Beverly Roberts Gaventa

Beverly Roberts Gaventa is Distinguished Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Baylor University and Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis Emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Biography
Beverly Roberts Gaventa matriculated at: Phillips University, B.A., 1970; Union Theological Seminary, New York City, M.Div., 1973, studying with Raymond E. Brown and J. Louis Martyn; and Duke University, Ph.D., 1978, with W. D. Davies as her dissertation supervisor.

Gaventa taught at Baylor University (2013-2021), Princeton Theological Seminary (1992–2013), Columbia Theological Seminary (1987–1992), and Colgate Rochester Divinity School (1976–1987)

She was elected president of the Society of Biblical Literature for 2016. She is an editor-at-large for The Christian Century. She is a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and a member of the University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas.

Honors

 * Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University, 2004–2021
 * Member, Center of Theological Inquiry, 2000–2001, 2004–2005
 * Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), Christian Theological Seminary, 2002
 * Award of Special Merit, Disciples Theological Digest, 1988 (for Gaventa's book From Darkness to Light, 1986)
 * Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa), Kalamazoo College, 1983
 * Award for Theological Scholarship and Research, Association of Theological Schools, 1981–82
 * A Festschrift, The Unrelenting God: God's Action In Scripture in 2013, to honor Gaventa.
 * Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies, British Academy, 2020

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