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
Sofanit T. Abebe, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Oren Shalom Ableman, Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), Israel
Sławomir Wacław Abramowski, PWTW Warsaw (Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw), Polska
Moritz F. Adam, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Quinetta Adderley, Alliance Theological Seminary, USA
Carlos Montiel Álvarez, Autonomous National University of Mexico, México
Anuj Amin, Stanford University, USA
Jeff S. Anderson, Wayland Baptist University, USA
Joseph L. Angel, Yeshiva University, USA
Patrick Joseph Angiolillo, New York University, USA
Magdalena Díaz Araujo, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja / Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina
Verónica Moreno Arjona, Université de Lorraine and Israel Institute of Biblical Studies, Spain
Fernando Raul Arce, Escuela de Alexandria, El Salvador
Ambrose Arralde, Father Catholic University of America, USA
Edna Assor, École Pratique des Hautes Études, France
Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA
Hector Avalos, Iowa State University, USA
Manaen Ayala, Seteca, Guatemala
Ruben Ramírez Balderas, UTESCO, Mexico
Silvio Barbaglia, Studio Teologico San Gaudenzio – Novara, Italia
Gad Barnea, Haifa University, Israel
Gustavo Bernardo Barroso, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Dariusz Kazimierz Bartoszewicz, adiunkt Papieski Wydział Teologiczny w Warszawie, Poland
Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX, USA
Moisés Jonathan Zelada Bazán, Independent Translator, Perú
Jacob Andrew Beebe, Toronto School of Theology, USA
Jonathan Ben-Dov, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Paweł Zdzisław Bieniek, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Poland
Kirill Bitner, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
Laura Bizzarro, Universidad Catolica Argentina, Argentina
Laurence Gregory Bloomquist, Theology of Saint Paul University, Canada
Florin Ciprian Bodin, International Institute of Bible Archeology and Lingustic Reasearch "Beit Dina," Romania
Mirjam Bokhorst, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Catherine Bonesho, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Lourdes Bonhome-Pulido, University of Córdoba, Spain
Francis Borchardt, Lutheran Theological Seminary Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Connor Boyd, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Jose S. Braga, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Lucas Scott Brandon, Florida State University, USA George Brooke, University of Manchester, England
Maria Brutti, Independent Scholar (Em.), Italia
Tamaz Bukhaidze, Gelati Theological Academy and Seminary, Georgia
Rolex Macatdon Cailing, Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines
Karina Casanova de Ortíz, Seminario Teológico Centroamericano, Guatemala
David Cielontko, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Sara Chan, CCCOWE, Hong Kong
Abel Chavez, UAdeC, Mexico
Maria Chen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Alumna), Hong Kong
Pingling Cheung, P5 Society, Hong Kong
Dorota Katarzyna Chwiła, KUL, Poland
Mathias Coeckelbergs, Université libre de Bruxelles - KU, Leuven
R. Dennis Cole, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
Paolo Collini, Independent Scholar, Italia
Cristiana Conti-Easton, York University, Canada
Edward M. Cook, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA
Sebastiano Crestani, Bologna University, Italy
Charles Crouch, Catholic University of America, USA
Marianne Josephine Dacy, University of Sydney, Australia
Justin Daniel, Southern California Seminary, USA
Hila Dayfani, Tel Aviv University, Israel
James Joseph DeFrancisco, Independent Scholar, United States
Michael DeVries, University of Birmingham, UK
Matt Derrenbacher, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, USA
Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University Montreal, Canada
Elena Dinu, Independent Translator, Romania
Jaap Doedens, Pápa Reformed Theological Seminary, Pápa, Hungary
Henryk Drawnel, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
Robert Duke, Azusa Pacific University, USA
Dariusz Dziadosz, KUL Lublin, Polska
Sarah Susan Eckert, Claremont Graduate University, USA
Florence Abimbola Egbeyale, Florida State University, USA
Beate Ego, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Shlomi Efrati, KU Leuven, Belgium
Torleif Elgvin, NLA University College, Oslo, Norway
Steven Fassberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Whymanity Research and Training, UK
