Two Enoch seminars

Carla informs me of two upcoming Enoch events (posted on g-megillot), both involving Gabriele Boccaccini.

First: "A New Generation of Enochic Studies," at the University of Michigan, May 2-4, 2006

Second: The Fourth International Enoch Seminar, in Camaldoli, Italy, July 9-11, 2007

I wouldn't be able to make the first (if it's even open to me), but the summer following sounds like a great reason to go back to Italy. I would be excited to hear from anybody attending the U Michigan conference in a few months.

Boccaccini's recent work with Enoch is turning out to be a hot potato, it seems. Two titles of his are on my current reading shelf as they pertain to the Enochic Judaism course I'm auditing this semester:

Enoch and Qumran Origins
Beyond the Essene Hypothesis


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