Concepts of Evil in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins (29 June – 2 July)

Chairs: Gabriele Boccaccini and Lorenzo DiTommaso (with Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Miryam Brand, John Collins, Benjamin Reynolds, Lawrence Schiffman, Loren Stuckenbruck, Archie Wright, and Jason Zurawski).

Secretary: Joshua Scott

Program Description

Our Approach to this Online Seminar

Participants should keep in mind that the tenor of their presentations/responses ought to be prospective rather than retrospective. A survey of past work is not appropriate here, nor is the statement of an issue that has been “chewed over” for a long time. We seek, instead, new ideas, theses, or approaches. A statement of a major issue or question that has come to light in view of recent scholarship would be excellent, as well, especially if it is “thick,” in the sense that it contains ideas that could be unpacked and debated in group discussion for mutual profit.

Time Allotted for Each Presentation and Response

Each presentation is only 10-15 minutes and each response is 5 minutes in length. Unlike in-person Enoch Seminars, we do not require participants to pre-circulate their papers. Thus, the emphasis is on brevity, clarity, and, to a certain degree, generality, at least within the session parameters. Accordingly, participants should expect that they will be given ample time to revise/amplify their ideas for publication in the conference volume, ideally in dialogue with the formal responses (which, as discussed, will also be published) and informal group discussion.

The Nature of the Seminar

For this Online Seminar, questions posed are intended to be quite open-ended. On the one hand, this allows panelists and respondents maximum room for exploration within the compass of the session topic. On the other hand, we are issuing invitations to targeted specialists in the expectation they require the least in the way of guidance and have the most likelihood of sizing up the question and offering meaningful responses to it. For this reason, participation is by invitation only. It is not a public conference (in streaming), but a workshop among invited specialists.

A New Kind of Conference for this Distinctive Moment

This will be a new kind of conference experience for most of us. We’ve tweaked a few things in order to accommodate the new medium, according us maximum fluidity in the conference architecture without sacrificing traditional scientific rigour. We are excited that the Enoch Seminar is taking this initiative in light of the current moment and given the likelihood that online platforms will continue to be important and omnipresent in various academic contexts. The Seminar means to carry on despite these difficult times, not only to maintain continuity and connexions, but also because the Republic of Letters, of which we are citizens, may bend with stormy winds but will not break.

