Daniele Minisini Ph.D. Student Ph.D. student in History of Religions at Sapienza University of Rome with a project on John the Baptist and Enochic Judaism - A Second Temple Essenism Perspective. My academic interests focus on Second Temple Jewish Thought, Apocalyptic Literature and Jewish Messianism. Education Personal Info 2018/11 - Ph.D. in History of Religions Address Present Sapienza University, Rome (Italy) Via Raimondo d’Aronco 18 00163, Rome, Italy • Faculty of Art and Humanities Phone • Research Project: “John the Baptist and Enochic Judaism. +39 3489302852 A Second Temple Essenism Perspective” E-mail • Advisors: Prof. Gaetano Lettieri, Gabriele Boccaccini [email protected] 2021/01 - Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher Present Yale University, New Haven (USA) Membership • Yale Divinity School • Fulbright Commission Scholarship AISG – Associazione Italiana • Advisor: Prof. John J. Collins per lo Studio sul Giudaismo EAJS – European Association 2020/02 – Visiting Research Fellow for Jewish Studies Student 2020/06 Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) Member ENOCH SEMINAR – Group • Orion Center for the Study of Dead Sea Scrolls Visiting Research of Scholars on Second Temple Fellow. Advisor: Prof. Ester Chazon Judaism • Department of Comparative Religion Visiting Research Fellow Advisor: Prof. Serge Ruzer SBL – Society of Biblical Literature Student Member • John the Baptist in the Light of Second Temple Enochic Judaism and Its Relationship with ‘Late Qumran Essenism’ 2019/09 - Visiting Ph.D. Student Language Skills 2020/01 Universidad Complutense, Madrid (Spain) Italian: Mother tongue • Erasmus+ Program Listening Reading Writing Speaking • Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de las Religiones English: C2 C2 C1 C1 (University Institute of Religious Sciences) Spanish: C2 C2 C1 C2 • Advisor: Prof. Pablo Torijano Morales French: A2 B1 A1 A1 Hebrew: A2 A2 A2 A2 2016/09 - Master’s in Religious Studies 2018/07 Sapienza University, Rome (Italy) TOEFL IBT: 111/120 • Faculty of Art and Humanities • Awarded with the Excellent Student mention • Thesis: Pesare le Briciole. Giorno del giudizio e remissione dei peccati dal Libro delle Parabole ai Vangeli Sinottici [Day of the Judgment and Forgiveness of Sins from Book of Parables to Synoptic Gospels] • Advisor: Prof. Gaetano Lettieri Ancient Languages • Co-Advisor: Prof. Gabriele Boccaccini; Dr. Andrea Annese • Final Mark: 110/110 con lode (Magna cum Laude) Ancient Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic (Basic), Ge’ez (Basic), Syriac (Basic) 2018/03 - Visiting Scholar 2018/05 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA) Digital Skills • Faculty: NES (Near Eastern Studies) Information Processing • Research: Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity Social Media Communication • Advisor: Prof. Gabriele Boccaccini Content Creation Problem Solving 2017/09 - Erasmus+ Program Student 2018/02 Universidad Complutense, Madrid (Spain) Microsoft Office • Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de las Religiones (University Institute of Religious Sciences) • Master en Ciencias de las Religiones (Religious Studies) 2013/09 - Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy 2016/07 Sapienza University, Rome (Italy) • Faculty of Art and Humanities • Thesis: Thesis:“Perdere il passo. La mistica del progresso nelle Omelie sul Cantico dei Cantici di Gregorio di Nissa” [Mystical Progress in Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies in the Song of Songs] • Advisor: Prof. Gaetano Lettieri • Final Mark: 110/110 con lode (Magna cum Laude) Experience 2020/02 - Orion Center Bibliography Project Present Jerusalem (Israel) • Working on the “Orion Center for the Study of Dead Sea Scrolls And Associated Literature” Online Bibliography Project. • Adding entries, tagging items with keywords, reviewing old and new bibliography 2011/09 - Private Teacher Present Rome (Italy) • Ancient Greek and Latin private teacher • I help students to fill school deficits in these subjects 2016/01 - Librarian 2016/06 Rome (Italy) • Philosophy Department - Sapienza University, Rome (Italy) • Working at the front office, helping in the consultation of the catalogue, checking in and out books,working in the library store. 