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During the CBA Business Meeting on Monday, August 4, 2024 at The Catholic University of America (CUA) and via Zoom, FULL MEMBERS will be asked to...

For those celebrating Pesach, חג פסח שמח

CBQI-05, Missed Treasures of the Holy Spirit: Distinctive New Testament Pneumatologies, edited by Jeremy Corley and Jessie Rogers, is now available.

Dear CBA Member: The Eighty-Sixth International Meeting of The Catholic Biblical Association will be held as a hybrid meeting, in-person...

The University of Chicago Divinity School has recently posted an ad for an Assistant Instructional Professor to teach in our Social Science Core...

CBA members attending the 2024 AGM at CUA are invited to volunteer for liturgical ministries. Deadline: July 1st.

Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. Click on the minus sign (-) to hide text. From the Desk of the Executive Director Dear...

The Table of Content for the most recent issue of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly.

Table of Contents Genesis 34 and the LawWilliam A. Tooman “Word” to “Book”: Canonical Consciousness in Deuteronomistic...

Please submit your nominations for Chair of the Executive Board by April 19th.

All participants are expected to behave in accordance with norms for participation in academic conferences, and in...

A recording of the March 27th Unbound Book Review now is available.

On March 4, 2024, following the ratification of the Holy See, the P. General Arturo Sosa SJ issued a decree enacting the new General Statutes of the...

Presentations at the CBA's 2024 Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting.

Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. Click on the minus sign (-) to hide text. From the Executive Director Dear CBA...

CBA and Verbum are pleased to announce this year's four Emerging Scholars Fellows: Matthew Arakaky, Tommaso Bacci , Jonathan Sanchez, and Elizabeth...

The CBA is saddened by the passing of Mary Ann Stachow, S.B.D. who was called home to God on February 25, 2024 at the age of 80. 

Published in February 2024, Gospel of Mark: A Theological Reading by José Enrique Aguilar Chiu is now available from Paulist Press.

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Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. Click on the minus sign (-) to hide text. From the Executive Director Dear CBA...

Congratulations to Boris P. Repschinski! The École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem has selected...

Almighty ever-living God, we humbly implore your majesty that, just as your Only Begotten Son was presented on this day in the Temple in the...

Join Dr. John Dominic Crossan for an Online Lenten Class on The Historical Jesus! An Engaging Visual Class...

CBA Full members are invited to propose Research Reports, Continuing Seminars, and/or Task Forces for 2024 CBA AGM at CUA, August 3-6.

Table of Contents, plus a temporary link to download a pdf version of the journal.

Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. Click on the minus sign (-) to hide text. In Memoriam CBA mourns the passing of Rev. Dr. Gay...

In Memoriam: CBA mourns the passing of Rev. Dr. Gay Byron on December 6, 2023 at the age of 62. She had just been voted into CBA...

In Memoriam: CBA mourns the passing of M. Dennis Hamm, SJ, who died on November 19, 2023 at St. Camillus Jesuit Community in...

Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. Click on the minus sign (-) to hide text. From the Executive Director Dear Colleagues,It was...

In Memoriam: CBA mourns the passing of Robert D. Miller II on November 22, 2023 at the age of 57. An active member of CBA since 1992, Bob...

Invoices for 2024 membership dues were sent via email on October 20th. Reminders were sent on November 15th. The payment is due January 1st....

Published in November 2023, The Shape of Matthew's Story by Francis J. Moloney SDB, is now available from Paulist Press.

Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. Click on the minus sign (-) to hide text. CBA at SBL/AAR CBA is hosting a reception...

Congratulations to Gina Hens-Piazza! The Pontifical Biblical Institute has selected Gina Hens-Piazza as the CBA Visiting Professor for the 2024-25...

In Memoriam: CBA mourns the passing of Katherine M. Hayes who died on October 25, 2023, a few days before her 77th birthday. A member...

Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. From the Executive Director Dear Colleagues, I hope all is well with you and your...

