Christian M. M. Brady
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Christian M. M. Brady

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Christian M. M. Brady is an American scholar who specializes in biblical literature, rabbinic literature, and the targumim, especially Targum Lamentations and Targum Ruth. He is the inaugural Dean of the Lewis Honors College and Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Kentucky (2017). Brady grew up in Montgomery Village, Maryland and received a B.A. from Cornell University in History and Near Eastern Studies with a concentration in Religious Studies. He went on to earn an M.A. from Wheaton College, Illinois in Biblical and Theological Studies, a graduate diploma in Jewish Studies from the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford, and a D.Phil. in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford where he was a member of St. Cross College. Dr. Brady is married to Elizabeth Walma Brady and they have a daughter Isabel (Izzy) and a son Mack who died aged 8 on December 31, 2012. Mack's death prompted an outpouring of sympathy from the local community. A scholarship fund established in Mack Brady's name supports Penn State soccer. He is an ordained priest in The Episcopal Church (USA), is Canon Theologian in the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington (KY), and writes about Christian theology and issues relating to grief and suffering. His latest book on the subject is Beautiful and Terrible Things: A Christian Struggle with Suffering, Grief, and Hope.
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