research overview
- Dr. Cain specializes in Greek and Latin patristic literature as well as early medieval Latin literature. His specialties include source criticism and various literary genres such as hagiography and epistolography.
- Contact Info
Cain, Andrew J Professor
Positions
- Professor, Classics
- Lecturer, Continuing Education & Professional Studies
Research Areas
Research
keywords
- Greek and Latin patristic literature, source criticism, hagiography, epistolography
Publications
selected publications
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book
- The Greek Historia Monachorum in Aegypto Monastic Hagiography in the Late Fourth Century 2016
- Jerome's Epitaph on Paula: A Commentary on the Epitaphium Sanctae Paulae 2013
- Jerome and the Monastic Clergy: A Commentary on Letter 52 to Nepotian 2013
- St. Jerome, Commentary on Galatians, Introduction, Translation and Notes 2010
- The Letters of Jerome : Asceticism, Biblical Exegesis, and the Construction of Christian Authority in Late Antiquity 2009
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chapter
- "Jerome". 274-293. 2018
- The Letter Collections of Jerome of Stridon. 221-238. 2017
- Declamation 2013
- Jerome's Pauline Commentaries between East and West: Tradition and Innovation in the Commentary on Galatians 2013
- Rethinking Jerome's Portraits of Holy Woman 2013
- Damasus 2013
- Dracontius 2013
- Gregory of Tours 2013
- Ilias Latina 2013
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Introduction.
World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics.
1-2.
2013
- Isidore of Seville 2013
- Jerome 2013
- L. Caelius Firmianus Lactantius 2013
- Many mouths motif 2013
- Marius Victorinus 2013
- Paulus Orosius 2013
- Q. Septimius Florens Tertullianus 2013
- Quintus Aurelius Symmachus 2013
- Rutilius Claudius Namatianus 2013
- Sidonius Apollinaris 2013
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Terence in Late Antiquity.
380-396.
2013
- Gregory of Tours 2010
- Hegesippus 2010
- Josephus 2010
- Salvian of Marseille 2010
- Sulpicius Severus 2010
- Victor of Tunnuna 2010
- Victor of Vita 2010
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journal article
- "Review of (C.) Gray Jerome, Vita Malchi. Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary. Pp. xviii + 365, map. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015." Classical Review. 68 (2) (2018): 442-444. Classical Review. 442-444. 2018
- Review of A NEW EDITION OF AND COMMENTARY ON JEROME'S VITA MALCHI. (C.) Gray Jerome, Vita Malchi. Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary. Pp. xviii + 365, map. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Classical Review. 1-1. 2018
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Rufinus' Historia monachorum in Aegypto and the Promulgation of Evagrian Ascetic Teaching.
Vigiliae Christianae.
285-314.
2017
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TWO ALLUSIONS TO TERENCE, EUNUCHUS 579 IN JEROME.
Classical Quarterly.
407-412.
2013
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The Greek Historia monachorum in Aegypto and Athanasius' Life of Antony.
Vigiliae Christianae.
349-363.
2013
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AN UNIDENTIFIED PATRISTIC QUOTATION IN JEROME'S COMMENTARY ON GALATIANS (3.6.11).
Journal of Theological Studies.
216-225.
2010
- Jerome's Epitaphium Paulae: Hagiography, Pilgrimage, and the Cult of Saint Paula. Journal of Early Christian Studies. 105-139. 2010
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The Monk and the Book: Jerome and the Making of Christian Scholarship.
International Journal of the Classical Tradition.
134-138.
2010
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Gregory of Elvira, Lactantius, and the Reception of the De ira Dei.
Vigiliae Christianae.
109-114.
2010
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THREE FURTHER ECHOES OF LACTANTIUS IN JEROME.
Philologus.
88-96.
2010
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LIBER MANET: PLINY, EP. 9.27.2 AND JEROME, EP. 130.19.5.
Classical Quarterly.
708-710.
2008
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Vox clamantis in deserto: Rhetoric, reproach, and the forging of ascetic authority in Jerome's letters from the Syrian desert.
Journal of Theological Studies.
500-525.
2006
- Origen, Jerome, and the senatus Pharisaeorum. Latomus. 727-734. 2006
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Jerome on virginity. A commentary on the 'Libellus de Virginitate Servanda' (Letter 22)..
Classical Review.
158-160.
2005
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Miracles, martyrs, and Arians: Gregory of Tours' sources for his account of The vandal kingdom.
Vigiliae Christianae.
412-437.
2005
- Defending Hedibia and Detecting Eusebius: Jerome's Correspondence with Two Gallic Women (Epist. 120-21). Medieval Prosopography. 15-33. 2003
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Teaching
courses taught
- CLAS 4130 Greek and Roman Comedy (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 4840 Independent Study (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 4852 Honors Thesis (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 5840 Graduate Independent Study (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 6952 Master's Thesis (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 7840 Graduate Independent Study (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 8992 Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2019)
- LATN 3024 Introduction to Latin Poetry (Spring 2019)
- LATN 6844 Graduate Independent Study (Spring 2019)
- CLAS 1140 Bread and Circuses: Society and Culture in the Roman World (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 4840 Independent Study (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 4852 Honors Thesis (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 5840 Graduate Independent Study (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 6952 Master's Thesis (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 7840 Graduate Independent Study (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 8992 Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2018)
- LATN 5404 Special Project: Teaching (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 4130 Greek and Roman Comedy (Fall 2018)
- CLAS 4130 Greek and Roman Comedy (Summer 2018)
- HUMN 4130 Greek and Roman Comedy (Summer 2018)
- CLAS 5840 Graduate Independent Study (Summer 2018)
- CLAS 4840 Independent Study (Summer 2018)
- LATN 6844 Graduate Independent Study (Summer 2018)
- CLAS 4840 Independent Study (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 4852 Honors Thesis (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 5840 Graduate Independent Study (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 6952 Master's Thesis (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 7840 Graduate Independent Study (Spring 2018)
- CLAS 8992 Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2018)
- LATN 6844 Graduate Independent Study (Spring 2018)
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Cornell University 2003
- M.A., Cornell University 2001
- B.A., University of South Carolina - Columbia 1998
awards and honors
International Activities
global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)
- Germany Country
- Israel Country
- Sweden Country
- Switzerland Country