Bio

Bible scholar Ben Witherington is Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland. A graduate of UNC, Chapel Hill, he went on to receive the M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Durham in England. He is now considered one of the top evangelical scholars in the world, and is an elected member of the prestigious SNTS, a society dedicated to New Testament studies.

Witherington has also taught at Ashland Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, Duke Divinity School and Gordon-Conwell. A popular lecturer, Witherington has presented seminars for churches, colleges and biblical meetings not only in the United States but also in England, Estonia, Russia, Europe, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia. He has also led tours to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and Egypt.

Witherington has written over thirty books, including The Jesus Quest and The Paul Quest, both of which were selected as top biblical studies works by Christianity Today. He also writes for many church and scholarly publications, and is a frequent contributor to the Beliefnet website.

Along with many interviews on radio networks across the country, Witherington has been seen on the History Channel, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, The Discovery Channel, A&E, and the PAX Network.

Ancient Readers and Manuscripts— William A. Johnson’s Take

posted by Ben Witherington

In the American world of bigger is better (and more erudite) it is refreshing to find a smallish book (207 pages of text, including some pictures) that makes its points in detail with full primary source documentation and then [...]

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Tolstoy and the Orthodox Church— a Continuing Tragedy

posted by Ben Witherington

For those of you who know the literary works or life of Tolstoy, you will find this story from the NY Times this week rather depressing. The Orthodox Church, in its wisdom, still can’t seem to practice that quintessential [...]

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Cicero– A Biography by Anthony Everitt

posted by Ben Witherington

Producing the first biography of Cicero in more than a quarter century, this well written, well reviewed biography (see Amazon reviews) first appeared in 2001 and has continued to be well-received and widely read. Everitt went on to write similar [...]

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Conspirata— The Trials and Tribulations of Cicero

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Robert Harris is perhaps not a name you will be familiar with, but he is a fine historical novelist indeed. On this blog we have already reviewed his two previous novels about ancient Rome— ‘Pompeii’ and ‘Imperium’ both of which [...]

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The John Wesley Fellows Meeting at Candler---- The Senior Fellows
The John Wesley Fellowship began in 1977, with Steve Harper and yours truly being two of the first John Wesley Fellows chosen. I have told the story of Ed Robb and AFTE this past Fall on the blog so I will not repeat it. Here are some of the senior fellows attending the meeting.

posted 5:46:30am Jan. 11, 2011 | read full post »

Guns and Religion--- Enough is Quite Enough
I was sitting at the traffic light when a pickup pulled up next to me. On the back of the cab window was a bumper sticker saying 'Guns and religion. Now more than ever.' Then I found the picture you see above, and then this one below...... My response to this nonsense above

posted 7:05:08pm Jan. 10, 2011 | read full post »

Revival 2011--- At My Home Church in Charlotte

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The John Wesley Fellows Meeting at Candler---- The Art of Theology
The John Wesley Fellows meeting this January was held in Atlanta at Candler School of Theology, and its Dean, Dean Love is a collector of art for the seminary, with some 50 or so paintings now gracing the walls of their beautiful new seminary building. The art of choice comes from a West

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Ancient Readers and Manuscripts--- William A. Johnson's Take
In the American world of bigger is better (and more erudite) it is refreshing to find a smallish book (207 pages of text, including some pictures) that makes its points in detail with full primary source documentation and then resists the tendency to be verbose or erudite for all

posted 9:30:59am Jan. 07, 2011 | read full post »

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