BEVERLY ROBERTS GAVENTA

Education Ph.D , 1978 M.Div. Union Theological Seminary (NYC), 1973 B.A. Phillips University, 1970

Academic Honors President of the Society of Biblical Literature, 2016 Recipient of Festschrift, The Unrelenting God: God’s Action in Scripture. Essays in Honor of Beverly Roberts Gaventa. Edited by David J. Downs and Matthew L. Skinner. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013 Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2013- Extraordinary Professor , 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 From Darkness to Light) Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa), Kalamazoo College, 1983 Award for Theological Scholarship and Research, Association of Theological Schools, 1981-82 Gurney Harris Kearns Fellow, Duke University, 1974-75 Graduate Fellowship, Duke University, 1973-74 Ida V. Holland Scholarship, Union Theological Seminary, 1971-72 Phillips Merit Scholarship, Phillips University, 1966-70

Professional Experience 2013- Distinguished Professor of New Testament 1995-2013 Helen H. P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis Princeton Theological Seminary 1992-1995 Associate Professor of New Testament Princeton Theological Seminary 1987-1992 Professor of New Testament Columbia Theological Seminary 1979-1987 Associate Professor of New Testament Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall/ Crozer Theological Seminary 1976-1979 Assistant Professor of New Testament Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall/ Crozer Theological Seminary 1983-1984 Adjunct Associate Professor of Religious Studies University of Rochester 1978-1979 Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament Union Theological Seminary (NYC) 1977-1980 Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies University of Rochester

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Publications

Books From Darkness to Light: Aspects of Conversion in the New Testament. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986.

The Conversation Continues: Studies in Paul and John in Honor of J. Louis Martyn. Edited with Robert T. Fortna. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1990.

Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary on the NRSV. Three vols. With Walter Brueggemann, Charles Cousar, Clinton McCann, and James Newsome. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993- 1995.

Mary: Glimpses of the Mother of Jesus. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1995; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1999.

Easter: Interpreting the Lessons of the Church Year. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996.

I and II Thessalonians. Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1998.

The HarperCollins Bible Commentary. Rev. ed. Associate editor with James L. Mays, et al. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2000.

Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary. Edited with Cynthia Rigby. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002.

The Acts of the Apostles. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2003.

The Ending of Mark and the Ends of God: Essays in Memory of Donald Harrisville Juel. Edited with Patrick D. Miller. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2006.

Our Mother Saint Paul. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007.

Seeking the Identity of Jesus. Edited with Richard B. Hays. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.

The Child in the Bible. Edited with Marcia Bunge and Terence Fretheim. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.

The New Interpreter’s Bible One Volume Commentary. Edited with David L. Petersen. Nashville: Abingdon, 2010.

Apocalyptic Paul. Edited volume. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2013.

When in Romans: An Invitation to Linger with the Gospel According to Paul. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2016.

Articles “Comparing Paul and Judaism: Rethinking Our Methods.” Biblical Theology Bulletin 10 (1980) 37-44.

“‘You Will Be My Witnesses’: Aspects of Mission in the Acts of the Apostles.” Missiology 10 (1982) 413-25. 3

“The Eschatology of Luke-Acts Revisited.” Encounter 43 (1982) 27-42.

“‘You Proclaim the Lord's Death’: I Corinthians 11:26 and Paul's Understanding of Worship.” Review and Expositor 80 (1983) 377-87.

“The Scandal of Vocation.” Christian Ministry 14 (1983) 33-34.

“The Bible and the New York Times: Ministry in Tension.” Lexington Theological Quarterly 18 (1983) 101-106.

“What Makes Preaching Biblical?” Christian Ministry 15 (1984) 7-10.

“‘Where Then is Boasting?’: Romans 3:27 and Its Contexts.” Proceedings of the Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society 5 (1985) 57-66.

“The Overthrown Enemy: Luke's Portrait of Paul.” Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers 1985. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1985. Pp. 439-49.

