Beverly Roberts Gaventa | Helen H. P. Manson Professor of New Testament Emerita

Helen H. P. Manson Professor of New Testament Emerita at Princeton Theological

Beverly Roberts Gaventa is Distinguished Professor of Religion at Baylor University’s College of Arts & Sciences, where she teaches and writes on New Testament interpretation, especially the letters of Paul. She holds a BA from Phillips University, an MDiv from Union Theological Seminary, and a PhD from Duke University. Dr. Gaventa is a leading New Testament scholar whose authorship and editorship include 14 books—such as Our Mother Saint Paul and When in Romans—and more than 70 articles and essays. Before joining Baylor in 2013, she taught for over two decades at Princeton Theological Seminary, where she was Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament. She also holds multiple honorary doctorates and served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature.