The winner of this year鈥檚听听is Andy Cain, for his book,听听(Oxford UP, 2016). The book revisits one of the听foundational texts on fourth-century monasticism in Egypt. The committee cited the clarity of the work鈥檚 presentation and the depth of the analysis it offered, along with the manner in which it allows the reader to move from听close readings of the text to a 鈥檚troll鈥� through the events that accompanied the seven monks from Jerusalem to Egypt, as grounds for its selection.
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Many congratulations to Andy Cain!
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