New Perspectives On 2 Enoch: No Longer Slavonic Only
by Andrei A. Orlov /
2012 / English / PDF
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The days of the Fifth Enoch Seminar in naples, Italy (June 14–18, 2009) on “Adam, Enoch, Melchizedek: Mediatorial Figures in 2 Enoch and Second temple Judaism” will always live in our memories with a mixture of sad-ness and joy. there was much to remember—the passionate debate in the discussion sessions, the friendly atmosphere of collegiality, the beauty of naples, the hospitality of our colleagues and friends from the university of naples “Federico II” and the Istituto orientale di napoli, the visits to Herculaneum, cuma, and Puteoli, the climbing of the crater of Mt. Vesu-vius at sunset . . . one thing however we will never forget. It was the last Seminar our dearest colleague and friend and co-founder of the Enoch Seminar, Hanan Eshel, was able to attend before his premature death. He knew and we all knew well that he was gravely sick, and this made his participation so valuable and precious, and his departure at the end of the conference so hard and moving. Hanan took time to say goodbye to all of us as a group, with whom he had shared ten years of experience and scholarly debate, and to each of us individually as friends. He promised that he would do his best to be with us again in Milan in 2011, and we all knew that this would happen only in our memories. Hanan’s participation at the Fifth Enoch Seminar was already a miraculous gift he gave to all of us.
