2020 Aramaic Enoch Conference
Tentative schedule
DAY 1 (Tuesday, 21 October 2020)
- 9:00 - Welcome & Introduction (Henryk Drawnel & Gabriele Boccaccini)
- 9:30 - Paper #1
- 10:00 - Paper #2
- 10:30 - Paper #3
- 12:00 - Paper #4
- 12:30 - Paper #5
- 1:00 - Paper #6
- 1:30 - Paper #7
- 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 (Wednesday, 22 October, 2020)
- 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 (Thursday, 23 October 2020)
- 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?