Articles by Todd R. Hanneken, Ethan Schwartz, Eric Jarrard, Benjamin Kantor, Charles Nathan Ridlehoover, Heidi M. Biermann, Dieter T. Roth, Michael...

CBA mourns the passing of three members who departed this earthly life in September: Robert A. Kraft, Michael L. Barré, P.S.S., and Ibitolu Olu...

The 2024 Midwest Regional Meeting for Biblical Studies is an exciting cooperative initiative of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research (CSBR),...

Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. Click on the minus sign (-) to hide text. From the Executive Director Dear Colleagues,...

Nostra Aetate #4: "Since the spiritual patrimony common to Christians and Jews is thus so great, this sacred synod wants to foster and recommend...

CBA mourns with Timothy Willis upon the passing of his father, John T. Willis (August 8, 1942–August 21, 2023), Abilene...

Amos and Hosea: The Justice and Mercy of Godby Katherine M. Hayes The books of Amos and Hosea witness to the breakdown of the northern kingdom...

Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. Click on the minus sign (-) to hide text. From the Executive Director Greetings to all our...

Full members are encouraged to invite graduate students and colleagues to apply for membership. To sponsor a new member, invite your student or...

Report of the Eighty-Fifth International Meeting of The Catholic Biblical Association of America

During the Business Meeting of the 85th International Meeting, CBA Full members voted to approved for membership into The Catholic Biblical...

In M Alice L. Laffey, associate professor emerita of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross, passed away on July 30,...

Don't Miss Out! Deadlines for CBA events and grants.

In the summer of 2023, the the Executive Board approved $68,664.84 in funding for the following ten CBA member projects that the Committee on...

85th International Meeting: Remembering the members who have passed from this life since CBA last met last year at Santa Clara University.

On March 22, 2023, the Executive Director sent an e-mail to CBA members announcing five amendments to the CBA Constitution and By-Laws being...

Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. Click on the minus sign (-) to hide text. From the Executive Director Dear Colleagues,I hope...

Table of Contents Before the Decalogue: In Search of the Oldest Written TorahKarel van der Toorn Psalm 1: Sonant Particles and...

Click on the plus sign (+) to read the notice. Click on the minus sign (-) to hide text. 85th International Meeting of the CBA Register...

The Catholic Biblical Association of America mourns the passing of Benedict T. Viviano, O.P., an active member since 1977, CBQ Associate Editor...

A recording of the May 2nd Unbound Book Review is now available.

Former CBA Executive Secretary, Fr,. Joseph Jensen, is celebrating 75 years as a Benedictine.

A recording of the March 29th UnBound Book Review is now available.

It is with great sorrow that we learn of the death of the Rev. Prof. Thomas D. Stegman SJ (1963–2023), a CBA member of long standing. Tom...

During the CBA Business Meeting on Monday, July 24, 2023 at Creighton University and via Zoom, FULL MEMBERS will be asked to vote on five motions to...

Dear Members, I returned on Sunday from what was a very successful collaborative effort with CSBR on a regional meeting at St. Mary’s College...

Table of Contents A Comparative Interpretation of the Old Testament Prohibited Mixtures: Mixed Breeding in Leviticus 19:19 Nicholas J....

CBA is creating virtual book discussions that include the author and a 3-4 member panel to highlight the content of the book and its contributions...

This year's four Emerging Scholars Fellows are Abigail Bodeau (Baylor University), Sharon Gutkowski (Villanova University), Noelle G. Johnson...

Includes link to video recording of the Book Panel Discussion

Congratulations to David A. deSilva! The École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem has selected David A....

Table of Contents “Apart from These Things I Am Pressured Daily from My Anxiety for All the Churches” (2 Cor 11:28): The Intersection...

In Memoriam: We are saddened by the passing of the Rev. Prof. Donald P. Senior, CP, President Emeritus, Chancellor, and Professor of New...

Congratulations to Harry Nasuti! The Pontifical Biblical Institute has selected Harry P. Nasuti as the CBA Visiting Professor for the 2023-24...

