Beverly Roberts Gaventa is Distinguished Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Baylor University[1] and Helen H.P.
Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis Emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary.
[2][3] 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;[4] and Duke University, Ph.D., 1978, with W. D. Davies as her dissertation supervisor.
[5] Gaventa taught at Baylor University (2013-2021), Princeton Theological Seminary (1992–2013), Columbia Theological Seminary (1987–1992), and Colgate Rochester Divinity School (1976–1987)[6][1][3] She was elected president of the Society of Biblical Literature for 2016.
[8] She is a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and a member of the University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas.