Studies in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins

Princeton, 16 – 18 June 2008
Princetion Theological Seminary – Princeton University

Chairs:
Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA
James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
Martha Himmelfarb, Princeton University, USA

 

The Second Enoch Graduate Seminar was organized by Princeton Theological Seminary in collaboration with Princeton University.
Twenty-four papers were discussed by participants, from seven countries (Canada, Hungary, Israel, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States of America). Eight papers were selected and submitted for publication in Henoch and JSP.

The First Enoch Seminar was organized by the University of Michigan.

Fourteen papers were discussed by twenty-six participants from 10 countries (Canada, Finland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America).

Five papers (by Ariel Feldman, Todd Hanneken, Dorothy Peters, Chad Pierce, and Mladen Popovic) were published in the Journal HENOCH (2006.2, and 2007.1), along with a report by Ian Werrett (2006.2).

Liudmila Navtanovich – The Second Enoch and the Tale of the Blessed Zerubbabel: Two Different Examples of Old Testament Slavonic Apocrypha
Anne Kreps – From Secret Knowledge to Public Paideia: Citations of Jubilees in Epiphanius’ Panarion
Ariel Feldman – 1Q19 (“Book of Noah”) Reconsidered
Kristine Ruffatto – The Exaltation of Moses in 4Q374 and 4Q377: A Divinized Moses at Qumran?
Ingrid E. Lilly – Chapter Sequence as Prophetic Interpretation in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Interpretation in the Text History of Ezekiel Chapters 36-39
Aryeh Amihay – Enoch and Noah: Conflation, Dissociation, and Parallelism of Protagonists
George Branch-Trevathan – The Qumran Solar Calendar in its Hellenistic Context, or, Why 4Q394 Begins with a Calendar
Ted M. Erho – An Unknown Variable in the Opinio Communis on the Dating Of The Similitudes of Enoch: The Partho-median Conundrum In 1 Enoch 56:5
Ari Finkelstein – Categorization of Jewish Historiography in the Second Temple Era
Alexandria Frisch – From an Image to Beasts to a Hammer: Changing Concepts of Foreign Empire in Daniel 2 and 7 and Their Relevance to 1 Maccabees
Dragos A. Giulea – Adam, a New Watcher? Romans 5, 4 Ezra 3, and the Invention of the Fall of Adam
Reuven Kiperwasser – The Bizarre Invitation to the King’s Banquet: Metamorphosis of the Parable-tradition and the Changes of the Eschatological Idea
Eric Miller – The Self-Glorification Hymn Reexamined
Ivan Miroshnikov – Nazoraean Exegesis Revisited
Matthew V. Novenson – The Jewish Messiahs, the Pauline Christ, and the Gentile Question
Janelle Peters – Hellenistic Iconography and Imagery in Daniel 12:5-13
Brian Rhea – Disorder through Desire: Bringing 1 Enoch 1-36 into Conversation with Jude and James
Alexey Somov – Jewish Conceptions of Angels and Sons of God in Luke 20:34-36
Jonathan E. Soyars – The Egerton Gospel (P. Egerton 2 + P. Köln 255) Revisited: The Implications of a Jewish-Christian Liturgical Text from Second-Century C.E. Egypt
Andrew Van Kirk – Moses and the Righteous Teacher: A Problematic Parallel
Andy Chi Kit Wong – Challenging a Prevailing Opinion: Is There a Heavenly Temple in 1 Enoch 14?
Balázs Tamási – Prophesized History of the Postexilic Period and Polemics against Priests in 4Q390 from Qumran: Levite Authorship behind the Fragments?
Veronika Bachmann – Rooted in Paradise? The Meaning of the “Tree of Life” in 1 Enoch 24–25 Reconsidered
Carla Sulzbach – When Going on a Heavenly Journey, Travel Light and Dress Appropriately: A Dress-Rehearsal for Boundary Crossings and Transgressions

Paper Presenters

    • Aryeh Amihay, Princeton University, USA
    • Veronika Bachmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland
    • George Branch-Trevathan, Emory University, USA
    • Ted M. Erho, Trinity Western University, Canada
    • Ariel Feldman, University of Haifa, Israel
    • Ari Finkelstein, Harvard University, USA
    • Alexandria Frisch, New York University, USA
    • Dragos A. Giulea, Marquette University, USA
    • Reuven Kiperwasser, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Anne Kreps, University of Michigan, USA
    • Ingrid E. Lilly, Emory University, USA
    • Eric Miller, Jewish Theological Seminary, USA
    • Ivan Miroshnikov, Moscow State University, Russia
    • Liudmila Navtanovich, University of Barcelona, Spain
    • Matthew V. Novenson, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
    • Dorothy Peters, Trinity Western University, Canada
    • Brian Rhea, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
    • Kristine Ruffatto, Marquette University, USA
    • Alexey Somov, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
    • Jonathan E. Soyars, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
    • Balázs Tamási, PPKE,
    • Andrew Van Kirk, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
    • Andy Chi Kit Wong, McMaster University, Canada