Catholic Biblical Association

Catholic Biblical Association of America

Abbreviation	CBA
Formation	1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Founded at	New York City, New York, US
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., US
Membership (2011)	1,200
President	Ronald D. Witherup
Chair of the board	Harold W. Attridge
Executive director	Archie Wright
Website	catholicbiblical.org

The Catholic Biblical Association of America (CBA) is an American learned society dedicated to the academic study of the Bible. The suggestion to form a permanent association of biblical scholars was made at the beginning of 1936 at a meeting in Washington, D.C., held to plan for the preparation of a revised translation of the New Testament. The proposed organization was formally founded, as "The Catholic Biblical Association of America", by some fifty charter members who met for this purpose in New York City on October 3, 1936.^[1] Membership now numbers more than 1,200. Those who hold an advanced degree in biblical studies are eligible to be elected to membership, irrespective of any religious affiliation. Since 1939, the CBA has published the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, a peer-reviewed academic journal. Other publications include Old Testament Abstracts and the Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series.