Enoch, Adam, Melchizedek: Mediatorial Figures in
2 Enoch and Second Temple Judaism

Naples, 14 – 18 June 2009
Cappella Cangiani

Chairs: Andrei A. Orlov, Marquette University, USA
Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA
Marcello Del Verme, University of Naples, Italy

The Fifth Enoch Seminar was organized by the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, the University of Michigan (Dept. of Near Eastern Studies), and the University Naples “Federico II”, in collaboration with and the University of Naples “L’Orientale.”
The Seminar focused on the role of Enoch, Adam and Melchizedek as mediatorial figures in Second Temple Judaism, with special emphasis on 2 Enoch.
Eighteen papers circulated in advance and were discussed at the conference, at the introduction of 18 respondents. Among the newcomers: Harold Attridge, Christfried Boettrich, Rachel Elior, Steven Fraade, Gabriella Gelardini, Alexander Kulik, Jack Levison, Basil Lourie, Eric Mason, Ludmilla Navtanovich, Alexander Toepel, Johannes Tromp.
The Proceedings will be published by Eerdmans.

Session 1: The Text of 2 Enoch

Christfried Böttrich – The “Book of the Secrets of Enoch” (2En) Between Jewish Origin and Christian Transmission. An Overview
Grant Macaskill – 2 Enoch: Manuscripts, Recensions and Original Language
Andrei A. Orlov – The Sacerdotal Traditions of 2 (Slavonic) Enoch and the Date of the Text

Session 2: Enoch’s Roles and Titles in Early Enochic Booklets and 2 Enoch

Andrei A. Orlov – Enoch’s Roles and Titles in Early Enochic Booklets and 2 Enoch
Rachel Elior – 2 Enoch and 3 Enoch
Carlos Segovia – Noah as Eschatological Mediator Transposed: From 2 Enoch 71-72 to the Christological Echoes of 1 Enoch 106:2-3 in the Qur’an

Session 3: The Content of 2 Enoch

Gabriele Boccaccini – Sapiential, Apocalyptic, and ‘Enochic’ Elements in 2 Enoch
Basil Lourié – Calendrical Elements in 2 Enoch
Lawrence H. Schiffman – Halakhic Elements in 2 Enoch

Session 4: The Adamic Tradition

John R. Levison – Adamic Traditions in Early Judaism (Qumran, 1 Enoch, Sirach, Philo, Jubilees, Josephus, 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch)
Johannes Tromp – Adamic Traditions in Early Judaism and Christianity (Books of Adam and Eve)
Alexander Toepel – Adamic Traditions in Early Christian and Rabbinic Literature (from NT to the Cave of Treasures)

Session 5: The Melchizedek Tradition

Eric Mason – Melchizedek at Qumran and Early Judaism
Harold Attridge – Melchizedek in Hebrews and the New Testament
Pierluigi Piovanelli – Melchizedek in Early Christian literature

Session 6: Interactions: Enoch, Adam, and Melchizedek

Crispin Fletcher-Louis – 2 Enoch and the New Perspective on Apocalyptic
Charles Gieschen – Enoch andMelchizedek
Daphna Arbel – Adam, Enoch, Melchizedek, and Eve

