Open lectures at Exegetical symposium

First Enoch and the Book of Isaiah

Symposium and Workshop  27-28 October 2026

Symposium Program Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Place: Runda Rummet, Theologicum, Piispankatu 16, Turku

09.00 Opening Remarks

09.15-10.00 Session I

Julius Kankkunen (Doctoral Student), “From the Beginning I Have Not Spoken in Secret”: Public Revelation as an Epistemic Basis of Isaianic Prophecy in Comparison to Secret Revelation in First Enoch

10.00-10.30 Coffee Break

10.30-12.00 Session II

David Cielontko (Professor), The Servant of the Lord as the Messiah of the Book of Parables

Simo Johansson (Doctor), The Sevenfold Spirit of Isa 11:2 in the Chosen One and the Angelic Praise: 1 En. 49:3 and 61:11

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-14.30 Session III

Topias Tanskanen (Doctor), Plantation Metaphors of Isaiah in First Enoch

Leonard Metsäranta (Master’s Student), Isaiah 14 and First Enoch

14.30-15.00 Coffee Break

15.00-16.30 Session IV

Antti Laato (Professor), The Cosmic War in Isaiah 24, First Enoch, and the Ascension of Isaiah

Stefan Green (Doctor), Isaiah 66: Fire, Worm, and the Geography of Doom

Workshop Wednesday 28 October 2026

Place: Runda Rummet, Theologicum, Piispankatu 16, Turku

09.00 – 16.00

Professor Cielontko will lead an interactive workshop focusing on advanced research problems and methodologies in the study of First Enoch. In collaboration with Joonatan Laato, an expert in computational linguistics and artificial intelligence applications, the workshop in this year’s event will incorporate Large Language Models (LLMs).