First Enoch Graduate Seminar (2006 Ann Arbor), conference

Frieze Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan

James C. VanderKam, Notre Dame University

The First Enoch Graduate Seminar (May 2-4, 2006), is the First international Conference for advance doctoral students and recent Ph.D.'s organized by the Enoch Seminar, as part of the ongoing series of meetings of the Enoch Graduate Seminar (since 2006)

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Overview

Chairs: Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, and James C. VanderKam, Notre Dame University.

Date: May 2-4, 2006

Place: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, IN (Frieze Building)

Secretary: Justin Winger (University of Michigan)

The first meeting of the Enoch Graduate Seminar was held May 2-4, 2006 on the campus of the University of Michigan (Frieze Bldg), chaired by Profs. Gabriele Boccaccini and James C. VanderKam. The sessions began at noon on May 2 and concluded at noon on May 4. Graduate or Post-Doc students working in the general area of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins were invited to attend. The secretary of the Conference was Justin Winger, University of Michigan.

14 papers were selected and presented at the Seminar. They circulated in advance among the participants and were only briefly introduced (5 minutes) by the author at the conference, where one hour was be devoted to the discussion of each paper, with all participants acting as respondents. The best papers were recommended for publication.

The next meetings of the Enoch Graduate Seminar were held at Princeton Theological Seminary / Princeton University (2008), the Catholic University of Budapest (2010), the University of Notre Dame (2012), McGill University / Concordia University Montreal (2014), etc.

Schedule

May 2, 2006 -- Session 1: Enoch in Context

• Todd R. Hanneken - Angels and Demons in the Book of Jubilees and Contemporary Apocalypses
• David Kudan - Sabbath Worship in the Parables of Enoch (I Enoch 37-71)
• Kristine Ruffatto - Polemics with Enochic Traditions in the Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian
• Stephane Saulnier - The Moon in the Astronomical Book of Enoch: The 364-Day Calendar and the “Proper” Lunar Year - Identification of a Forgotten Connection?

May 3, 2006 -- Sessions 2 & 3: Enoch and Qumran

• Ariel Feldman - Mikra and Aggada in the Flood Story according to 4Q370
• Dorothy Peters - The Tension Between Enoch and Noah in the Aramaic Enoch Texts at Qumran
• Mladen Popovic - 4QZodiacal Physiognomy (4Q186) and the Cultural Locus of Physiognomics and Astrology in Second Temple Period Judaism
• Kamilla Skarström - The Meaning of Ruah in 1QS 3:13-4:26
• Hanne von Weissenberg - Covenantal Motives in 4QMMT
• Ian Werrett - Multiple Meanings: The Myth of the Watchers in the Damascus Document

May 4, 2006 -- Session 4: Enoch and the New Testament

• Pierpaolo Bertalotto - The Superhuman Melchizedek: A Qumranic Response to the Enochic Son of Man
• Chad Pierce - Reexamining Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits in Prison: Punishment Traditions in the Book of Watchers and their Influence on 1 Peter 3:18-22
• Matteo Silvestrini - The «Pauperistic» Theology in the Gospel Luke's Sources, Qumrân and 1Enoch
• James Waddell - Adam, Enoch and Paul: Merging Intellectual Traditions of Early Christology

Participants

1. Pierpaolo Bertalotto, Rice University, USA
2. Ariel Feldman, University of Haifa, Israel
3. Todd R. Hanneken, University of Notre Dame, USA
4. David Kudan, Harvard University, USA
5. Dorothy Peters, Trinity Western University, Canada
6. Chad Pierce, University of Durham, England
7. Mladen Popovic, University of Groningen, Netherlands
8. Kristine Ruffatto, Marquette University, USA
9. Stephane Saulnier, Newman Theological College Edmonton, Canada
10. Matteo Silvestrini, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
11. Kamilla Skarström, University of Umeå, Sweden
12. James Waddell, University of Toledo, USA
13. Ian Werrett, University of St Andrews, Scotland
14. Hanne von Weissenberg, University of Helsinki, Finland

Attendees

• Stephanie Bolz, University of Michigan, USA
• J. Harold Ellens, University of Michigan, USA
• Jason von Ehrenkrook, University of Michigan, USA
• Anne Kreps, University of Michigan, USA
• Ingrid E. Lilly, Emory University, USA
• Matthew Neujahr, Yale University, USA
• Ronald Ruark, University of Michigan, USA
• Ryan Stokes, Yale University, USA
• Justin Winger, University of Michigan, USA
• Molly Zahn, University of Notre Dame, USA

External Links

• Enoch Seminar Website