New Perspectives on 2 Enoch

Andrei A. Orlov, Ph.D. in Sociology (1990), Russian Academy of Sciences, and Theology (2003), Marquette University, a Professor of Christian Origins at Marquette University, has published extensively on Jewish apocalypticism including The Enoch-Metatron Tradition (Mohr Siebeck, 2005), From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism (Brill, 2007), and Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology (SUNY, 2011).Gabriele Boccaccini, Ph.D. (1991) in Judaic Studies, University of Turin, Italy, Professor of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins at the University of Michigan and Founding Director of the Enoch Seminar has published extensively on Second Temple Judaism including Middle Judaism (Fortress, 1991), Beyond the Essene Hypothesis (Eerdmans, 1998) and Roots of Rabbinic Judaism (Eerdmans, 2001).Jason M. Zurawski is a Ph.D. candidate in Second Temple Judaism at the University of Michigan.

• PrefaceAndrei A. Orlov and Gabriele BoccacciniPART ONE: 2 ENOCHNo Longer “Slavonic” Only: 2 Enoch Attested in Coptic from NubiaJoost L. HagenTEXT AND DATING OF 2 ENOCHThe “Book of the Secrets of Enoch” (2 En): Between Jewish Origin and Christian Transmission. An OverviewChristfried BöttrichThe Provenance of 2 Enoch: A Philological Perspective. A Response to C. Böttrich’s Paper “The ‘Book of the Secrets of Enoch’ (2 En): Between Jewish Origin and Christian Transmission. An Overview”Liudmila Navtanovich2 Enoch: Manuscripts, Recensions, and Original LanguageGrant MacaskillThe Sacerdotal Traditions of 2 Enoch and the Date of the TextAndrei A. OrlovExcavating 2 Enoch: The Question of Dating and the Sacerdotal TraditionsDavid W. SuterCONTENT AND CONTEXT OF 2 ENOCH2 Enoch and the New Perspective on ApocalypticCrispin H.T. Fletcher-LouisThe Watchers of Satanail: The Fallen Angels Traditions in 2 EnochAndrei A. OrlovPatriarch, Prophet, Author, Angelic Rival: Exploring the Relationship of 1 Enoch to 2 Enoch in Light of the Figure of EnochDaniel Assefa and Kelley Coblentz BautchCalendrical Elements in 2 EnochBasil Lourié2 Enoch and HalakhahLawrence H. SchiffmanHalakha, Calendars, and the Provenances of 2 EnochDaniel Stökl Ben EzraPART TWO: ADAM, ENOCH, AND MELCHIZEDEK: MEDIATORIAL FIGURES IN SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISMADAMIC TRADITIONSAdam as a Mediatorial Figure in Second Temple Jewish LiteratureJohn R. LevisonBetter Watch Your Back, Adam: Another Adam and Eve Tradition in Second Temple JudaismLester L. GrabbeAdamic Traditions in 2 Enoch and in the Books of Adam and EveJohannes Magliano-TrompAdamic Traditions in Early Christian and Rabbinic LiteratureAlexander ToepelAdamic Tradition in Slavonic Manuscripts (Vita Adae et Evae and Apocryphal Cycle about the Holy Tree)Anissava MiltenovaMELCHIZEDEK TRADITIONSMelchizedek Traditions in Second Temple JudaismEric F. MasonMelchizedek at Qumran and in Judaism: A ResponseDevorah DimantEnoch and Melchizedek: The Concern for Supra-Human Priestly Mediators in 2 EnochCharles A. GieschenMelchizedek in Some Early Christian Texts and 2 EnochHarold W. Attridge“Much to Say and Hard to Explain”: Melchizedek in Early Christian Literature, Theology, and ControversyPierluigi PiovanelliOn Adam, Enoch, Melchizedek, and EveDaphna ArbelBibliography on 2 EnochAndrei A. Orlov