Updated at 12:11 p.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Grant allows UH to publish historic Egyptian writings
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i-Manoa has received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to translate, edit and publish the writings of an Egyptian author who chronicled the life and thought of Christians in 4th- and 5th-century Egypt.Associate religion professor Andrew Crislip will lead a team of scholars of Coptic language and literature to create a comprehensive edition of the works of Shenoute of Atripe, who headed a federation of Christian monasteries in Egypt.
The grant is among the largest awards this year from NEH.
