"Remove St. John' Passion from Lectionary" - Jewish Woman New President of Catholic Biblical Association
On July 20, at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, the 88th Annual Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA) elected Amy-Jill Levine, 70, as president for 2026–2027.
She is the first Jewish president in the CBA’s history.
Founded in 1936, the CBA is an independent association with longstanding institutional ties to the U.S. bishops. Its constitution says it pursues biblical scholarship “in conformity with the teaching of the magisterium of the Catholic Church.”
Levine is a New Testament scholar and is a longtime member of the CBA. In spring 2019, she became the first Jewish scholar to teach New Testament at Rome’s Pontifical Biblical Institute. She has also had three audiences with Pope Francis.
In a sermon at Washington National Cathedral on March 7, 2021, Levine said: “I’m a Jew. I don’t worship Jesus as Lord and Savior.”
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It is illogical to be considered a scholar regarding the New Testament while denying the Word and the Truth contained therein within the context of Catholic theology and doctrine. But it is both illogical and heretical to make the appointment in the first place. From the excommunicating- happy Vatican, the sound of crickets.
Why is a Jew the president of the Catholic Bible Association?
Absurd and irresponsible, but then again it is supremely Jesuitical and therefore at least good for a refreshing belly laugh.
When I was in seminary unfortunately this person was invited to speak. I still ask the same question, how can someone who says “I’m a Jew. I don’t worship Jesus as Lord and Savior” be considered a New Testament scholar?
She is doing the work of the devil. She will change nothing that that the Catholic Church preaches or teaches. We have our Lord’s promise, “the gates of hell will not prevail.”
Hardly surprising since the "catholic" biblical association departed from the faith long ago with their embrace of liberal Protestant "higher biblical criticism." I too survived the indoctrination of this "theology" back in my time in seminary.