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Andrew (Andy) Cain Professor of Classics University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309 Ac@Colorado.Edu Andrew (Andy) Cain Professor of Classics University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309 [email protected] Date and Place of Birth 1976 Marietta, OH Education 2003 Ph.D., Cornell University 1999 École Nationale des Chartes, Paris 1998 B.A. Greek & Latin, Italian, University of South Carolina (summa cum laude) Academic Employment 2017- Professor of Classics, University of Colorado at Boulder 2010-17 Associate Professor of Classics, University of Colorado at Boulder 2003-10 Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Colorado at Boulder Editorial Positions 2018- Editor, Journal of Late Antiquity 2019- Associate Editor, Vigiliae Christianae 2012- Editorial Board, Fathers of the Church 2014- Editorial Board, Writings from the Greco-Roman World 2013-17 Associate Editor, Journal of Late Antiquity Languages Modern: French (fluent written/spoken), Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese Medieval: Latin, Italian, Old French (dialects: Langue d’oc and Anglo-Norman) Ancient: Greek, Latin, Coptic (intermediate), Hebrew (elementary) Research Specialties • Greek and Latin literature of Late Antiquity • Medieval and Renaissance Latin literature • The Classical tradition • Subfield expertise: source criticism, paleography, prosopography • Literary genres: hagiography, epistolography, comedy, martyrology, biblical commentary 1 Books: Single Author • The Letters of Jerome: Asceticism, Biblical Exegesis, and the Construction of Christian Authority in Late Antiquity. Oxford Early Christian Studies Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. vii + 286 pp. Award: Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award (2009) Reviews: Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 61 (2010): 354- 355; J.H.D. Scourfield, Journal of Roman Studies 101 (2011): 330-331; Robert Hayward, Catholic Historical Review 96 (2010): 762-763; Hilmar Pabel, Church History 79 (2010): 683-685; Juan José Almazán, Augustinianum 49 (2009): 540; Neil Adkin, Journal of Theological Studies 61 (2010): 359-361; Régis Courtray, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.11.45; Pierre-Maurice Bogaert, Revue Bénédictine 119 (2009): 421-422; Megan Hale Williams, Journal of Early Christian Studies 18 (2010): 652-653; Katharina Greschat, Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte 121 (2010): 91-93; Adrian Brändli, Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 17 (2013): 615-619 • Jerome, Commentary on Galatians: Introduction, Translation, and Notes. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2010. xxv + 283 pp. • Jerome’s Epitaph on Paula: A Commentary on the Epitaphium Sanctae Paulae, with an Introduction, Text, and Translation. Oxford Early Christian Texts Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. xxviii + 569 pp. Award: Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award (2015) Reviews: Mark Vessey, Journal of Medieval Latin 28 (2018): 345-347; Bronwen Neil, Catholic Historical Review 100 (2014): 106-107; Philip Rousseau, Journal of Early Christian Studies 24 (2016): 448-451; Matthew Kraus, Review of Biblical Literature 2015.01.42; Paul Harvey, Journal of Roman Studies 105 (2015): 458-459; Neil Adkin, Journal of Theological Studies 65 (2014): 304- 306; Thomas Hunt, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 66 (2015): 395-396 • Jerome and the Monastic Clergy: A Commentary on Letter 52 to Nepotian, with an Introduction, Text, and Translation. Vigiliae Christianae Supplements Series. Leiden: Brill, 2013. xiv + 336 pp. Reviews: Carolinne White, Journal of Theological Studies 65 (2014): 748-751; Neil Adkin, Eirene 54 (2014): 361-363; Michael Wissemann, Gymnasium 121 (2014): 522-524 • The Greek Historia monachorum in Aegypto: Monastic Hagiography in the Late Fourth Century. Oxford Early Christian Studies Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. xii + 329 pp. Award: Eugene M. Kayden Book Award (2017) Reviews: Paul Dilley, Journal of Hellenic Studies 138 (2018): 266-267; Zachary Smith, Reading Religion, February 2017; Stephanos Efthymiadis, Catholic Historical Review 103 (2017): 331-333; Philip Rousseau, Journal of Theological Studies 68 (2017): 785-787; James Corke-Webster, Classical Review 68 (2018): 2 69-71; Carson Bay, Reviews in Religion & Theology 24 (2017): 250-252; Scott Boins, Journal of Early Christian Studies 33 (2018): 334-336; X. Lequeux, Analecta Bollandiana 137 (2019): 185; Theresa Urbainczyk, Gnomon 90 (2018): 262-263 • Rufinus of Aquileia, Inquiry about the Monks in Egypt (Historia monachorum in Aegypto). Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2019. xxx + 238 pp. Reviews: Scott Bruce, Journal of Late Antiquity 13 (2020) • Jerome’s Commentaries on the Pauline Epistles and the Architecture of Exegetical Authority. Oxford Early Christian Studies Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press. In press (to appear in 2021) Books: Editor • The Power of Religion in Late Antiquity, ed. with Noel Lenski. