Beverly Roberts Gaventa is Distinguished Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Baylor UniversityBaylor University || Department of Religion || Beverly Roberts Gaventa. and Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis Emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary."Seminary Lecture Highlights Modern Urgency of Paul’s Ancient Letter to Romans," The Progress-Index, Petersburg, Virginia. Apr. 23, 2017.
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;Serene Jones, 2015. Union Mourns Professor Lou Martyn," Union Theological Seminary Newsletter, June. and Duke University, Ph.D., 1978, with W. D. Davies as her dissertation supervisor.Baylor Media Communications, 2012. "Dr. Beverly Roberts Gaventa Appointed Distinguished Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Baylor University", December 11.
Gaventa taught at Baylor University (2013-2021), Princeton Theological Seminary (1992–2013), Columbia Theological Seminary (1987–1992), and Colgate Rochester Divinity School (1976–1987)Above years in CV of Beverly Roberts Gaventa from Department of Religion, Baylor University.Baylor University || Department of Religion || Beverly Roberts Gaventa.
She was elected president of the Society of Biblical Literature for 2016.Society of Biblical Literature - Council. She is an editor-at-large for The Christian Century.Staff | The Christian Century and article links at Beverly Roberts Gaventa | 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.David J. Downs and Matthew L. Skinner, eds., 2013. The Unrelenting God: God's Action In Scripture, Essays in Honor of Beverly Roberts Gaventa. Description & link to Google preview. William B. Eerdmans. Book review: Matthew V. Novenson, 2015, "Essays on God in the Bible in Honor of Beverly Roberts Gaventa", The Expository Times, 2015, 126(9), June, p. 494. Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies, British Academy, 2020
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External links 2014, November 6. Beverly Roberts Gaventa | Biblical Studies Online, 28th Carmichael-Walling Lectures at Abilene Christian University. Links to 2 videos: "God's Outsized Faithfulness to Israel: Thinking Again about Romans 9-11" "Questions about Torah, Answers about Christ: A Strange Silence in Romans 9-11 (esp. Rom 10:4)" 2012, March 17. "Beverly Roberts Gaventa 'Listening to Romans with Junia and Her Sisters'", United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities