Ph.D., Candidate, University of Oxford, Great Britain.
Diploma in Jewish Studies, University of Oxford, Great Britain.
Graduate Studies in New Testament, Wheaton College Graduate School, Illinois.
B.S., General Studies, Liberty University, Virginia.
Bruce W Griffin was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His family is half-Jewish, and regularly celebrates Passover. He was baptized at a Baptist church shortly after graduating from high school. He graduated from Liberty University in 1993 with a BS in General Studies with concentrations in English, Political Science, and Religion. He attended Wheaton College Graduate School from 1993-94, and then finished a graduate degree in Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford in 1995. He has submitted his doctoral thesis in papyrology to the University of Oxford, and specializes in ancient papyri, particularly as it relates to the Christian and Jewish communities of the Roman Empire. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1997.