Michele Stopera Freyhauf, Durham University/John Carroll University, UK/USA
Peter Gadalla, Pontifical Biblical Institute, USA
Leonardo Fernandez Galanza Jr., Center for Biblical Studies Institute & Seminary, Philippines
Magdalena Gawlik, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Polska
Florentina Kirilova Badalanova Geller, University College London, UK
Agustinus Gianto, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy
Maciej Głębocki, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Matthew Goff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Aure Ben-Zvi Goldblum, New York University, USA
David M. Goldenberg, Univ. of Pennsylvania (Em.), United States
Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, United Kingdom
Angel Javier Grabovieski, Moriah / Limud, Argentina
Dan Gurtner, Independent Researcher, USA
Holger Gzella, Ludwig-Maximilans University, Munich, Germany
Steven E. Fassberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Randolf Carino Flores , Divine Word Seminary - School of Theology, Philippines
Lisbeth S. Fried, Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, USA
Ida Fröhlich, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
Rebekah Haigh, Princeton, USA
Yoel Halevi, University of Haifa, Israel
David Hamidovic, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Matthew Herzog, Florida State University, USA
Søren Holst, Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark
Justyna Ewa Horbowska, KUL, Poland
Rumyana Yordanova Hristova, Evangel University, USA
David R. Jackson (Em.), Australia
Helen Jacobus, University of Manchester, Manchester, Great Britain
Alexei Jankowski-Diakonoff, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russia
Andrzej Jędrzejczak, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Polska
Luiz Flávio Curvelo de Jesus, Akademia Cristã, Brasil
David Johnson, Hebrew Union College - Pine School of Graduate Studies, USA
Årstein Justnes, University of Agder, Norway
Itai Kagan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Daniel Assefa Kassaye, Tibeb Research and Retreat Center, Ethiopia
David Katzin, UCLA, USA
William Kennedy, Methodist Theological School - Ohio, USA
Martina Kepper, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
Bethany Kinderman, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Krzysztof Kinowski, Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne, Poland
Hanne Irene Kirchheiner, Independent Researcher, Denmark
Aaron Koller, Yeshiva University, USA
Tomasz Kornek, Jan Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Wojciech Piotr Kosek, Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie, Poland
Piotr Kot, Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Legnicy, Polska
Karina Krainer, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Mateusz Krawczyk, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Polska
Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider, Université Toulouse 2, Austria
Adam Kubis, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Mateusz Kusio, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Peter Lanfer, Occidental College, USA
Joe Lee, William Jessup University, USA
Joseph Levi, Pontifical Gregorian University, Bea Centre, Rome, Italy
Susan Leybourne, University of Wales Trinity - Saint David, United Kingdom
Emerald Joy Romanos Lictawa, Sultan Kudarat State University, Philippines
Drew Longacre, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Kwang Meng Low, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Renata Ani Łukiewicz-Kostro, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II w Lublinie, Poland
Paweł Lupa, Wyższe Baptystyczne Seminarium Teologiczne, Polska
Hubert Michał Maciejewicz, WBST, Polska
Katie Maguire, University of Toronto, Canada
Paul Mandel, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Israel
Michał Marciniak, Pontifical Faculty of Theology (Wroclaw), Poland
Angel Fernandino Martín, Alexandria, España
Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Ryan Masterson, Colorado Christian University, USA
Joshua Mark Matson, Florida State University, USA
Natalia Matuszewska, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Polska
Alexander McCarron, University of Oxford, UK
Gavin McDowell, Université Laval, Canada
Louisa None Miller, Ponticial University Angelicum (Em.), Italy
Daniele Minisini, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Zoheir Mirkarimi, Macquarie University, Australia
Eva-Charlotta Mebius, UCL/Watts Gallery, United Kingdom
