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
- see World Clock Meeting Planner
DAY 1 – Tuesday, 20 October 2020
8:30am – 11:30am EST/EDT
8:30am - Informal gathering of participants
9:00am – Introductory remarks (Henryk Drawnel, Loren Stuckenbruck, & Gabriele Boccaccini)
Session I – The Book of Watchers [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 - Handout
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 Gabriele Boccaccini]
Good day and welcome to Session VI. Our session focuses on The Aramaic Books of 1 Enoch and the Qumran Community. My name is Gabriele Boccaccini. I will chair this session. Kenneth Atkinson, Corrado Martone, and Lawrence Schiffman, will make 30-minute presentations. After that, the floor will be open for discussion. At any time during the session, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to the discussion by submitting your brief comments to the entire group. To do so, please use the chat function located in the tool bar at the bottom of your screen. Once we open the floor for discussion, you may also use the ‘raised hand' function to signal your willingness to contribute. I will be call on you, as time allows. And now we turn to our first speaker….
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
5:00pm – Afterhours Meet & Greet – Enoch Graduate Seminar Interest Session [Chairs: Rodney Caruthers and Deborah Forger]
DAY 3 -- Thursday, 22 October 2020
8:30am - Gathering of participants
8:45am – Day 2 Recap (panel) [Chair Gabriele Boccaccini]
- James VanderKam, Mirjam Bokhorst, Lawrence Schiffman
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 and Melissa Sayyad Bach, 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
- Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA
- 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
- Loren T. Stuckenbruch, University of Munich, Germany
- 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