The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship is hosting a Wonder of Scripture Lecture Series, every Friday this semester. These lectures feature scholars from across campus and the world will dive deep into scripture and its meaning.
Kristian Heal is a senior research fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. His research focuses on the reception of the Hebrew Bible in early Christian literature and worship. He took a BA in Jewish History from University College London, an MSt in Syriac studies from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in Theology from the University of Birmingham.
Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Heal was the associate director of the Maxwell Institute (2017-2018), the director of BYU’s Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (2004-2016), and the editor of BYU’s Eastern Christian Texts Series (2002-2018). Dr. Heal is the author or editor of nine book, most recently Genesis 37 and 39 in the Early Syriac Tradition (Brill, 2023), and Narsai: The Homilies. Volume 1, which he edited with Aaron Butts and Robert Kitchen (Peeters, 2024).