Ben Witherington III
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Ben Witherington III is an American evangelical Biblical scholar, and professor of New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

 Studies.
Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary
Asbury Theological Seminary
Asbury Theological Seminary is a multi-denominational, graduate institution that offers a variety of master degree and postgraduate degree programs through the schools of Biblical Interpretation and Proclamation, Theology and Formation, Practical Theology, World Missions and Evangelism, and...

 in Wilmore, Kentucky
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Education

Witherington attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, along with minors in Philosophy and Religious Studies. He holds an M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Durham
Durham University
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 in England
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. He is an elected member of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, a society dedicated to New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

 studies.

Witherington is an author and speaker. He has written over thirty books, and has made many appearances on radio interviews, and on television programs featured on the History Channel, Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
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, and other major networks.

Selected books

  • What Have They Done with Jesus? Harper Collins, 2007
  • Making a Meal of It - Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper, Baylor University Press, 2007
  • Troubled Waters - Rethinking the Theology of Baptism, Baylor University Press, 2007
  • The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, and Wesleyanism, Baylor University, 2007, reviewed at Christianity Today
  • The Jesus Quest : The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth. 2nd ed. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
  • The Paul Quest : The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
  • New Testament History : A Narrative Account. Grand Rapids, Mich. Carlisle, Cumbria, U.K. Paternoster Press,: Baker Academic ;, 2001.
  • Women and the Genesis of Christianity, with Ann Witherington, Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
  • The Gospel Code : Novel Claims About Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Da Vinci. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2004.
  • Women in the Earliest Churches, Monograph Series / Society for New Testament Studies. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
  • Complete Bibliography

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