Special Session: Short Papers

Bilhah Nitzan – The Angelic Songs in the Slavonic Enoch in Relation to their Ancient Traditions
Andrei A. Orlov – The Watchers of Satanail: The Fallen Angels Traditions in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch
Silviu Bunta – In the Image of Adam: Anthropomorphic Angels in the Shorter Recension of the Life of Adam and Eve (Slavonic and Romanian)
Emmanouela Grypeou – The Figure of Melchizedek in the Context of Exegetical Encounters between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity
Rivka Nir – Elijah as the forerunner of the Messiah in 1 Enoch 90: 31-38
Stephen Pfann – Abducted by God? The Process of Heavenly Ascent in Jewish Tradition, from Enoch to St. Paul, From St. Paul to Akiva
Luca Arcari – 2Enoch and the Messianic Son of Man. A Triangular Reading between the Book of Parables of Enoch, the Testament of Abraham and 2Enoch
Marianne Dacy – The Fallen Angels in Enoch Reconsidered
J. Harold Ellens – The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Son of Man: An Assessment of 11Q13(Mel)
Ida Fröhlich – The Figures of the Watchers in the Enochic Tradition (1-3 Enoch)
Lara Guglielmo – 11Q13, Malchî Ṣedek, Co-reference and Restoration of ii 18
Basil Lourié – A Hapax Legomenon PROMETAYA and the Date of 2 Enoch
Anissava Miltenova – Book of Adam and Eve and the Apocryphal Cycle about the Holy Tree
Florentina Badalanova Geller – Creation of Adam in Second Enoch and other Slavonic Aprocrypha
  • Daphna Arbel, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Luca Arcari, University of Naples, Italy
  • Daniel Assefa, Ethiopia, France
  • Harold Attridge, Yale University, USA
  • Florentina Badalanova Geller, Royal Anthropological Institute, England
  • Albert I. Baumgarten, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  • Kelley Coblentz Bautch, St. Edward’s University, USA
  • Andreas Bedenbender, Humboldt University, Germany
  • Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA
  • Darrell Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary, USA
  • Christfried Böttrich, Greifswald University, Germany
  • Daniel Boyarin, University of California at Berkeley, USA
  • Silviu Bunta, University of Dayton, USA
  • Calum Carmichael, Cornell University, USA
  • James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
  • Marianne Dacy, University of Sydney, Australia
  • James R. Davila, St. Andrews University, Scotland
  • Devorah Dimant, University of Haifa, Israel
  • Lutz Doering, King’s College London, England
  • Henryk Drawnel, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
  • Rachel Elior, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • J. Harold Ellens, University of Michigan, USA
  • Esther Eshel, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  • Hanan Eshel, (1958-2010), Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  • Crispin Fletcher-Louis, St Mary’s London, England
  • Steven Fraade, Yale University, USA
  • Ida Fröhlich, Catholic University of Budapest, Hungary
  • Gabriella Gelardini, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Claudio Gianotto, University of Turin, Italy
  • Charles Gieschen, Concordia College, USA
  • Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, England
  • Emmanouela Grypeou, Center for the Styudy of Jewish-Christian Relations, England
  • Lara Guglielmo, University of Manchester, England
  • Joost L. Hagen, Leiden University, Netherlands
  • Matthias Henze, Rice University, USA
  • Pieter van der Horst, Utrecht University, Netherlands
  • Alexander Kulik, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • John R. Levison, Seattle Pacific University, USA
  • Basil Lourié, Scrinium. Revue de patrologie d’hagiographie critieque et d’histoire ecclésiastique, Russia
  • Jared Ludlow, Brigham Young University, USA
  • Grant Macaskill, St Andrews University, Scotland
  • Eric Mason, Judson University, USA
  • Luca Mazzinghi, Central Italy Theological Seminary, Italy
  • Anissava Miltenova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
  • Liudmila Navtanovich, University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Rivka Nir, The Open University of Israel, Israel
  • Andrei A. Orlov, Marquette University, USA
  • Stephen Pfann, University of the Holy Land, Israel
  • Pierluigi Piovanelli, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University, USA
  • Carlos Segovia, Camilo José Cela University, Spain
  • Daniel Stökl Ben-Ezra, CNRS, France
  • Michael Stone, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • David W. Suter, Saint Martin’s College, USA
  • Alexander Toepel, University of Tübingen, Germany
  • Johannes Tromp, Leiden University, Netherlands
  • Pieter M. Venter, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Secretaries

 

  • Anne Kreps, University of Michigan, USA
  • James Waddell, University of Toledo, USA
  • Jason M. Zurawski, University of Michigan, USA