Bruxelles - KU Leuven

• From Clustering to Interpretation: A Neural Network Approach to the Classification of the Genesis Apocryphon

6. Edward M. Cook, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA

• To be announced

7. Jaap Doedens, Pápa Reformed Theological Seminary, Pápa, Hungary

• Rehabilitating the Heroes: Exegetical Exoneration of Biblical Protagonists in the Genesis Apocryphon

8. Henryk Drawnel, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

• An Invitation to Study Astronomy (1 En. 2:1–5:2) and the Eschatological Judgment (1 En. 1:1–9; 5:4–9)

9. Shlomi Efrati, Haifa University, Israel

• On Angels and Mountains: Notes on the Levantine and Aramaic Background of the Fallen Angels

10. 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?

11. Holger Gzella, Ludwig-Maximilans University, Munich, Germany

• To be announced

12. Steven Fassberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (teaches Wednesdays- talk on Thursday)

• To be announced

13. Ida Fröhlich, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary

• Behind the name: ՙyryn, gbryn, nplyn, protagonists of the earliest tradition on the Watchers

14. Matthew Goff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

• The Qumran Book of Giants and Aramaic

15. Helen Jacobus, University of Manchester, Manchester, Great Britain

• A comparative look at the lunar fractions in the Aramaic fragments of 4QAstronomical Enocha-b ar (4Q208–4Q209)

16. Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

• The Teacher of Righteousness and the Scribe of Righteousness. Scribal Activity between Qumran and Enochism

17. Matthew Morgenstern, Tel Aviv University, Israel (teaches Wednesdays, paper on Thursday)

• To be announced

18. Eshbal Ratzon, Ariel University, Israel (teaches Thursdays)

• The Role of the Calendar in the Sectarian Dispute in light of a New Reconstruction of 4Q318

19. Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University, New York, NY, USA

• Divine Appelations and concepts of God in the Enoch fragments and the Dead Sea Scrolls

20. John M. Steele, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

• To be announced

21. Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven, Belgium

• To be announced

22. James VanderKam, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, USA

• But What About the People?