Schedule

Confirmed Participants

1. Elisabetta Abate, University of Gottingen, Germany
2. Sofanit Abebe, University of Edinburgh
3. Oren Ableman, Israel Antiquities Authority, Israel
4. Moises Yao Acayan, Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines
5. Samuel Adams
6. James Adcock, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
7. Federico Adinolfi, Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose “S. Francesco”, Italy
8. Jeff Anderson, Wayland Baptist University-Anchorage Campus, USA
9. Paul Anderson, George Fox University, USA
10. Joseph Angel, Yeshiva University
11. Patrick Angiolillo, NYU, USA
12. Giancarlo Paolo Angulo, Florida State University, USA
13. Desta Anshebo, Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, Ethiopia
14. Luca Arcari, University of Naples, Italy
15. Daniel Assefa, Capuchin Franciscan Institute Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
16. Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa, USA
17. Harold W. Attridge, Yale University, USA
18. Thomas Babu, Serampore University, India
19. Florentina Badalova Geller, Royal Anthropological Institute / Max Planck, UK / Germany
20. Kyung Baek, Instructor, Trinity Western University, Canada
21. Alexander Bailey, University of Oxford, UK
22. Samuel Balentine, Union Presbyterian Seminary, USA
23. Aloma Bardi, University of Florence, Italy
24. Lori Baron, St. Louis University, USA
25. John Barton, University of Oxford, UK
26. Albert I. Baumgarten, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
27. Leslie Baynes, Missouri State University, USA
28. Giovanni Bazzana, Harvard University, USA
29. Jason BeDuhn, Northern Arizona University, USA
30. Jonathan Ben-Dov, University of Haifa, Israel
31. Aure Ben-Zvi Goldblum, New York University, USA
32. Luca Bertolino, University of Turin, Italy
33. Harvey Van Bik, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong
34. Ellen Birnbaum, Cambridge, MA, USA
35. Laura Bizzarro, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina, Argentia
36. Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA
37. Darrell Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary, USA
38. Markus Bockmuehl, University of Oxford, UK
39. Francis Borchardt, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong
40. Andrew Bowden, LMU Munich, Germany
41. Daniel Boyarin, University of California Berkeley, USA
42. Connor Boyd, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
43. Miryam T. Brand, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Israel
44. Lucas Brandon, Florida State University, USA
45. Tom de Bruin, Newbold College, UK
46. Dylan Burns, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
47. Rolex Macatdon Cailing, Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines
48. Piero Capelli, University of Venice, Italy
49. Alberto Camplani, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
50. Rodney Caruthers, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA
51. Beryl Chan, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong
52. Esther Chazon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
53. Tobias Churton, Exeter, UK
54. Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St Edward’s University, USA
55. Federico Moises Colautti, International Theological Institute, Austria
56. Paolo Collini, Italy
57. Jack Collins
58. John J. Collins, Yale University, USA
59. Ryan Collman, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
60. Robert Costello, University of Aberdeen
61. Sidnie White Crawford, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
62. Marianne Dacy, University of Sydney, Australia
63. James Davila, University of St Andrews, Scotland
64. John Day, University of Oxford, UK
65. April DeConick, Rice University, USA
66. Nicola Denzey-Lewis, Claremont Graduate University, USA
67. Kindy De Long, Pepperdine University, USA
68. Rodrigo de Sousa, Faculté Jean Calvin, France
69. Michael DeVries, University of Birmingham, UK
70. Magdalena Díaz Araujo, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja / Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina
71. Devorah Dimant, University of Haifa, Israel
72. Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University Montreal, Canada
73. Vicente Dobroruka, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
74. Jan Dochhorn, Durham University, England
75. Maria Doerfler, Yale University, USA
76. Henryk Drawnel, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
77. Rachel Dryden, University of Cambridge, England
78. Jean Duhaime, Université de Montréal, Canada
79. Oliver Dyma, WWU Münster, Germany
80. Florence Abimbola Egbeyale, Florida State University, USA
81. Jason von Ehrenkrook, University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA
82. Torleif Elgvin, NLA University College, Norway
83. John Endres, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, USA
84. Esther Eshel, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
85. Yael Fisch, University of Oxford, UK
86. Roy Fisher, Loyola Marymount University, USA
87. Crispin Fletcher-Louis, University of Gloucestershire, UK
88. Channah Fonseca-Quezada, McMaster University, Canada
89. Deborah Forger, Dartmouth College, USA
90. Steven Fraade, Yale University, USA
91. Paula Fredriksen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
92. Michele Freyhauf, Durham University, UK
93. Lisbeth Fried, University of Michigan, USA
