Enoch Seminar (2001-), learned society

The Enoch Seminar is an academic group of international specialists in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins, who share the results of their research in the field and biennially meet to discuss topics of common interest.

For information on the next Enoch Seminar (Camaldoli, 21-26 July 2013); see Seventh Enoch Seminar (2013 Camaldoli), conference

History

Founded in 2001, the Enoch Seminar focuses on the period of Jewish history, culture and literature from the Babylonian Exile to the Bar-Kochba revolt—the period in which both Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism have their roots. The goal is to tear down the misleading walls of separation that still divide this field of research, recovering the unity and integrity of the period. Enoch is the symbol of this inter-canonical and inter-disciplinary effort, as he is present of each and all the canons that anachronistically divide sources from the period: Old Testament, Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish-Hellenistic literature, New Testament, Apostolic Fathers, etc.

Participation at the Enoch Seminar is by invitation only and is restricted to University professors and specialists in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins who have completed their PhD. To graduate students and PhD candidates, the Enoch Seminar offers a biennial meeting (the Enoch Graduate Seminar).

The Enoch Seminar is chaired by Gabriele Boccaccini (University of Michigan) and is made possible by fundings from the Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of Michigan and from the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies.

Meetings and Proceedings

2001 (Florence, Italy) - First Enoch Seminar: The Origins of Enochic Judaism
- The Origins of Enochic Judaism (2002 Boccaccini), edited volume

2003 (Venice, Italy) - Second Enoch Seminar: Enoch and Qumran Origins
- Enoch and Qumran Origins (2005 Boccaccini), edited volume

2005 (Camaldoli, Italy) - Third Enoch Seminar: Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man
- Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man (2007 Boccaccini), edited volume

2007 (Camaldoli, Italy) - Fourth Enoch Seminar: Qumran and the Mosaic Torah
- Enoch and the Mosaic Torah (2009 Boccaccini/Ibba), edited volume
- Enoch and Jubilees (2009 Bertalotto/Hanneken), edited volume

2009 (Naples, Italy) - Fifth Enoch Seminar: Enoch, Adam, Melchisedek: Mediatorial Figures in 2 Enoch
- New Perspectives on 2 Enoch: No Longer Slavonic Only (2012 Orlov, Boccaccini), edited volume
- Enochic Traditions and Mediatorial Figures in Second Temple Judaism and Their Legacy in Early Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and Islam (2011 Zurawski), edited volume

2011 (Milan, Italy) - Sixth Enoch Seminar (2011): 2 Baruch, 4 Ezra: Late First Century Apocalypticism

Meetings of the Enoch Graduate Seminar

2006 (Ann Arbor, MI) - First Enoch Graduate Seminar
2008 (Princeton, NJ) - Second Enoch Graduate Seminar
2010 (July 19-23; Budapest, Hungary) - Third Enoch Graduate Seminar
2012 (Notre Dame, IN) - Fourth Enoch Graduate Seminar

Enoch Seminar Nangeroni Meetings

2012 (Milan, Italy) - First Enoch Seminar Nangeroni Meeting, "The Seleucid and Hasmonean Periods and the Apocalyptic Worldview"
2014 (Rome, Italy) – Second Enoch Seminar Nangeroni Meeting, "Rereading Paul as a Second-Temple Jewish Author"