“To Speak Thy Word With All Boldness: Acts 4:23-36.” Faith and Mission 3 (1986) 76-82.

“Galatians 1 and 2: Autobiography as Paradigm.” Novum Testamentum 28 (1986) 309-326.

“Advent as Apocalypse.” Quarterly Review 6 (1986) 54-83.

“The Rhetoric of Death in the Wisdom of Solomon and in Paul.” The Listening Heart: Essays in Wisdom and the Psalms in Honor of Roland E. Murphy, O.Carm. Edited by K. G. Hoglund et al. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1987. Pp. 127-45.

“The Reconsideration of a Tradition: The Disciples and the New Testament.” Disciples Theological Digest 2 (1987) 63-67.

“Toward a Theology of Acts: Reading and Rereading.” Interpretation 42 (1988) 146-57.

“Conversion and Transformation on the Damascus Road.” Evangelism in the Reformed Tradition. Edited by Arnold B. Lovell. Decatur, GA: CTS Press, 1990. Pp. 58-69.

“A Place for Mary in Protestant Preaching?” The Journal for Preachers 14 (1991) 32-36.

“Apostles as Babes and Nurses in 1 Thessalonians 2:7.” Faith and History in the New Testament: Essays in Honor of Paul W. Meyer. Edited by John T. Carroll, Charles H. Cosgrove, E. Elizabeth Johnson. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991. Pp. 193-207.

“The Singularity of the Gospel: A Reading of Galatians.” Pauline Theology: Vol. I. Edited by Jouette Bassler. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991. Pp. 147-59.

“Conversion in the Bible.” Handbook of Religious Conversion. Edited by H. Newton Malony and Samuel Southard. Birmingham: Religious Education Press, 1992. Pp. 41-54.

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“Romans.” The Women's Bible Commentary. Edited by Carol Newsom and Sharon Ringe. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992. Pp. 313-20.

“Conversion,” “Cornelius,” “Ethiopian Eunuch.” The Anchor Bible Dictionary. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

“The Peril of Modernizing Henry Joel Cadbury.” Cadbury, Knox, and Talbert: American Contributions to the Study of Acts. Edited by Mikeal C. Parsons and Joseph B. Tyson. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992. Pp. 7- 26, 46-51.

“Living By the Word.” Christian Century 110 (1993) 451, 483, 515, 549, 595, 629, 669, 709, 739, 773.

“A Place for Mary in Protestant Ministry?” Word and World 13 (1993) 383-78.

“The Challenge of Christmas.” Christian Century 110 (1993) 1270-80.

“The Acts of the Apostles” (Introduction and Annotations). Harper Collins Study Bible. Edited by Wayne A. Meeks. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Pp. 2056-2112.

“Apostle and Church in 2 Corinthians.” Pauline Theology: Vol. II. Edited by David M. Hay. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993. Pp. 182-99.

“Response to ‘The Bible and Human Sexuality.’” American Baptist Quarterly 12 (1993) 329-33.

“A World of Limits and the God of Abundance.” Journal of Stewardship 46 (1994) 47-54.

“Our Mother St. Paul: Toward the Recovery of a Neglected Theme.” Princeton Seminary Bulletin 17 (1996) 29-44. (Repr. in A Feminist Companion to Paul. Edited by Amy-Jill Levine. London: T.&.T. Clark, 2004. Pp. 85-97.)

“The Archive of Excess: John 21 and the Problem of Narrative Closure.” Exploring the Gospel of John: In Honor of D. Moody Smith. Edited by R. Alan Culpepper and C. Clifton Black. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1996. Pp. 240-52.

“Mother's Milk and Ministry in 1 Corinthians 3.” Theology and Ethics in Paul and His Interpreters: Essays in Honor of Victor Paul Furnish. Edited by Eugene H. Lovering, Jr. and Jerry L. Sumney. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996. Pp. 101-113.

