PTS People

	Beverly Roberts Gaventa Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Exegesis Department of Biblical Studies 114 Hodge Hall Phone: 609.497.7765 Fax: 609.497.7728 Email: beverly.gaventa@ptsem.edu

Profile
Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Princeton Theological Seminary’s Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Exegesis, specializes in the Pauline epistles and in Luke-Acts with an emphasis on theological interpretation. She holds an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in New York, a Ph.D. from Duke University, an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Kalamazoo College, and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Christian Theological Seminary. She is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church. Her courses include Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Women and the Letters of Paul, and Paul and Karl (co-taught with Professor Bruce McCormack.) She is currently at work on a commentary on Romans.

Major Publications
Mary: Glimpses of the Mother of Jesus (Fortress, 1995) I and II Thessalonians, Interpretation Commentary Series (Westminster John Knox Press, 1998) The Acts of the Apostles (Abingdon, 2003) Our Mother Saint Paul (Westminster John Knox Press, 2007)