2020 Aramaic Enoch Conference

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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?