“Glimpses of Mary.” Bible Review 12 (1996) 17, 48.

“Fresh Eyes, Personal Voice.” Christian Century 113 (1996) 128-29.

“‘All Generations Will Call Me Blessed’: Mary in Biblical and Ecumenical Perspective.” Princeton Seminary Bulletin 18 (1997) 250-61; republished in A Feminist Companion to Mariology. Edited by Amy-Jill Levine with Maria Mayo Robbins. London: T. & T. Clark, 2005. Pp. 121-29.

“Preaching as the Re-Reading of Scripture.” Co-authored with Patrick J. Willson. Interpretation 52 (1998) 392-406.

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“The Economy of Grace: Reflections on 2 Corinthians 8 and 9.” Grace Upon Grace. Edited by Robert K. Johnson, L. Gregory Jones, and Jonathan R. Willson. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999. Pp. 511-62.

“Is Galatians Just a ‘Guy Thing’? A Theological Reflection.” Interpretation 54 (2000) 267-78.

“Mary,” “First Letter to the Thessalonians,” “Second Letter to the Thessalonians.” Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by D. N. Freedman. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Pp. 863-65, 1298-1300.

“Traditions in Conversation and Collision: Reflections on Multiculturalism in the Acts of the Apostles.” Making Room at the Table. Edited by Brian K. Blount and Leonora Tubbs Tisdale. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001. Pp. 30-41.

“Essay Review of J. Louis Martyn, Galatians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary.” Review of Biblical Literature 3 (2001) 54-59.

“Witnessing to the Gospel in the Acts of the Apostles: Beyond the Conversion or Conversation Dilemma.” Word and World 22 (2002) 238-45.

“Standing Near the Cross: Mary and the Crucifixion of Jesus.” Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary. Edited by Beverly R. Gaventa and Cynthia Rigby. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002. Pp. 47-56.

“Galatians.” Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible. Edited by James D.G. Dunn and John W. Rogerson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003. Pp. 1374-84.

“Theology and Ecclesiology in the Miletus Speech: Reflections on Content and Context.” New Testament Studies 50 (2004) 28-39.

“Initiatives Divine and Human in the Lukan Story World.” The Holy Spirit and Christian Origins: Essays in Honor of James D. G. Dunn. Edited by Grahan N. Stanton, Bruce W. Longenecker, and Stephen C. Barton. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004. Pp. 79-89.

“'Nothing Will Be Impossible With God': Mary as the Mother of Believers.” Mary Mother of God. Edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004. Pp. 19-35.

“What Ever Happened to Those Prophesying Daughters?” A Feminist Companion to the Acts of the Apostles. Edited by Amy-Jill Levine. London: T. & T. Clark, 2004. Pp. 49-60.

“The Cosmic Power of Sin in Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Toward a Widescreen Edition.” Interpretation 53 (2004) 229-40.

“‘Turning the World Upside Down’: A Reflection on the Acts of the Apostles.” Shaking Heaven and Earth: Essays in Honor of Walter Brueggemann and Charles B. Cousar. Eds. C. Yoder et al. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2005. Pp. 105-116.

“The God Who Will Not Be ‘Taken-for-Granted’: Reflections on Paul’s Letter to the Romans.” The Ending of Mark and the Ends of God: Essays in Memory of Donald Harrisville Juel. Eds. Patrick D. Miller and Beverly R. Gaventa. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2005. Pp. 77-89. 6

“‘God Handed Them Over’: Reading Romans 1:18-32 Apocalyptically.” Australian Biblical Review 53 (2005) 42-53.

“Attentive to the Text: J. Louis Martyn.” Christian Century 122:4 (2005) 23-25.

“Acts of the Apostles.” The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. 1. Edited by . Nashville: Abingdon, 2006. Pp. 33-47.

“The Acts of the Apostles.” The HarperCollins Study Bible, Revised. Edited by Harold W. Attridge. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2006. Pp. 1854-1907.

