Dr. Ben Witherington

Dr. Witherington joined the Asbury Seminary faculty in 1995 after teaching at Ashland Theological Seminary for more than a decade. He has also taught at High Point College, Duke Divinity School and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

A prolific author, Dr. Witherington has written more than 40 books and six commentaries, 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).

Dr. Witherington, who has led numerous study tours through the lands of the Bible, is known for bringing the text to life through incisive historical and cultural analysis. He is a John Wesley Fellow for Life, a research fellow at Cambridge University and a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Society of Biblical Literature, Society for the Study of the New Testament and the Institute for Biblical Research.

Teaching Information
Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies
Academic Information
Education: 
  • Ph.D., University of Durham, England, 1981
  • M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1977
  • B.A., University of North Carolina, 1974
Publications: 

The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth (InterVarsity Press, 1995)

The Gospel Code: Novel Claims About Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Da Vinci (2004)

The New Testament Story (2004)

The Problem With Evangelical Theory: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, and Wesleyanism (2005)

The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus

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