In Memoriam: The CBA is saddened by the passing of the Rev. Msgr. Prof. John P. Meier (August 8, 1942–October 18, 2022), a priest...

Table of Contents Make a Fence for the Torah: A Positive Reading of the Woman’s Words in Genesis 3:3Dan York Intertextuality, Liturgy, and...

New in the Series: Biblical Studies from the CBA The Theology and Spirituality of the Psalms of Ascent by Bradley C. Gregory The Psalms of Ascents...

Videos of the main papers of 24th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) are now available...

Dear CBA Member,The members of the Catholic Biblical Association of America are eager to present the results of...

October 2022 - March 2023 At the Second Vatican Council, the church fathers called for a return to the sources of tradition and stressed the need...

In the summer of 2022, the the Executive Board approved $52,457 in funding for the following six CBA member projects that the Committee on Research...

The eighty-fourth international meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association of America was held as a hybrid meeting, July 30-August 2 at Santa...

During the Business Meeting of the 84th International Meeting, CBA Full members voted to approved for membership into The Catholic Biblical...

During CBA Business Meeting at Santa Clara University and via Zoom on Monday, August 1, the FULL MEMBERS voted on the following motions: That in...

84th International Meeting: Remembering the members who have passed from this life since CBA last met virtually.

Let Your Member Compass™ be your guide! Dashboard Account History My Events Profile PAYING DUES Your Member Compass™ is the means by...

Table of Contents for the July 2022 issue of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

Table of Contents for the April 2022 issue of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly

The recording of the April 28th virtual interreligious seminar is now available.

Third Volume of CBQ Imprints (Published May 2022) CBQI Volume 3: Forget Not God's Benefits (Psalm 103:2):A Festschrift in Honor of Leslie J....

Come and See: Discipleship in the Gospel of John by Sherri Brown is the 6th volume in the Biblical Studies from the CBA (a joint project with...

Dear CBA Member: I hereby am notifying you that during the CBA Business Meeting on Monday, August 1, 2022 at Santa Clara University and via Zoom,...

CBA is pleased to announce the 2022 Emerging Scholars Fellows: Tyng-Guang "Brian" Chu (Duke Divinity School) Chimbuoyim Geraldine...

Professional Conduct Policy Investigation Procedures There has been an awakening to the issue of Professional and Ethical Conduct in the...

CBA Member, Professor Chris Keith, Director of the Centre for the Study of Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity (CJCA) at St Mary’s...

Coming in December... Christ in the Book of Revelation by Ian Boxall For many Christians, the Apocalypse of John (Book of Revelation) remains a...

Congratulations to Ron Witherup! The Pontifical Biblical Institute has selected Ronald D. Witherup, P.S.S. as the CBA Visiting Professor for the...

Dear CBA Member,As you are well aware there has been an awakening to the issue of Professional and Ethical Conduct in the Academy throughout the...

CBQI Volume 2: God and Gods in the Deuteronomistic History Edited by Corrine Carvalho and John L. McLaughlin Like other constructs in biblical...

The 83rd International Meeting of the CBA was held virtually, July 31 - August 3, 2021.

During the Business Meeting of the 83rd International Meeting, CBA Full members voted to approved for membership into The Catholic Biblical...

Zoom recordings of the major presentations at the 83rd International Meeting of the CBA, held virtually July 31 - August 3, 2021. (CBA member access...

Archie T. Wright appointed CBA Executive Director (2021-24)

In the summer of 2021, the the Executive Board approved $65,750 in funding for the following six CBA Committee on Research Support recommended to ...

83rd International Meeting: Remembering the members who died this year.

Now available... Scripture and Tradition in the Letters of Paul by Ronald D. Witherup There has been considerable scholarly work in recent years...

Help Grow the Association For over 80 years, The Catholic Biblical Association of America has promoted, within a context of faith, scholarly study...

February 16, 2021 Dear Members of the Catholic Biblical Association: We regret to inform you that in order to address serious health challenges,...

