Ben Witherington III | |
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Born | High Point, North Carolina, U.S. | December 30, 1951
Title | Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary |
Spouse | Ann Witherington |
Children | 2 (1 deceased) |
Academic background | |
Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
Alma mater | University of Durham (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biblical studies |
Sub-discipline | New Testament studies |
Institutions |
Ashland Theological Seminary Vanderbilt University Duke Divinity School Gordon-Conwell Asbury Theological Seminary |
Notable works | The Jesus Quest, The Paul Quest |
Ben Witherington III (born December 30, 1951) is an American Wesleyan-Arminian New Testament scholar. Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary, a Wesleyan-Holiness seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, and an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church.
Witherington was born on December 30, 1951, in High Point, North Carolina. [1] He is son of Ben, a banker and Joyce West, a piano teacher. [1] On June 1, 1977, Witherington married Ann E. Sears, an educator. He had two children, Christy Ann and David Benjamin. [1] [2] On January 11, 2012 Witherington's daughter, died of a pulmonary embolism. [2]
Witherington attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, [1] [3] along with minors in Philosophy and Religious Studies. [3] He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1977) and a Ph.D. from the Durham University in England (1981). [1] [3]
From 1984 to 1995 he was professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary. [1] [3] He is currently "Jean R. Amos" Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary (1995-) [1] [3] [4] Witherington has also taught at Vanderbilt University, and on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland. [3]
From 1982 to 1983 he had been a faculty member of the Duke Divinity School [1] [3] and the High Point College. In 1988, 1990, 1992, he was a visiting professor of the Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary. He was a research fellow (1992), and member (1996) at the Robinson College from the Cambridge University. [1] [3]
He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, [1] [3] Society for the Study of the New Testament [1] [3] [5] and the Institute for Biblical Research. [1] [3]
In 1982, he was ordained as a Methodist elder. [1] Witherington has presented seminars for churches, colleges and biblical meetings in the United States, England, Estonia, Russia, Europe, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia. [6] He has also led tours to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and Egypt. [3] His books The Jesus Quest and The Paul Quest were selected as top biblical studies works by the Evangelical magazine Christianity Today. [1] [3] Witherington has been seen on the History Channel, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, The Discovery Channel, A&E and PAX Network. [6] He was featured in the BBC and PBS special entitled The Story of Jesus. [3]
Witherington is a prominent evangelical scholar. [6] He is Wesleyan Armininan in his theology. [7] [8] [9] [10] In The Problem with Evangelical Theology Witherington strongly challenges the exegetical foundation of Calvinism on each of its distinctive tenets. [11] [12] He often insists on the possibility of apostasy of the believer and the related doctrine of conditional preservation of the saints (conditional security). [11] [13] He generally refers to the character of God, the nature of his grace and his love as a justification for his soteriology. [10] [14] He is also a devout pacifist. [15]
Witherington has written over sixty books.
Witherington has written articles in different journals as: Ashland Theological Journal, Bible Q & A, Beliefnet, Bible Review, Biblical Archaeology Review, Christian History, Christianity Today, Journal of Biblical Literature, New Testament Studies, North Carolina Christian Advocate, Quarterly Review, Tyndale Bulletin, UM Publishing House. [16]
Ben Witherington III | |
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Born | High Point, North Carolina, U.S. | December 30, 1951
Title | Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary |
Spouse | Ann Witherington |
Children | 2 (1 deceased) |
Academic background | |
Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |
Alma mater | University of Durham (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biblical studies |
Sub-discipline | New Testament studies |
Institutions |
Ashland Theological Seminary Vanderbilt University Duke Divinity School Gordon-Conwell Asbury Theological Seminary |
Notable works | The Jesus Quest, The Paul Quest |
Ben Witherington III (born December 30, 1951) is an American Wesleyan-Arminian New Testament scholar. Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary, a Wesleyan-Holiness seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, and an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church.
Witherington was born on December 30, 1951, in High Point, North Carolina. [1] He is son of Ben, a banker and Joyce West, a piano teacher. [1] On June 1, 1977, Witherington married Ann E. Sears, an educator. He had two children, Christy Ann and David Benjamin. [1] [2] On January 11, 2012 Witherington's daughter, died of a pulmonary embolism. [2]
Witherington attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, [1] [3] along with minors in Philosophy and Religious Studies. [3] He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1977) and a Ph.D. from the Durham University in England (1981). [1] [3]
From 1984 to 1995 he was professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary. [1] [3] He is currently "Jean R. Amos" Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary (1995-) [1] [3] [4] Witherington has also taught at Vanderbilt University, and on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland. [3]
From 1982 to 1983 he had been a faculty member of the Duke Divinity School [1] [3] and the High Point College. In 1988, 1990, 1992, he was a visiting professor of the Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary. He was a research fellow (1992), and member (1996) at the Robinson College from the Cambridge University. [1] [3]
He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, [1] [3] Society for the Study of the New Testament [1] [3] [5] and the Institute for Biblical Research. [1] [3]
In 1982, he was ordained as a Methodist elder. [1] Witherington has presented seminars for churches, colleges and biblical meetings in the United States, England, Estonia, Russia, Europe, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia. [6] He has also led tours to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and Egypt. [3] His books The Jesus Quest and The Paul Quest were selected as top biblical studies works by the Evangelical magazine Christianity Today. [1] [3] Witherington has been seen on the History Channel, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, The Discovery Channel, A&E and PAX Network. [6] He was featured in the BBC and PBS special entitled The Story of Jesus. [3]
Witherington is a prominent evangelical scholar. [6] He is Wesleyan Armininan in his theology. [7] [8] [9] [10] In The Problem with Evangelical Theology Witherington strongly challenges the exegetical foundation of Calvinism on each of its distinctive tenets. [11] [12] He often insists on the possibility of apostasy of the believer and the related doctrine of conditional preservation of the saints (conditional security). [11] [13] He generally refers to the character of God, the nature of his grace and his love as a justification for his soteriology. [10] [14] He is also a devout pacifist. [15]
Witherington has written over sixty books.
Witherington has written articles in different journals as: Ashland Theological Journal, Bible Q & A, Beliefnet, Bible Review, Biblical Archaeology Review, Christian History, Christianity Today, Journal of Biblical Literature, New Testament Studies, North Carolina Christian Advocate, Quarterly Review, Tyndale Bulletin, UM Publishing House. [16]