2020 Aramaic Enoch Conference
- From the Books of Enoch to Genesis Apocryphon:
- Aramaic Manuscripts of 1 Enoch and Related Aramaic Traditions from Qumran
- Online 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)
- Secretaries: Joshua Scott
Tentative schedule
DAY 1 – Tuesday, 20 October 2020
9am – 11:30am EST/EDT
9:00am – Gathering of participants and introductory remarks by the Chairs of the Conference (Henryk Drawnel & 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
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, Haifa University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and KU Leuven - 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 - A Comparative Look at the Lunar Fractions in the Aramaic Fragments of 4QAstronomical Enocha-b ar (4Q208–4Q209)
1:30pm – Plenary discussion
2:30pm–4:30pm EST/EDT
Session III – Redaction, Scribal Work, and Modern Forgery [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 –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?
3:30pm – Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven, Belgium - The Scribes Who Copied the Works of Enoch
4:00pm Plenary discussion
DAY 2 – Wednesday, 21 October 2020
8:45am - Gathering of participants
9:00am – DAY 1 recap [chair Gabriele Boccaccini]: Lawrence H. Schiffman, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Matthew Goff.
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], with 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 –Slavonic Enoch and the Visions of Amram [Chair Ida Fröhlich]
12.30pm – Florentina Badanalova-Geller, University College London, London, Great Britain 1st and 2nd Enoch Compared and Contrasted
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
Prospective participants
1. 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
2. Jonathan Ben-Dov, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
- The Nebuchadnezzar reliefs from Brisa (Lebanon) as Inspiration for the Myth of the Watchers
3. Mirjam Bokhorst, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
- The Vision of the Heavenly Temple (1 En 14:8-25) reconsidered
4. Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX, USA
- To be announced
5. Mathias Coeckelbergs, Université libre de Bruxelles - KU Leuven
- From Clustering to Interpretation: A Neural Network Approach to the Classification of the Genesis Apocryphon
6. Edward M. Cook, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA
- To be announced
7. Jaap Doedens, Pápa Reformed Theological Seminary, Pápa, Hungary
- Rehabilitating the Heroes: Exegetical Exoneration of Biblical Protagonists in the Genesis Apocryphon
8. Henryk Drawnel, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
- An Invitation to Study Astronomy (1 En. 2:1–5:2) and the Eschatological Judgment (1 En. 1:1–9; 5:4–9)
9. Shlomi Efrati, Haifa University, Israel
- On Angels and Mountains: Notes on the Levantine and Aramaic Background of the Fallen Angels
10. 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?
11. Holger Gzella, Ludwig-Maximilans University, Munich, Germany
- To be announced
12. Steven Fassberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (teaches Wednesdays- talk on Thursday)
- To be announced
13. Ida Fröhlich, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
- Behind the name: ՙyryn, gbryn, nplyn, protagonists of the earliest tradition on the Watchers
14. Matthew Goff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
- The Qumran Book of Giants and Aramaic
15. Helen Jacobus, University of Manchester, Manchester, Great Britain
- A comparative look at the lunar fractions in the Aramaic fragments of 4QAstronomical Enocha-b ar (4Q208–4Q209)
16. Corrado Martone, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- The Teacher of Righteousness and the Scribe of Righteousness. Scribal Activity between Qumran and Enochism
17. Matthew Morgenstern, Tel Aviv University, Israel (teaches Wednesdays, paper on Thursday)
- To be announced
18. Eshbal Ratzon, Ariel University, Israel (teaches Thursdays)
- The Role of the Calendar in the Sectarian Dispute in light of a New Reconstruction of 4Q318
19. Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University, New York, NY, USA
- Divine Appelations and concepts of God in the Enoch fragments and the Dead Sea Scrolls
20. John M. Steele, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- To be announced
21. Eibert Tigchelaar, KU Leuven, Belgium
- To be announced
22. James VanderKam, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, USA
- But What About the People?