# Brant Pitre

Brant James Pitre (born 1975) is a a New Testament scholar and Distinguished Research Professor of Scripture at the Augustine Institute. He has written extensively on the historical Jesus, his mother Mary, Paul the Apostle, the origin of the Eucharist and the canonical Gospels. After receiving his B.A. in Philosophy and English Literature from Louisiana State University in 1997, Pitre engaged in biblical studies: he received a G.C. in biblical archaeology in 1998 from Tel Aviv University, a M.T.S. from Vanderbilt University Divinity School in 1999 and, eventually, his Ph.D. at Notre Dame University.He was Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola University New Orleans from 2003 to 2005, while from 2005 to 2009 he was Adjunct Professor of Scripture at Notre Dame Seminary, Visiting Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and Donum Dei Professor of Word and Sacrament and Assistant Professor of Theology at Our Lady of Holy Cross College.