Theron Clay Mock III, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany
Jonathan Chase Morgan, Rogers Park Community Church, USA
Matthew Morgenstern, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Michael J. Morris, University of Mary, USA
Steve Kaplan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, USA
Dorota Katarzyna Muszytowska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland
Menahem Kister, The Hebrew University, Israel
Uri Kraut, International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism, Canada
Paweł Jan Lupa, Wyższe Baptystyczne Seminarium Teologiczne, Polska
Natanael Muñoz Farfan Natanael, Seminario Teológico Presbiteriano de México, México
James Nati, Santa Clara University/Graduate Theological Union, USA
Matthew Neville, Birmingham University, UK
Sam Newington, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Low John Ny, STM, Malaysia
Gerbern S. Oegema, McGill University, Canada
Emily T. Olsen, Florida State University, USA
Oscar Mauricio Ortíz Chacón, Seminario Teológico Centroamericano, Guatemala
Panayotis Coutsoumpos Otis, University of Montemorelos, Mexico
Willian Edson Pereira, Unopar, Brazil
Carina Perstadius, Lund Ubiversity/ Oslo University, Nederländerna
Nestor H. Petruk, Italian Adventist University, Italia
Kirill Porubaev, Pontifical Biblical University, Italia
Patrick Pouchelle, Centre Sevres, France
Richard Putman, Independent Researcher, Cambridge University, UK
Eshbal Ratzon, Ariel University, Israel
Andrea Ravasco, ISSR Genoa, Italy
Yosef Razin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Naila Razzaq, Yale University, USA
Megan Remington, UCLA, USA
Liliana Rosso, Independent Researcher (Em.), Unito, Italy
Stefanie Rudolf, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Carlos Alberto Saraiva, Teologo Mackenzie, Brasil
Jeffrey A. Schesnol, International Institute of Secular and Humanistic Judaism, USA
Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University, New York, NY, USA
Eileen Schuller, McMaster University, Canada
Joshua Scott, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, USA
James Senturk, Open University, UK
Ibrahim Shafiee, University of Tehran, I.R. Iran
Anna Shirav, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Kasper Siegismund, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Joseph Sievers , Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy
Liliana Siewierska-Suchy, Papieski Wydział Teologiczny, Poland
Ari Silbermann, Bar Ilan, Israel
Willem Frederik Smelik, University College London, Netherlands/UK
Maria Filomena Perdigão Soares, Universidade de Lisboa- Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
Wojciech Maciej Stabryla, Salesian Pontifical University, Faculty of Theology - Jerusalem Campus, Studium Theologicum Salesianum, Israel
John M. Steele, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Sacha Stern, UCL, United Kingdom
Carla D. Sulzbach, Independent Researcher, McGill University, Canada
Stefan Szymik, WT KUL, Sekcja Nauk Biblijnych, Poland
Balazs Tamasi, Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies, Hungary
Mateusz Targoński, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy/Poland
Seng Tawng, Myanmar Institute of Theology, Myanmar
Fatemeh Tayebi, Independent Researcher, Iran
Dieter Leon Thom, Australian College of Kuwait, Kuwait
Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven, Belgium
Mariano Alejandro Troiano, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina
Mariola Anna Trojanowska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland
James M. Tucker, University of Toronto, Canada
Steve Ulrich, Independent Researcher, USA
Ana T. Valdez, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Juan Sebastián Hernández Valencia, Universidad católica Luis Amigó, Colombia
James VanderKam, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, USA
Harvey Van Bik, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong
Hanneke van der Schoor, KU Leuven, Belgium
Marcelo Wall, Universidad Evangélica del Paraguay, Paraguay
Jim West, Hua Theological College, USA
Tommy Woodward, Florida State University, USA
Archibald T. Wright, London School of Theology, USA
Miroslaw Stanislaw Wrobel, John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, Poland
Ho Yi Yeung, Evangel Seminary of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Kin Pok Yu, HKCH, Hong Kong
Yan Yu, Lutheran Theological Seminary, HK
Chi Yau Yue, Lutheran Theological Seminary, 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區
Asad Uz Zaman, Ohio State University, USA
Alana Rebecca Zimath, Florida State University, USA