Carl W. Griffin

Carl W. Griffin received a B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in Near Eastern Studies and Classics from Brigham Young University and an M.A. in Early Christian Studies from The Catholic University of America. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Early Christian Studies at The Catholic University of America. His dissertation topic is on the early Syriac poet Cyrillona.

Carl has worked at the Maxwell Institute since 2001 and serves as Associate Director of the Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts. He is also on the staff of the Maxwell Institute's Middle Eastern Texts Initiative where he serves as co-editor (with Kristian Heal) of the Eastern Christian Texts series and as an associate editor of the Library of the Christian East. Carl and his wife and daughter live in Payson, UT.

Select Publications

Monica Blanchard, Carl W. Griffin, Cornelia Horn, Janet Timbie, "The Armenian Version of the 'Life of Evagrius of Pontus,'" St. Nersess Theological Review 5-6 (2000-2001): 25-37.

Carl W. Griffin and David L. Paulsen, "Augustine and the Corporeality of God," Harvard Theological Review 95 (2002): 97-118.

Carl W. Griffin, "Early Christianity and the Question of Evil," Insights 22.7 (2002): 2-3.

Kristian S. Heal and Carl W. Griffin, eds., Syriac Manuscripts from the Vatican Library: Volume One (Provo, UT: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana & Brigham Young University, 2005).

Carl W. Griffin and Frank F. Judd Jr., "Principles of New Testament Textual Criticism," in How the New Testament Came to Be, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2006), 78-92.

Carl W. Griffin, "Digital Imaging: Looking Toward the Future of Manuscript Research," Currents in Biblical Research 5.1 (October 2006): 58-72.