Beverly Roberts Gaventa is Distinguished Professor of New Testament Interpretation at

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Biography

Beverly Roberts Gaventa

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, B.A., 1970; Union Theological Seminary, New York City, M.Div., 1973, studying with

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, Ph.D., 1978, with

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as her dissertation supervisor. Gaventa taught at Princeton Theological Seminary (1992–2013),

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(1987–1992), and

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(1976–1987) before she joined the Baylor faculty in 2013. She was elected president of the

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for 2016. She is an editor-at-large for ''

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and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas.

Honors

* Extraordinary Professor,

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, 2004–present * Member,

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, 2000–2001, 2004–2005 * Doctor of Letters (

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, 2002 * Award of Special Merit, ''Disciples Theological Digest'', 1988 (for Gaventa's book ''From Darkness to Light'', 1986) * Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa),

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, 1983 * Award for Theological Scholarship and Research,

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, 1981–82 * A ''

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'', ''The Unrelenting God: God's Action In Scripture'' in 2013, to honor Gaventa. *

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, British Academy, 2020

Selected works

Books

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Articles and chapters

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Edited volumes

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Notes

External links

* 2014, November 6
Beverly Roberts Gaventa , Biblical Studies Online
28th Carmichael-Walling Lectures at

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. 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'"

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