Download or read book Biblical Curses and the Displacement of Tradition written by Brian Britt and published by Sheffield Phoenix Press Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Biblical Curses and the Displacement of Tradition Brian Britt offers an intriguing perspective on curses as the focus of debates over the power, pleasure, and danger of words. Biblical authors transformed ancient Near Eastern curses against rival ethnic groups, disobedient ancestors, and the day of one's own birth with great variety and ingenuity. This study argues that biblical, early modern, and contemporary transformations of curses constitute displacements rather than replacements of earlier traditions. Brian Britt is Professor in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.