The Society currently has 18 honorary members. Honorary membership is bestowed onto scholars from around the world as a recognition of the excellence of their work. The Guidelines for the Nomination of Honorary Members can be found here. Currently, the following scholars are Honorary members of the society (in alphabetic order):
Professor Athalya Brenner-Idan
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Ph.D., Rabbi
Former honorary members include:
Frank Cross (1921-2012)
Rolf Rendtorff (1924-2014)
Menahem Haran (1924-2015)
Otto Kaiser (1924-2017)
Eduard Nielsen (1923-2017)
Bertil Albrektson (1929-2021)