Dr Meredith Warren awarded the prestigious Frank W. Beare Award by the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies.

Dr Meredith Warren was recently awarded the prestigious Frank W. Beare award for her brilliant book, Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean (Routledge 2022).

Book front cover
Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean book front cover

Dr Meredith Warren's book, Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean (Routledge 2022) was recently awarded the prestigious Frank W. Beare Award by the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies. 

The award was announced at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada on 27 May 2023. 

The Frank W. Beare Award 鈥渞ecognizes an outstanding book in the areas of Christian Origins, Post-Biblical Judaism and/or Graeco-Roman Religions鈥 The category of 鈥渙utstanding鈥 ought to be understood expansively and may be characterized by persuasiveness and originality, theoretical or methodological innovation, intellectual creativity, and/or the high quality of scholarship that reaches beyond the academic guild and is public-facing.鈥 

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