The Society currently has 16honorary members. Honorary membership is one way that the Society recognises the excellence of the work of scholars from around the world. Currently, the following scholars are honorary members of the society (listed here in alphabetical order):
Professor Athalya Brenner-Idan
Professor Rabbi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Ph.D.
Professor Dr. Christl M. Maier
The Guidelines for the Nomination of Honorary Members can be found in the members’ space here (login required), including the nomination form. Please send any nominations, on the appropriate form, to the secretary for honorary members, Prof Susan Gillingham (email).
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) |
| Norman Gottwald | (1926-2022) In Memoriam by Walter Brueggemann here. |
| Johannes Cornelis de Moor | (1935-2023) |
| Tryggve Mettinger | (1940-2023) |
| Sara Japhet | (1934-2024) |
| Walter Brueggemann | (1933-2025) In Memoriam by Ellen Davis here. |
| Michael V. Fox | (1940-2025) |