Ben Witherington III

Ben Witherington III is an American New Testament scholar and writer. He is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, (1995- present), He is an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church.

Ben was born on 30th December 1951 in High Point, North Carolina.

He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1974 with a B.A. in English. He holds an M.D. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-1977. He has a Ph.D. from Durham University in England -1981.

1982 ordained as a Methodist elder

1982/3 he was a faculty member of the Duke Divinity School and the High Point College.
1984-1995 he was Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary.
1992 research fellow and member (1996) at the Robinson College, Cambridge University
1995- present Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary.

Ben has presented seminars for churches, colleges and biblical meetings in 8 different countries and led tours in the Holy Lands, Italy, Greece and Turkey.

He has appeared on the television channels including the History and Discovery channels. he was featured in the BBC and PBS special entitledThe Story of Jesus.**

He has written over 60 books. His books *The Jesus Quest and The Paul Quest were selected as top biblical studies by Christianity Today.
(See ‘Selected Books’)

He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, Institute for Biblical Research and the Society for the Study of the New Testament. ( See notes)

In his book Biblical Theology he shows a large coherent Biblical world view, one that progressively reveals the character and action of God. - Amazon

Ben Witherington III is a prominent, current, evangelical Biblical scholar of the late20th/early 21st century.

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