94. Rachel Frish, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
95. Ida Frölich, Catholic University Budapest, Hungary
96. Deane Galbraith, University of Otago, New Zealand
97. Josh Gervacio, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
98. Bonifatia Gesche, University of Saarbruecken and Vetus Latina Institute, Germany
99. Ananda Geyser-Fouche, University of Pretoria, South Africa
100. Matthew Goff, Florida State University, USA
101. John Goldingay, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA
102. Batsheva Goldman-Ida, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
103. Pablo Gonzalez-Alonso, Universidad de Navarra, Spain
104. David Goodin, McGill School of Religious Studies, Canada
105. Lester Grabbe, University of Hull, UK
106. Maxine Grossman, University of Maryland, USA
107. Erich Gruen, University of California Berkeley, USA
108. Ithamar Gruenwald, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
109. Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
110. Emmanouela Grypeou, Stockholm University, Sweden
111. Rebekah Haigh, Princeton University, USA
112. Chaya Halberstam, King’s University College, University of Western Ontario, Canada
113. Robert Hall, Hampden-Sydney College, USA
114. Stephanie Hallinger, Universität Regensburg, Germany
115. David Hamidovic, Univerisity of Lausanne, Switzerland
116. Todd Hanneken, St. Mary’s University, USA
117. Angela Kim Harkins, Boston College, USA
118. Tamar Hassin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
119. Christine Hayes, Yale University, USA
120. Charlotte Hempel, University of Birmingham, UK
121. Matthias Henze, Rice University, USA
122. Ronald Herms, Fresno Pacific University, USA
123. Andrew Higginbotham, Ivy Tech Community College – Lawrenceburg, USA
124. Gregory Hillendahl, London School of Theology, UK
125. Vered Hillel, MJTI, Israel
126. Matthias Reinhard Hoffmann, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany
127. Karina Martin Hogan, Fordham University, USA
128. Kerwin Holmes Jr., University of Virginia, USA
129. Cornelia Horn, Martin-Luther University, Germany
130. Tom Hull, Monash University, Australia
131. David Hymes, Northwest University, USA
132. Giovanni Ibba, Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose S. Caterina da Siena, Italy
133. Lorenzo Innocenti, Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Centrale, Italy
134. David R. Jackson, Australia
135. Jozef Jancovic, Comenius University, Slovakia,
136. Alex Jassen, NYU, USA
137. Michael Johnson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
138. Jutta Jokiranta, University of Helsinki, Finland
139. John Kampen, Methodist Theological School, USA
140. Jonathan Kaplan, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
141. David Katzin, UCLA, USA
142. Martina Kepper, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
143. Paul Kim, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, USA
144. Bethany Kinderman, University of Oxford, UK
145. Ian Kinman,  Fordham University, USA
146. Karen King, Harvard University, USA
147. Michael Knibb, King’s College London, UK
148. Craig R. Koester, Luther Seminar, USA
149. Ross Kraemer, Brown University, USA
150. Robert Kraft, University of Pennsylvania, USA
151. Rob Kugler, Lewis & Clark College
152. Alexander Kulik, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
153. Un Sung Kwak, University of Oxford, UK
154. David Lambert, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
155. Peter Lanfer, Occidetal College, USA
156. Natalie Lantz, Uppsala University, Sweden
157. Nitzan Lebovic, Lehigh University, USA
158. Gwangsoo Lee, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
159. Ralph Lee, SOAS University of London, UK
160. Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
161. Jim Lepkowski, University of Michigan, USA
162. Mark Leuchter, Temple University, USA
163. Joseph Levi, Shemàh School of Jewish Studies and culture Margulies Levins, Florence, Italy
164. Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University, USA
165. Diana Levine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
166. John R. (Jack) Levison, Southern Methodist University, USA
167. Mung Ngaih Lian, Lutheran Theological Seminar, Hong Kong
168. Liv Ingeborg Lied, Norwegian School of Theology, Norway
169. Timothy Lim, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
170. Fiodar Litvinau, LMU Munich, Germany
171. Drew Longacre, University of Groningen, Netherlands
172. Geert Lorein, Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium
173. Kwang Meng Low, National University of Singapore, Singapore
174. Jared Ludlow, Brigham Young University, USA
175. Edmondo Lupieri, Loyola University Chicago, USA
176. Duncan MacRae, University of California, Berkeley, USA
177. Jordan Maly-Preuss, University of Oxford, UK
178. Paul Mandel, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Israel
179. Peter Marinković, Evang.-Luth. Church of Bavaria, Germany
180. Giulio Mariotti, Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Centrale, Italy
181. Iñaki Marro, LMU Munich, Germany
182. Eric Mason, Judson University, USA
183. Ferran Mateo Hernandez, Faculty of Theology of Catalonia, Spain
184. Joshua Matson, Florida State University, USA
185. Luca Mazzinghi, Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Italy
186. Alexander McCarron, University of Oxford, UK
187. Gavin McDowell, Université Laval, Canada
188. James McGrath, Butler University, USA
189. Jocelyn McWhirter, Albion College, USA
190. Yonatan Miller, University of Toledo, USA
191. Enric Cortes Minguella, Facultat de Teologia de Catalunya, Spain
192. Daniele Minisini, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
193. Michael Morris, University of Mary, USA
194. Craig Morrison, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy
195. Eva Mroczek, University of California, Davis, USA
196. Andrea Musumeci, Fondo Nangeroni, Italy
197. Hindy Najman, University of Oxford, UK
198. Mark Nanos, Lund University, USA
199. Matthew Neujahr, Marquette University, USA
200. Matthew Neville, Birmingham University, UK
201. Carol Newsom, Emory University, USA
202. George W.E. Nickelsburg, University of Iowa, USA (Em.)
203. Ronit Nikolsky, University of Groningen, Netherlands
204. Eric Noffke, Waldensian School of Theology, Italy
205. Gerbern Oegema, McGill University, Canada
206. Isaac Oliver, Bradley University, USA
207. Daniel Olson, St. Mary’s College, USA
208. Jessica Ontek, Florida State University, USA
209. Andrei Orlov, Marquette University, USA
210. Juan Carlos Ossandón, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Italy
211. Chan Sok Park, College of Wooster, USA
212. Sara Parks, University of Nottingham, UK
213. Tali Partock, University of Cambridge, UK
214. Ronald Pasaribu, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong
215. Hector Patmore, KU Leuven, Belgium
216. Alexander Perkins, Fordham University, USA
217. Shelley Perlove, University of Michigan, USA
218. Chad Pierce, General Synod, USA
219. Pierluigi Piovanelli, University of Ottawa, Canada
220. Matteo Poiani, Université de Strasbourg, France
221. Anathea Portier-Young, Duke University, USA
222. Kirill Porubaev, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy
223. Jonathan Price, Tel Aviv University, Israel
224. Travis Proctor, Wittenberg University, USA
225. Jeremy Punt, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
226. Tessa Rajak, University of Reading, UK
227. Andrea Ravasco, Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose Ligure, Italy
228. Annette Reed, New York University, USA
229. Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, Canada
230. Megan Remington, UCLA, USA
231. Benjamin Reynolds, Tyndale University, Canada
232. Jean-Michel Roessli, Concordia University, Canada
233. Kyle Roland, NYU, USA
234. Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Tel Aviv University, Israel
235. Paolo Sacchi, University of Turin, Italy (Em.)
236. Timothy Sailors, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany
237. Carlos Santos Carretero, Israel Institute of Biblical Studies, Israel
238. David Satran, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
239. Lawrence Schiffman, New York University, USA
240. Uta Schmidt, University of Education, Heidelberg, Germany
241. Eileen Schuller, McMaster University, Canada
242. James Scott, Trinity Western University, Canada
243. Joshua Scott, University of Michigan, USA
244. Shayna Sheinfeld, Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, USA
245. Anna Shirav, University of Birmingham, UK
246. Ari Silbermann, Bar Ilan University, Israel
247. Jason Silverman, University of Helsinki, Finland
248. Daniel Smith, University of Texas at Austin, USA
249. Isaac Soon, University of Durham, UK
250. Gary Staszak, St. Mary’s University, USA
251. Gregory Sterling, Yale University, USA
252. Elizabeth Stell, University of Oxford, UK
253. Ryan Stokes, Carson-Newman University, USA
254. Michael Stone, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
255. Loren Stuckenbruck, University of Munich, Germany
256. Kevin Sullivan, Illinois Wesleyan University, USA
257. Carla Sulzbach, McGill University, Canada
258. @ David Suter, Saint Martin’s University, USA
259. Michael Dov Swartz, Ohio State University, USA
260. Balazs Tamasi, Budapest Jewish University, Hungary
261. Seng Tawng, Myanmar Institute of Theology, Myanmar
262. Joan Taylor, King’s College London, UK
263. Hanna Tervanotko, McMaster University, Canada
264. Philippe Therrien, Université de Lausanne/Université Laval, Switzerland
265. Matthew Thiessen, McMaster University, Canada
266. Dieter Leon Thom, Australian College, Kuwait
267. Marcus Tso, Trinity Western University, Canada
268. W. Dennis Tucker, Baylor University, USA
269. Emmanuel Ordue Usue, Benue State University, Nigeria
270. Elisa Uusimäki, Aarhus University, Denmark
271. Ana Valdez, University of Lisbon, Portugal
272. Jordi Cervera Valls, Facultat de Teologia de Catalunya, Spain
273. James VanderKam, University of Notre Dame, USA
274. Jacques van Ruiten, University of Groningen, Netherlands
275. Rebekah Van Sant-Clark, University of Oxford, UK
276. Cecilia Wassen
277. Catrin Williams, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK
278. Benjamin Wold, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
279. Archie Wright, Regent University, USA
280. Benjamin Wright, Lehigh University, USA
281. Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, Bluffton University, USA
282. Yan Yu, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong
283. Chi Yau Yue, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong
284. Molly Zahn, University of Kansas, USA
285. Asad Zaman, Ohio State University, USA
286. Ziony Zevit, American Jewish University, USA
287. Jason Zurawski, University of Groningen, Netherlands