Eighth Graduate Seminar April 29-30th http://enochseminar.org/

Thursday April 29th: Friday April 30th: Guest Speakers: “Against the Women”: Interrogating the Roles of Evil Spirits in Apocalypticism during the Late Period. John the Bap- tist as a Study Case 1 Enoch 15:12 on Gender Performative Roles Daniele Minisini, Sapienza University of Rome Florence Egbeyale, Florida State University Does the Son of Man Possess the Divine Name? And a Critique of Transcultural Perspectives on Law in the Fourth Book of Ezra Larry Hurtado Florian Neitmann, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Clay Mock, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich

Goodness, Gracious, Great Swords of Fire! The Judeo-Hellenic John 1: A Cosmology for the Colonized Context of Military Scenes in Joseph and Aseneth Daniel Collins, United Lutheran Seminary Gillian Glass, University of British Columbia Shively Smith, Ph.D. Mocking Songs and Sneering Throngs: Theorizing Laughter in the “From the Words of the Watchers and the Holy Ones I Heard Assistant Professor of Everything:” Ancient Jewish Scribalism, Response, and the Organiza- Tommy Woodward, Florida State University tion of Knowledge Boston University School of Theology Emily Olsen, Florida State University

At the Intersection of Historiography and Rhetoric: Ideologies of Lan- guage and Knowledge in the and Related Literature Seminar Hosts: Naila Razzaq, Yale University Rodney Caruthers II, Ph.D., Gustavus Adolphus College Chair/Secretary The Phallus in Our Stars: Sexual Violence in the Animal Apocalypse Deborah Forger, Ph.D. Dartmouth College Megan Remington & Julianna Smith, University of California, Co-Chair Los Angeles Jackie Wyse-Rhodes, Ph.D., Bluffton University Casey Elledge, Ph.D. Co-Chair Professor in Religion Gustavus Adolphus College For the full itinerary go to http://enochseminar.org/enochgraduateseminar2021