Now available... The Landscape of the Gospels: A Deeper Meaning by Donald Senior The third volume of the series is intended to help the reader...

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Funds Catholic Biblical Literacy and Catholic Biblical Interpretation Projects This fall, the Confraternity of...

The first volume in the CBQ Imprints series is available for purchase from HSF Books beginning October 16, 2020. CBA Members receive a 30%...

Because of the suspension of the 83rd International Meeting, this year the CBA Executive Board assumed the responsibility, normally vested in the...

Online Program 83rd International Meeting Was Postponed Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CBA Executive Board reviewed what were the best...

Remembering the members who have passed from this life since CBA last met at Walsh University.

At the recommendation of the Committee on Research Support, the Catholic Biblical...

The CBA Office has produced step by step instructions with screenshots and quick links below. At any time you may access the FAQ page from the...

Now available, the inaugural entry in the series Biblical Studies from the Catholic Biblical Association of America... A Concise Theology of the...

Two new features have been added to the CBA website: Newsletter Archives and a comprehensive list of past CBA Annual General Meetings. Annual...

The Catholic Biblical Association is pleased to announce CBQ Imprints, a new book series that complements the CBQ Monograph Series. The new series...

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Announces Grants Recipients for Projects Supporting Catholic Biblical Literacy and Interpretation This spring,...

Dear CBA Member: Given the conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic (including the uncertainty of the course of the pandemic itself, the...

Dear CBA Member: Given the conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic (including the uncertainty of the course of the pandemic itself, the...

You may now opt out of receiving the printed version of CBQ. In September 2019, members were invited to participate in a survey asking about...

CBA is pleased to announce the 2020 Emerging Scholars Fellows: Paul Cizek (Marquette University) Israel McGrew (Marquette...

The CBA now is accepting applications for five $500 travel grants to support the travel of early career scholars to the CBA Annual General...

CBQ Monograph Series Announcing Two New Volumes (Published November 2019) Volume 56: Hearing Revelation 1-3: Listening with Greek Rhetoric and...

CBQ Mongraph Series and CBQ Imprints CBQMS and CBQ Imprint sales and distribution is being handled be Hopkins Fulfillment Services (HFS). CBA...

Invoices for 2019 membership dues have been sent via email from Catholic Biblical Association on October 21. Second notices will be sent in...

CBA members now have an auto-pay option for dues renewals. Auto-pay is the optional, member-elected process that allows your stored credit card...

Dear CBA Members, I wish to address a word of appreciation to you for our meeting at Walsh University. Having the opportunity to attend your...

Report of the Eighty-second International Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association of America Program Abstracts The eighty-second...

During CBA Business Meeting at Walsh University on Monday, July 29, the FULL MEMBERS voted on the following motion: The Full Members of the CBA...

Many active members of the CBA first became involved as a result of a personal invitation. Please consider sharing with a colleague or student...

CBA is pleased to announce the 2019 Emerging Scholars Fellows: Ki-Eun Jang (New York University) Christian Gers-Uphaus (University of...

The Catholic Biblical Association of America, in conjunction with Paulist Press, has initiated a series entitled, “Biblical Studies from the...

After more than twenty-five years of service to The Catholic Biblical Association, Violet Halton will be retiring on December 14. Violet's...

זכר צדיק לברכה Remembering those who perished during Shabbat services at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27. May the...

CBQ OTA NTA CBQMS Contact Information JHUP HFS Books Advertising CBA no longer is managing subscriptions. CBA members continue to...

Report of the Eighty-first International Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association of America Program Abstracts The eighty-first international...

WELCOME to the new Catholic Biblical Association website! We have created a new website to better serve all our members. With your log-in details,...

In an unanimous decision at its April meeting, the CBA Executive Board adopted the following policy pertaining to the scholarly presentation of...

CBA is pleased to announce the 2018 Emerging Scholars Fellows: Evangeline Kozitza, University of Oxford, UK Tyler Stewart, Marquette...

Report of the Eightieth International Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association of America PROGRAM ABSTRACTS The eightieth international...

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