Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte has written to congratulate Jewish professor Amy-Jill Levine on her election as president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America and to condole with her over what he called the “hateful and antisemitic messages” that he said followed the appointment.
“I was delighted to learn of your appointment as President of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on this historic and well-deserved recognition,” Martin wrote in a letter posted by Levine on Sunday.
Levine, who has said she is “not a believer in Jesus” as God, will be the association’s president for 2026–2027. Announcing the election, the Catholic Biblical Association noted that she was the first Jewish scholar to teach the New Testament at Rome’s Pontifical Biblical Institute in 2019 and that her “standing with Rome is best recognized by the fact that she had three audiences with Pope Francis.”
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