2014/09 - Trainee Teacher 2015/06 Rome (Italy) • Liceo Statale Eugenio Montale, Rome (Italy) • Internship as a high school teacher of history and philosophy • Holding lessons, testing and correcting class assignments. Extracurricular Courses 2020/10 - Ge’ez Language Course Present Rome (Italy) • Private Lessons • Teacher: Abba Tewelde Mebrahtu 2020/09 - Modern Hebrew Course Present Rome (Italy) • Ulpan Italia Online (UCEI – Unione delle Comunità Ebraica Italiane) • Teacher: Luisa Basevi • Level Alef Plus (CEFR A1.2) 2020/10 - Biblical Aramaic Course 2021/01 Rome (Italy) • Pontificio Istituto Biblico • Teacher: Luigi Santopaolo 2020/10 - Biblical Hebrew Course 2021/01 Rome (Italy) • Pontificio Istituto Biblico • Teacher: Paola Mollo 2020/10 - Syriac Language Course 2020/12 Rome (Italy) • Sapienza University of Rome • Teacher: Alberto Camplani 2020/02 - Modern Hebrew Course 2020/06 Jerusalem (Israel) • Rothberg International School (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) • Teacher: Nurit Raviv • Level Alef (CEFR A1.1) 2018/09 - Ge’ez Language Course 2019/01 Rome (Italy) • Pontificio Istituto Orientale • Teacher: Tedros Abraha 2018/01 - Advanced Training Course in History of Christianity 2018/02 Rome (Italy) • Sapienza University, Rome (Italy) • 64 Hours advanced training course providing skills to build a research project • Advisor: Prof. Emanuele Prinzivalli Conferences and Summer Schools 2020/08/23 - European Forum Alpbach 2020/09/03 th • EFA 75 Anniversary Online Conference • Awarded with a fee waiver scholarship for participation 2020/06/17 - Biblical Hebrew 2020/07/23 Intensive Summer Course Jerusalem (Israel) • 150 hours / 10 credits course • Teacher: Dr. Barak Dan • Rothberg International School • Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2019/09/30 - Fourth Hiob Ludolf Centre Summer School in 2019/10/05 Ethiopian and Eritrean Manuscript Studies. Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) • Ethiopian and Eritrean Manuscript Traditions: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. • Advisor: Prof. Alessandro Bausi • Organized by Universität Hamburg and Addis Abeba University • Awarded with a Scholarship for Participation 2019/07/01 - 3rd “Per l’Europa di Ventotene” Summer School 2019/07/05 Ventotene (Italy) • Summer School on Europe and Bioethics • Advisor: Prof. Andrea Patroni Griffi 2019/06/09 - 10th Enoch Seminar 2019/06/14 Florence (Italy) • Enoch and Enochic Traditions in the Early Modern Period: Reception History from the 15th Century to the End of the 19th Century • Organized by Prof. Gabriele Boccaccini, Annette Yoshiko Reed 2017/07/20 - 8th “Giorgio Colli” Philosophy Summer School 2017/07/25 Roccella Jonica (Italy) • Theme: Revolution • Organized by IISF (Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies) 2017/07/18 - 7th “Giorgio Colli” Philosophy Summer School 2017/07/23 Roccella Jonica (Italy) • Theme: Ethical Resistance Exercises • Organized by IISF (Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies) Talks Forthcoming Afterlife in 2 Maccabees. An analysis within its Second Temple Jewish context 2021/02/1-3 Leuven (Belgium) • Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense LXIX • Paper accepted 2021/01/11 Was John the Baptist an Apocalyptic Preacher? Some Enochic Remarks Online conference • 2021 Nangeroni Meeting on John the Baptist • Organized by Gabriele Boccaccini (Enoch Seminar) and Michael Daise (Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus) • Invited paper 2020/09/17 John the Baptist, the Essenes and Qumran • Discussion on the PhD Research Project with Prof. John J. Collins • Presented during the PhD Students Seminar at Sapienza University of Rome (09/17-24/2010) 2020/07/01 Enoch Seminar Online Conference • Concepts of Evil in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins • Organized by Gabriele Boccaccini and Lorenzo DiTommaso • Discussant in the Panel: How is the problem of evil and its origin addressed in the Parables of Enoch and the Synoptics? 2019/09/28 Matthew’s Eschatological Discourse: Possible Enochic Influence on Mt 24, 23-44? Bertinoro (Italy) • CISSR 2019: Annual Meeting on Christian Origins • Organized by Prof. Mauro Pesce and Prof. Adriana Destro • Paper accepted but not presented 2019/09/24 Giovanni Battista ed il giudaismo enochico. Studio storico-critico alla luce dell'Essenismo del Secondo Tempio Rome (Italy) • Discussion on the PhD Research Project with Prof. Edmondo Lupieri • Presented during the PhD Students Seminar at Sapienza University of Rome (09/24-27/2019) 2019/09/02 Già la scure è posta alla radice degli alberi: Giovanni Battista tra escatologia e purità. Ravenna (Italy) • Paper presented during the XXXIII AISG (Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Giudaismo = Italian Association for the Study of Judaism) International Congress, 2-3-4 September 2019. 2019/06/26 Repentance and Forgiveness in perspective: Continuity and Discontinuity from Enoch to Jesus. Tartu (Estonia) • Paper presented during the 17th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) Tartu, June 25 to June 29, 2019 Papers - Can we Really Talk about Enochic Judaism? An Attempt to Define the Status Quaestionis in “Materia Giudaica” XXVI (2021) – Forthcoming - Review to Cora Presezzi (a cura di), Streghe, sciamani, visionari. In margine a Storia notturna di Carlo Ginzburg, Viella, 2019, in Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi 38/1 (2021) - Già la scure è posta alla radice degli alberi: Giovanni Battista tra escatologia e purità in “Materia Giudaica” XXV (2021) - Review to Timothy