“Interpreting the Death of Jesus Apocalyptically: Reconsidering Romans 8:32.” Jesus and Paul Reconnected: Fresh Pathways into an Old Debate. Edited by Todd Still. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007. Pp. 125-45.

“Learning the Identity of Jesus from Luke-Acts.” Seeking the Identity of Jesus. Edited by Beverly R. Gaventa and Richard B. Hays. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2008. Pp. 148-65.

“Finding a Place for Children in the Letters of Paul.” Children and Childhood: Biblical Perspectives. Edited by Marcia Bunge. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2008. Pp. 233-48.

“From Toxic Speech to the Redemption of Doxology in Romans.” The Word Leaps the Gap: Essays on Scripture and Theology in Honor of Richard B. Hays. Edited by J. Ross Wagner, C. Kavin Rowe, and A. Katherine Grieb. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2008. Pp. 392-408.

“‘For the Glory of God’: Theology and Experience in Paul’s Letter to the Romans.” Between Experience and Interpretation: Engaging the Writings of the New Testament. Edited by Mary F. Foskett and O. Wesley Allen Jr. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2008. Pp. 53-65.

“Interpreting the Scriptures Together: Seeking the Visible Unity of the Church.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 43 (2008) 309-19.

“‘To Preach the Gospel’: Romans 1,15 and the Purposes of Romans.” The Letter to the Romans. BETL 226. Edited by Udo Schnelle. Leuven: Peeters, 2009. Pp. 179-95.

“On the Calling-Into-Being of Israel: Rom 9:6-29.” Between Gospel and Election. WUNT 257. Edited by Florian Wilk and J. Ross Wagner. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck: 2010. Pp. 255-69.

“Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Rejoinder.” Co-authored with Richard B. Hays. Journal for the Study of the New Testament 32 (2010) 363-70.

“The Mission of God in Paul’s Letter to the Romans.” Paul as Missionary: Identity, Activity, Theology, and Practice. Edited by Trevor Burke and Brian S. Rosner. London: T&T Clark, 2011. Pp. 65-75.

“Reading for the Subject: The Paradox of Power in Romans 14:1-15:6.” Journal of Theological Intepretation 5 (2011) 1-12.

“Paul and the Roman Believers.” Blackwell Companion to Paul. Edited by Stephen Westerholm. Oxford: 7 Blackwell Publishers, 2011. Pp. 93-107.

“‘Neither Height nor Depth’: Discerning the Cosmology of Romans.” Scottish Journal of Theology 64 (2011) 265-78.

“‘For the Glory of God’: Learning the Future of the Church from Paul.” Calvin Today: Reformed Theology and the Future of the Church. Edited by Michael Welker, Michael Weinrich, and Ulrich Möller. London: T&T Clark, 2011. Pp. 6-14. (Also published as “‘Für die Herrlichkeit Gottes’: Von Paulus über die Zukunft der Kirche lernen.” Calvin Heute. Göttingen: Neukirchener, 2009. Pp. 7-18.)

“The Shape of the ‘I’: The Psalter, the Gospel, and the Speaker in Romans 7.” Apocalyptic Paul. Edited by Beverly Roberts Gaventa. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2013. Pp. 77-91.

“The ‘Glory of God’ in Paul’s Letter to the Romans.” Interpretation and the Claims of the Text: Resourcing New Testament Theology. Edited by Jason A. Whitlark, Bruce W. Longenecker, Lidija Novakovic, and Mikeal C. Parsons. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2014. Pp. 29-40.

“The Rhetoric of Violence and the God of Peace in Paul’s Letter to the Romans.” Paul, John, and Apocalyptic Eschatology: Studies in Honour of Martinus C. de Boer. Edited by Jans Krans et al. NotTSup 149. Leiden: Brill, 2014. Pp. 61-75.

