Ben Witherington

Ben Witherington III is an American WesleyanArminian New Testament scholar Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary a WesleyanHoliness seminary in Wilmore Kentucky and an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church A prolific author Dr Witherington has written more than 60 books including commentaries on every book of the New Testament including The Gospel Code Novel Claims About Jesus Mary Magdalene and Da Vinci 2004 The Problem With Evangelical Theory Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism Dispensationalism and Wesleyanism 2005 and The New Testament Story 2004 One of his works The Jesus Quest The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth InterVarsity Press 1995 was selected as the top biblical studies book of 1995 by Christianity Today and the Academy of Parish Clergy In The Jesus Quest Dr Witherington surveys the contemporary Christological landscape in New Testament scholarship offering a helpful perspective on one of the most significant and controversial religious debates of the past decade In 1999 he again won the Christianity Today book award this time for The Paul Quest The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus He was recently featured in the BBC and PBS special entitled The Story of Jesus

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D.O.B: 1951-12-30
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Profession: Acting

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