2020 Aramaic Enoch Conference
- From the Books of Enoch to Genesis Apocryphon:
- Aramaic Manuscripts of 1 Enoch and Related Aramaic Traditions from Qumran
- Online 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)
- Secretaries: Joshua Scott and Jason Zurawski
Tentative schedule
DAY 1 – Tuesday, 20 October 2020
9am – 11:30am EST/EDT
9:00am – Gathering of participants and introductory remarks by the Chairs of the Conference (Henryk Drawnel & 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
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 - The Book of Watchers (II) [chair Kelley Coblentz Bautch]
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, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and KU Leuven On Angels and Mountains: Notes on the Levantine and Aramaic Background of the Fallen Angels
1:00pm – Ida Fröhlich, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary Behind the Name: ՙyryn, gbryn, nplyn, Protagonists of the Earliest Tradition concerning the Watchers
1:30pm – Plenary discussion
2:30pm–4:30pm EST/EDT
Session III – Redaction, Scribal Work, and Modern Forgery [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 –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?
3:30pm – Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven, Belgium The Scribes Who Copied the Works of Enoch
4:00pm Plenary discussion
DAY 2 – Wednesday, 21 October 2020
9:00am – DAY 1 recap [chair Gabriele Boccaccini] Lawrence H. Schiffman, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Matthew Goff.
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 Jonathan Ben-Dov]
12:30pm -- 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)
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
9:00am – Day 2 Recap (panel) [chair Gabriele Boccaccini] James VanderKam, Jonathan Ben-Dov, 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 –Slavonic Enoch and the Visions of Amram [Chair Ida Fröhlich]
12.30pm – Florentina Badanalova-Geller, University College London, London, Great Britain 1st and 2nd Enoch Compared and Contrasted
1.00pm – Jesper Høgenhaven, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Project AMRAM and the Study of 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 Shiffmann, James VanderKam (Eibert Tigchelaar?)
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?