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.
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.
Duke University, Ph.D., 1978, with W. D. Davies as her dissertation supervisor.
Gaventa joined the Baylor faculty in 2013. She previously taught at:
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1992-2013
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1987-1992,
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 (U.S.A.) and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas.
Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University, 2004-
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.
2016. When in Romans: An Invitation to Linger with the Gospel According to Paul, Grand Rapids: Baker Press. Description. Forthcoming, Nov. 15.
2007. Our Mother Saint Paul, John Knox. Description and preview from Amazon.com. Book review: Jean Rodenbough, 2015. "Immersion in the World of “Our Mother Saint Paul," Christian Feminism Today.
2003. The Acts of the Apostles, Abingdon. Description. Review: Paul W. Walaskay, 2005. Interpretation, 59, February, p. 304.
1999 [1995]. Mary: Glimpses of the Mother of Jesus, Fortress [University of South Carolina Press]. Description and contents.
1998. I and II Thessalonians, Interpretation Commentary Series. Westminster John Knox Press. Description and Amazon.com "Look inside" for TOC and first pages.
1986. From Darkness to Light: Aspects of Conversion in the New Testament in the New Testament, Fortress. Book review: Robin Scroggs, 1988, Journal of Biblical Literature, 107(2), June, pp. 322-324.
Articles
2015. "A Word of Gratitude," in I (Still) Believe: Leading Bible Scholars Share Their Stories of Faith and Scholarship, edited by John Byron and Joel N. Lohr, pp. 83-92. Eerdmans.
1986. "Galatians 1 and 2: Autobiography as Paradigm," Novum Testamentum, 28(4), pp. 309–326.
2013. Apocalyptic Paul: Cosmos and Anthropos in Romans 5-8, Baylor University Press. Review: Matthew V. Novenson, 2015, "Theological-Exegetical Essays on Romans 5-8," The Expository Times, 2015, 126(9), June, pp. 494-495.
2010. The New Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary, coedited with David L. Petersen. Description and Contents. Abingdon Press.
2008. Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage, coedited with Richard B. Hays. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Description and Contents. Review: Bronwyn Naismith, 2009. [Untitled review], Australian Biblical Review, 57.
2008. The Child in the Bible, coedited with Marcia Bunge and Terence Fretheim. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Review: A. James Murphy, 2010. PDF, Journal of Childhood and Religion, 1.
