Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF), Latin for 'Franciscan Biblical Studies', is a Franciscan academic society based in Jerusalem.
It is a center of biblical and archaeological research and studies, established by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land.
In 1901, the Custody of the Holy Land started envisaging the creation of a biblical studies institute in Jerusalem, which led in 1924 to the establishment of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum.
The main discoveries are exhibited in a museum, including the oldest Georgian Bir el Qutt inscriptions.
50.000 volumes and 420 journals in the areas of archaeology, biblical studies, Christian and Jewish history, and ancient travel accounts of the Holy Land.