| Home | Announcements | Faculty | Courses | Cybrary | Links | Web Ring |
Jed Wyrick, an assistant professor of Religious Studies since the Fall of 1999, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, into a family of classical musicians. Dr. Wyrick received his B. A. from Brandeis University in Classics (Greek and Latin literature) in 1990, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in Comparative Literature (specializing in ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Yiddish) in 1999. Dr. Wyrick is an enthusiast of ancient culture, literature, religion, biblical interpretation, and dead languages, and is interested in the Jewish and Hellenistic roots of Western thought.
Dr. Wyrick specializes in teaching Judaism, where he emphasizes the tradition's biblical and rabbinic roots, medieval and post-Enlightenment challenges, and literary and philosophical responses to modernity. He also teaches courses in the history of Western religion (including Christianity and Islam), the Bible, Religious Dimensions of Literature, Cults and Sects, and Myth and Ritual. Dr. Wyrick has taught Modern Hebrew, and frequently instructs students in ancient Greek, Latin, and the piano in his spare time. He enjoys reading science fiction (especially the writings of Robert Jordan and J.R.R. Tolkien), philosophy, and literary theory.
Dr. Wyrick is the author of The Ascension of Authorship: Attribution, Textualization, and Canon Formation in Jewish, Hellenistic, and Christian Traditions (soon to be published by Harvard University Press).