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2009. 464 pp. Reviews: Peter Van Nuffelen, Classical Review 61 (2011): 616-618; Neil McLynn, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 63 (2012): 119-121; Michel Matter, Revue d’histoire et de philosophie religieuses 90 (2010): 548-549; David Woods, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.09.31; Vincenzo Aiello, Bollettino di Studi Latini 40 (2010): 844-850; Dennis Quinn, Religious Studies Review 36 (2010): 293-294; Karl Leo Noethlichs, Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum 53 (2010): 185-92; Sylvain Destephen, Antiquité Tardive 19 (2011): 340-345; Jeremy Schott, Church History 80 (2011): 647-648 • Jerome of Stridon: His Life, Writings and Legacy, ed. with Josef Lössl. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2009. 283 pp. Reviews: Michael Graves, Journal of Late Antiquity 3 (2010): 386-389; Francesco Pieri, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.07.31; Richard Goodrich, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 61 (2010): 803-804; Thomas Hunt, Journal of Theological Studies 61 (2010): 797-800; Görge Hasselhoff, Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte 62 (2010): 299-301; Jérôme Lagouanère, Revue d’études augustiniennes et patristiques 57 (2011): 462 • The Oxford Handbook of Jerome, ed. with Stefan Rebenich. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Under contract and to appear in 2022 • Omnium magistra virtutum: Essays in Honor of Danuta R. Shanzer, ed. with B. Gregory Hays. Turnhout: Brepols. Under contract and to appear in 2022 • Shifting Paradigms in the Study of Jerome, ed. with Jessica van ‘t Westeinde and Matthew Kraus. Forthcoming with Peeters • Hieronymus Noster: Jerome’s Exegetical, Theological and Philological Work, ed. with Jan Dominik Bogataj, David Movrin, Miran Špelič, Dominic Moreau, etc. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022 3 Journal: Editor • Journal of Late Antiquity o Issue 11.1 (spring 2018): 8 articles, 7 book reviews; 248 pp. o Issue 11.2 (fall 2018): 7 articles, 8 book reviews; 204 pp. o Issue 12.1 (spring 2019): 8 articles, 7 book reviews; 271 pp. o Issue 12.2 (fall 2019): 8 articles, 8 book reviews; 291 pp. o Issue 13.1 (spring 2020): 8 articles, 8 book reviews; 189 pp. o Issue 13.2 (fall 2020): 9 articles, 8 book reviews; 271 pp. • 2019 “Codex Award”: awarded once per year by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals in recognition of the best journal on any subject before 1500 Translation Volumes: Editor • D. Eastman, The Ancient Martyrdom Accounts of Peter and Paul. Writings from the Greco-Roman World no. 39. SBL Press, 2015 • T. de Bruyn, S.A. Cooper, D.G. Hunter, Ambrosiaster’s Commentary on the Pauline Epistles: Romans. Writings from the Greco-Roman World no. 41. SBL Press, 2017 • C. Whiting, Documents from the Luciferians: In Defense of the Nicene Creed. Writings from the Greco-Roman World no. 43. SBL Press, 2019 • M. Graves, Jerome’s Epistle 106: Textual and Exegetical Studies in the Psalter. Writings from the Greco-Roman World. SBL Press, 2021 Volumes (Other): Consulting Editor • Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism Series (Gale Cengage Publishing). Volumes: #157, Jerome of Stridon (2013); #158, Gregory of Tours (2013); #162, Peter Abelard (2014); #163, Herodotus (2014); #165, Theodoret of Cyrrhus (2014); #168, Origen of Alexandria (2014); #168, Athanasius (2014); #169, Ennius (2015); #169, Martial (2015); #170, Lucretius (2015); #170, Petronius (2015); #171, Empedocles (2015); #171, Phaedrus (2015); #171, Philostratus (2015); #172, Euclid (2015); #173, Julius Caesar (2015); #174, Hippolytus (2015); #174, Shakespeare and Ovid (2015); #175, Cicero, De oratore (2015); #176, Euripides, Orestes (2015); #176, Aristophanes, Wasps (2015); #177, Pythagoras (2016); #178, Tyrtaeus (2016); #178, Socrates (2016); #178, Ovid, Metamorphoses (2016); #179, Varro (2016); #180, Aristophanes, Birds (2016); #180, Ambrose (2016); #181, Boethius (2016); #181, Columella (2016); #182, Demosthenes (2017); #182, Longus (2017); #184, Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus (2017); #185, Parmenides (2017); #187, Ignatius of Antioch (2017); #188, Seneca the Elder (2017); #194, John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Statues (2018); #199, Ambrosiaster (2018); #201, Callimachus (2019); #202, Minucius Felix (2019); #204, Plato (2019); #205, Plato, Symposium (2019) 4 Articles: Peer-refereed Journals • “Defending Hedibia and Detecting Eusebius: Jerome’s Correspondence with Two Gallic Women (Epp. 120-121),” Medieval Prosopography 24 (2003): 15-34 • “In Ambrosiaster’s Shadow: A Critical Re-evaluation of the Last Surviving Letter- exchange between Pope Damasus and Jerome,” Revue des Études Augustiniennes 51 (2005): 257-277 • “Miracles, Martyrs, and Arians: Gregory of Tours’ Sources for his Account of the Vandal Kingdom,” Vigiliae Christianae 59 (2005): 412-437 • “Vox clamantis in deserto: Rhetoric, Reproach, and the Forging of Ascetic Authority in
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