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SBL Member Benefits
Are you a member? If so, please log in with your SBL member number and then click the "membership benfits" tab to view this page with active links to access these benefits.
Member Directory: Members are listed in and receive access to our online member directory; members may also choose not to be listed in this directory.

Journal of Biblical Literature: Members can read JBL online, access the full JBL archive online, and submit articles for consideration. Members also receive discounts on print JBL subscriptions.

Review of Biblical Literature: Members can volunteer to review books and will get a weekly e-mail on new review postings. Members also receive discounts on print RBL subscriptions.

SBL Handbook of Style: Members receive online access to the SBL Handbook of Style, the official guidelines for all publications with SBL and a helpful resource to scholars and students of ancient Near Eastern studies, biblical studies, and early Christianity.

SBL Meetings: All members receive discounts on registration and travel for SBL meetings. "Full" and "Student" members may propose papers for the Annual Meeting or the International Meeting.

Governance: Full and Student members may participate in the governance of the Society through appointment or election.

SBL Awards: Members are eligible for SBL Awards, including the Paul J. Achtemeier Award for New Testament Scholarship and the David Noel Freedman Award for Excellence and Creativity in Biblical Scholarship.

SBL Communications: Members receive regular communications from SBL regarding events in the field, new SBL publications, and the ongoings of the Society.

Vendor Discounts:
Software
Logos Bible Software: Logos offers SBL members a 25% discount on Logos Base products (does not include add-on modules).
Subscriptions
ACLS Humanities E-Book: Society of Biblical Literature is a member of the American Council of Learned Societies. The ACLS offers individual annual subscriptions to ACLS Humanities E-Book to current Society of Biblical Literature members. By early 2010 HEB will be offering unlimited access to nearly 3,000 full-text, cross-searchable titles across the humanities and social sciences, from the 1880s through the present.

Biblical Archaeology Society has partnered with SBL to offer SBL members subscriptions to the Biblical Archaeology Review for only $5 plus shipping. Each subscription includes 6 issues over the course of a year. The Biblical Archaeology Review is the most widely read magazine concerning the archaeology of the Greco-Roman and Ancient Near Eastern world. Moreover, it is written in a language that is accessible to a wide range of people. For more information about this publication, visit their website.

Cambridge University Press is delighted to offer SBL members significant reductions on individual print subscriptions to the following journals:

Harvard Theological Review (quarterly) $38 [normally $55]
Scottish Journal of Theology (quarterly) $40 [normally $54]
Religious Studies (quarterly) $65 [normally $96]
New Testament Studies (quarterly) $70 [normally $76]
Journal of Anglican Studies (biannual) $25 [normally $50]


For details of all Cambridge University Press's journals in this area, go to journals.cambridge.org/religiousstudies. And for details of books in religious studies, go to www.cambridge.org/us/religion.
The Bible and Critical Theory: SBL members receive a 20% discount on this exploratory and innovative online scholarly journal for biblical studies.
Sage Publications offers a 30% discount to SBL members on their journals for biblical studies includingExpository Times, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Currents in Biblical Research, Studies in Christian Ethics, Feminist Theology, Journal for the Study of Pseudepigrapha, and Biblical Theology Bulletin.
Books
Society of Biblical Literature books and affiliate publications go on sale twice a year at a 30% discount, in conjunction with SBL regional meetings in the spring and the SBL Annual Meeting in the fall. Even if you don't go to the meetings, you can get the discount through the SBL Store.The promotional code and time restraints are provided via e-mail to current SBL members.

Over one hundred religion book publishers exhibit at the various SBL meetings. Exhibitors offer deep discounts to SBL member attendees. The exhibitors are listed in the program books of the meetings. Check for information on publishers booth locations at the SBL meeting at their websites.
Other Discounts

Other discounts become available throughout the year. SBL negotiates travel discounts for members attending the International Meeting and Annual Meeting.  These are posted in the Meetings and Events section and only appear as they become available.

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