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 the Enoch Seminar

October 20-22, 2020 From the Books of Enoch to Genesis Apocryphon: Aramaic Manuscripts of 1 Enoch and Related Aramaic Traditions from Qumran (chair Henryk Drawnel)

Tentative schedule

DAY 1 (Tuesday, 20 October 2020)

10am – 12:30 [EST/EDT]

10:00am – Gathering of participants and introductory remarks by the Chair of the Conference (Henryk Drawnel)

Session I - The Book of Watchers (I) [chair ???]

10:30am -- Mirjam Bokhorst, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany The Vision of the Heavenly Temple (1 En 14:8-25) Reconsidered

11:00am -- 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)

11:30am -- James VanderKam, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame IN, USA But What About the People?

12:00pm -- Plenary Discussion.

1:00–3:00 am EST/EDT

Session II - The Book of Watchers (II) [chair ???]

1:30pm -- Jonathan Ben-Dov, Tel-Aviv University, Israel The Nebuchadnezzar reliefs from Brisa (Lebanon) as Inspiration for the Myth of the Watchers

2:00pm -- Shlomi Efrati, Haifa University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and KU Leuven On Angels and Mountains: Notes on the Levantine and Aramaic Background of the Fallen Angels

2:30pm -- Ida Fröhlich, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary Behind the Name: ՙyryn, gbryn, nplyn, Protagonists of the Earliest Tradition concerning the Watchers

3:00pm – Plenary discussion

DAY 2 (Wednesday, 21 October 2020)

9:00am-11:30am

9:00am – DAY 1 recap [chair Gabriele Boccaccini]

Session III: Redaction, Scribal Work, and Modern Forgery [chair ???]

9:30am - Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX, USA More than One Recension? The Evidence from Aramaic Book of the Watchers

10:00am --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?

10:30am -- Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven, Belgium The Scribes Who Copied the Works of Enoch

11:00am Plenary discussion

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Session IV -- Genesis Apocryphon and the Book of Giants [chair ???]

12:00pm -- Jaap Doedens, Pápa Reformed Theological Seminary, Pápa, Hungary Rehabilitating the Heroes: Exegetical Exoneration of Biblical Protagonists in the Genesis Apocryphon

12:30pm - Matthew Goff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA The Qumran Book of Giants and Aramaic

1:00pm -- Itai Kagan, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel ‘Righteous Plant’ or ‘Rightful Plant’? Unlocking a Key Term in 1 Enoch and Genesis Apocryphon

1:30pm – Plenary discussion

2:30pm – 4:30pm

Session V - Enochic Astronomy and the Ancient Near East [chair ???]

2:30pm -- 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)

3:00pm -- Eshbal Ratzon, Ariel University, Israel The Role of the Calendar in the Sectarian Dispute in light of a New Reconstruction of 4Q318

3:30pm John M. Steele, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Mesopotamian Astronomy in the so-called ‘Astronomical Book’ of Enoch: A Reappraisal

4pm – Plenary discussion

DAY 3 (Thursday, 22 October, 2020)

9:00am-11:30am

9:00 – Day 2 Recap (panel) [chair Gabriele Boccaccini]

Session VI - The Aramaic Books of 1 Enoch and the Qumran Community [chair ???]

9:30am - 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

10:00am -- Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Turin, Italy The Teacher of Righteousness and the Scribe of Righteousness: Scribal Activity between Qumran and Enochism

10:30am -- 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

11:00am – Plenary discussion

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Session VII - Philology and Linguistics [chair ???]

12:00pm -- 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

12:30pm -- Edward M. Cook, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA The Language of Enoch in its Social and Historical Setting

1:00pm -- Steven Fassberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel The Language of the Qumran Aramaic Fragments of Enoch Revisited

1:30pm – Plenary discussion

2:30pm-4:00pm Final panel: Summary & conclusions

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?