“Which Humans? What Response? A Reflection on Pauline Theology.” Ex Auditu 30 (2014) 50-64.

“Freedom in Apocalyptic Perspective: A Reflection on Paul’s Letter to the Romans.” Quests for Freedom: Biblical. Historical. Contemporary. Edited by Mikeal Welker. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 2015. Pp. 195-208.

“A Word of Gratitude.” I (Still) Believe: Leading Bible Scholars Share Their Stories of Faith and Scholarship. Edited by John Byron and Joel N. Lohr. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015. Pp. 83-92.

“Thinking from Christ to Israel: Romans 9-11 in Apocalyptic Perspective.” Paul and the Apocalyptic Imagination. Edited by Ben C. Blackwell, John K. Goodrich, and Jason Maston. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2016. Pp. 239-55.

“Questions about Nomos: Answers about Christos: Romans 10:4 in Context.” Torah Ethics and Early Christian Identity. Edited by Susan J. Wendel and David M. Miller. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. Pp. 121-34.

“The Powers and Paul’s Letter to the Romans.” in Life Amid the Principalities. Edited by Michael Root and James J. Buckley. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2016. Pp. 24-37.

“Biblical Perspectives on Spiritual Healing.” Spiritual Healing. Edited by Sarah Coakley. Forthcoming.

“Insights.” Monthly column on theological issues for The Disciple, written alternately with Fred B. Craddock, 1991-1997.

“Take and Read.” Annual column recommending recent volumes in New Testament for Christian Century, 2006-2012.

Book reviews contributed to the following journals: Biblical Theology Bulletin, Catholic Biblical 8 Quarterly, Christian Century, Critical Review of Books in Religion, Encounter, Expository Imtes, Interpretation, Journal of Biblical Literature, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Lexington Theological Quarterly, Religious Studies Review, Theology Today, Scottish Journal of Theology.

Editorial Responsibilities Founding and Managing Editor, Critical Review of Books in Religion (1987-90). Book Review Editor, Journal of the American Academy of Religion (1984-87). Associate Editor, Journal of the American Academy of Religion (1984-94). Editorial Board, Proceedings of the Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society (1984-86). Editorial Board, The Disciples Theological Digest (1985-90). Editorial Board, Interpretation (1994-2001). Editor at Large, Christian Century (1995- ). Editorial Board, New Testament Library (Westminster/John Knox Press) (1996-2004). Editorial Board, Journal of Biblical Literature (1998-2003). Editorial Board, Catholic Biblical Quarterly (1999- 2006; 2012-). Editorial Board, New Testament Studies (2004-2006). Editorial Board, Journal of Theological Interpretation (2006-11). Editorial Board, Journal of Reformed Theology (2007- ). Editorial Board, SBL Early Christian Literature (2009- ). Editorial Board, Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology (Peeters) (2010- ). Senior Academic Advisor, Westminster/John Knox Press (2009-2011).

Professional Activities Society of Biblical Literature Executive Committee (1986-87, 1991-93) Chair, Research and Publications Committee (1991-93) Program Committee (1991-93) Chair, Nominating Committee (2000-2002) Chair, Council (2003-2004) Representative in Council (1984-87, 1989-93, 2000-2004) Mid-Atlantic Region, Vice-President (2012) President, 2016 Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas Executive Committee (2008-2010) Catholic Biblical Association Biblical Theologians (1994-97) Duodecim Theological Society American Theological Society American Bible Society Committee on Translation and Scholarship (2007-2013) Scholars Press Board of Trustees (1989-93) Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society Vice-President (1986-87) Association of Theological Schools Selection Committee (1986-87) Union Theological Seminary Board of Directors (1973-85) Rochester Center for Theological Studies Board of Directors (1976-84) Plenary Commission on Faith and Order, World Council of Churches (1985-97) Association of Disciples for Theological Discussion (1979-90) President (1985-86) COCU Commission on Theology, Disciples of Christ (1983-91)