A. Katherine Grieb

Meade Professor of Biblical Interpretation and New Testament | Virginia Theological Seminary

The Rev’d Dr. A. Katherine Grieb is Meade Professor of Biblical Interpretation and New Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA, where she has taught for the past twenty-four years. Previously, she taught for two years at Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine. Dr. Grieb received a B.A. in philosophy and religion from Hollins University, a J.D. from Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America, her M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary cum laude, her Ph.D. in religious studies (theology) with distinction from Yale University and an L.L.M. in canon law with distinction from Cardiff University in Wales. Ordained a deacon, then a priest, in the Diocese of Washington for the past 35 years, she serves as a member of the clergy team of St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church. She is one of the Six Preachers appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral and she has taught for two weeks annually at the Canterbury Scholars program there for a number of years. Dr. Grieb has published several articles on Karl Barth’s theology and biblical interpretation. Her book, The Story of Romans: A Narrative Defense of God’s Righteousness, was published by Westminster John Knox in 2002. She co-edited The Word Leaps the Gap, published by Eerdmans in 2008. Dr. Grieb has been active in ecumenical and inter-faith conversations and especially in Anglican Communion, serving on the Inter Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission, the House of Bishops Theology Committee, and the Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order. She was one of seven theologians asked by the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church to write “To Set Our Hope on Christ” (2005), a response to the Windsor Report, after which she served on the Covenant Design Group of the Anglican Communion. She is currently at work on a book about Hebrews. She enjoys listening to choral music (especially Bach) and blues, reading murder mysteries (especially those written by Anglican theologians), traveling, mediaeval and renaissance art and Marc Chagall’s biblical interpretation, and is always ready to learn more about Karl Barth.