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

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