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