ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE AND ITS RECEPTION
Edited by
Hans-Josef Klauck, Bernard McGinn, Choon-Leong Seow, Hermann Spieckermann, Barry Dov Walfish, Eric Ziolkowski
in cooperation with
Dale Allison, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Donna Bowman, Brian Britt, Michael Cameron, Ran HaCohen, Jamey Deming, Martin Forward, Peter Gemeinhardt, Haim Goldfus, Menachem Kellner, Ann E. Killebrew, David W. Kling, Volker Leppin, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Martti Nissinen, Dennis T. Olson, Nils Holger Petersen, S. Brent Plate, Christine Roy Yoder, Thomas Römer, Günter Stemberger, Marvin A. Sweeney, Johan C. Thom, David R. Thomas, Samuel Vollenweider, Jan G. van der Watt, Sidnie White Crawford
Name
Prof. Dr. Brian Britt
Function
Religious Studies Program
Address
Dept. of Interdisciplinary Studies
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0135
USA
Telephone +1 540 231 5118
Fax +1 540 231 7013
E-Mail bbritt@vt.edu
Biography
Brian Britt is Associate Professor and Director of Religious Studies in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Tech. His research on literary and theoretical approaches to the Bible combines the analysis of biblical texts with questions of contemporary culture. In addition to articles in biblical and religious studies journals, his work includes two books: Walter Benjamin and the Bible (Continuum, 1996, Edwin Mellen Press 2003), and Rewriting Moses: The Narrative Eclipse of the Text, T&T Clark/Continuum 2004. He is currently working on biblical curses and their modern legacy. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School.