The Catholic Biblical Association of America ❨CBA❩

08/27/2026

Gonzaga University is offering a study abroad program in London for the summer of 2027. Join Prof. Kevin McCruden and Prof. Leslie Stamoolis for the Spirituality and the Arts of England summer program. This program is open for all students, including non-Gonzaga students!

https://studyabroad.gonzaga.edu/_portal/tds-program-brochure?programid=10074

08/25/2026

The Catholic Biblical Association is thrilled to announce the launch of our new donation and shop pages. If you appreciate what we do as an organization and/or would like some stylish new CBA swag this is the place for you!
All donations are tax deductible.

The Catholic Biblical Association is thrilled to announce the launch of our new donation and shop pages. If you appreciate what we do as an organization and/or would like some stylish new CBA swag this is the place for you! All donations are tax deductible.

08/17/2026

The Enoch Graduate Seminar invites you to a series of workshops this fall aimed at supporting junior scholars in developing book proposals based on their dissertations. Each workshop will focus on one step toward turning a dissertation into a compelling book proposal.

Participants may join any individual workshop or choose to attend all four as a unit. The workshops will feature extended discussions with relevant experts: acquisitions editors, series editors, and authors with recently published monographs. Following these workshops, participants are invited to join a working group that will meet to collaborate on elements of book proposals. We hope that this series will be beneficial for junior scholars who are currently navigating the process of developing a book proposal from their dissertation or who plan to do so in the future.

The Enoch Graduate Seminar brings together graduate students and junior scholars working in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in antiquity to share their work, collaborate with one another, and develop professional contacts. It is housed within the larger Enoch Seminar organization.

The workshops will be hosted on four consecutive Sundays at 4pm EST via Zoom (link shared to those who RSVP).

October 11:
Identifying an Audience and Reaching Them, with Laura Hare (University of Toronto) and Maria Doerfler (Yale University)

October 18:
Finding Presses, Series, and Editors, with Sarit Kattan Gribetz (Yale University, editor of Brill’s Jewish Studies Series).

October 25:
Proposing Your Book within a Market, with Katelyn Chin (Senior Acquisitions Editor, Brill)

November 1:
Naming Your Contribution, with Tony Keddie (UT Austin, editor Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)

RSVP to any of these events here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeovfveQwapXZ8a1Fm5AukNf_AFPpG2dbX-EJq6iI94NLnjIg/viewform

If you have any questions, please contact Tommy Woodward ([email protected]).

08/12/2026

Join us on September 15th for our next Unbound Book Review: Religious Experience and Divinization in the Sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls by Rebecca L. Harris!

08/12/2026

Call for Papers:
The Catholic Biblical Association of America (CBA) invites proposals for the fourth annual Innovation: Emerging Scholarship Conference, an international hybrid event for Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars. Held online and in Denver, Colorado, the conference provides emerging scholars with a collegial setting in which to present innovative research, receive substantive feedback, and develop their ideas through sustained scholarly discussion.https://mailchi.mp/cua/call-for-papers-cba-emerging-scholars-seminar

07/28/2026

Through its many initiatives, CBA has focused on addressing antisemitism in the US and abroad. A-J Levine continues that work with an upcoming presentation:

Addressing antisemitism – free online seminar for homilists and educators

“Antisemitism: Why does it persist in Catholic preaching and teaching 60 years after Nostra Aetate #4?” Internationally renowned biblical scholar Professor Amy-Jill Levine will address this question in a (free) one-hour online seminar to be held Tuesday, 4 August. Please register below and share this training invitation. Registration will ensure you receive a link to the video recording.

Registration: https://batkolinternational.org/request-registration-form/

For more information, visit the Bat Kol International website: https://batkolinternational.org/

07/27/2026

What an amazing event!! One of the highlights of CBA's Annual General Meeting was the vote to affirm AJ Levine as President of CBA. It was officially announced at the end of last week:

The Catholic Biblical Association made history at its 88th annual meeting this year when it elected Amy-Jill Levine as its president for the 2026–2027 year. Professor Levine is the first Jewish president in the history of the society. A New Testament scholar, she is University Professor Emerita of Vanderbilt Divinity School and currently the Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace.

Professor Levine has had a distinguished career in the academy and in Jewish-Christian relations. She is the author or co-author of more than twenty books including The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (2006)—a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book, the co-author with Marc Brettler of The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently (2020) which was widely acclaimed, and co-editor with Brettler of The Jewish Annotated New Testament (2011 and 2017). Among the many awards and honors she has received is her election as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and her six honorary doctoral degrees.

Within the Catholic Biblical Association, she is recognized and deeply appreciated for her work in Jewish-Christian relations. She is the first Jewish scholar to teach the New Testament at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 2019. Her standing with Rome is best recognized by the fact that she had three audiences with Pope Francis. On this side of the Atlantic, she has been a featured speaker at the Catholic Biblical Association on the topic of anti-Jewish attitudes.

Known for her keen intellect, sharp wit, and ability to speak candidly about controversial issues with grace, she has delivered nearly 1,000 lectures around the world.

Appropriately, she was honored with the Presentation of a Festschrift on the evening she was elected president, Monday, July 20, 2026.

Gregory E. Sterling,
Chair of the Executive Board
The Catholic Biblical Association

Archie Wright
Executive Director
The Catholic Biblical Association of America

07/19/2026

The 88th Annual General Meeting started off with a great panel titled "Texts, Tools, and Trust: Biblical Scholarship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," chaired by Ahida Pilarski, with Joshua Scott, Marie Heath, and Brian Hillman.

07/14/2026

It is with great sadness that we report that Joseph Jensen, O.S.B. passed from his earthly life at 10:33 a.m. on July 14, 2026 at the age of 101. He served as CBA’s Executive Secretary for forty-two years (1970-2012). In his sixty-nine year relationship with the Association, Joe touched the lives of many CBA members. He will be remembered not only as a steward of CBA's resources, but also as scholar, mentor, friend, and avid fan of the Washington football team.

The reception of Joe's body will be Friday, July 17 at 4:00 pm at Saint Anselm's Abbey, 4501 South Dakota Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017. The Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, July 18 at 10:00 am, also at Saint Anselm's Abbey.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him.
https://mailchi.mp/cua/joseph-jensen-osb-requiescat-in-pace

07/10/2026

Last chance to register for the CBA Annual General Meeting! Registration closes today, July 10th at 11:59 pm EDT.
https://mailchi.mp/cua/2026-agm-registration-closes-july-10th-17997388