Dear colleagues and friends,
You are warmly invited to attend, either in person or online, the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Enoch Seminar, which will take place as part of the public session of the 17th Nangeroni Meeting.
The event is organized in collaboration with the Waldensian Faculty of Theology, the Pontifical Biblical Institute, and the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies.
The meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Piazza della Pilotta 35.
The theme of the session will be:
“The Religious and Theological Significance of the Enoch Literature: Past and Present”
The program will open with a keynote lecture by Loren T. Stuckenbruck. The session will be chaired by Luca Pedroli and will feature responses by:
James McGrath, Caterina Moro, Adriano Virgili, Emanuela Valeriani, Eric Noffke, Giulio Mariotti, Daniela Scialabba, and Daniele Minisini.
The concluding remarks will be delivered by Gabriele Boccaccini.
Additional participants include: Ruben Bühner, Jonathan Cahana, Ellen De Doncker, Gonzalo De la Morena, David DeSilva, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Daniel Glover, Bob Hall, Giovanni Ibba, István Németh, Naomi Koltun-Fromm, Martha Lang, Fiodar Litvinau, Dan McClellan, Juan Carlos Ossandón Widow, Vicki Pedersen, Chris Porter, Ken Schenk, Dustin Smith, and Maria Mercedes Torres Escandell.
In-person attendance is free of charge. The event will also be livestreamed on the YouTube channel of the Pontifical Biblical Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUWcs5K4-lk, accessible through the QR code provided on the attached poster.
We hope many of you will join us for this important occasion of celebration and reflection on the history and scholarly contribution of the Enoch Seminar.
