{"id":4722,"name":"Brett Maiden","url":"","description":"Brett is a doctoral candidate in Emory\u2019s Graduate Division of Religion specializing in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern religions. His dissertation, \u201cCognitive Aspects of Ancient Israelite Religion,\u201d utilizes tools from the cognitive and brain sciences to explore how pan-cultural proclivities shaped local expression of religion, art, and culture in ancient Israel. Brett earned a Bachelor\u2019s in Religious Studies and Classics from the University of Arizona and a Master\u2019s in biblical languages from Yale. At Emory, he is an affiliate of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture and has served as a fellow at the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry.","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/cmbc\/author\/brettmaiden\/","slug":"brettmaiden","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02f5afa0e752d2fdc26dad1fcd91f253626e2984ee0b30b421aa0d00c3771117?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02f5afa0e752d2fdc26dad1fcd91f253626e2984ee0b30b421aa0d00c3771117?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02f5afa0e752d2fdc26dad1fcd91f253626e2984ee0b30b421aa0d00c3771117?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/cmbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/cmbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}