Ben Witherington

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.
School
Asbury Theological SeminaryEducation
- Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) - University of Durham
- Master of Divinity (MDiv) - Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- Bachelor of Arts (BA) - University of North Carolina
Biblical Theology: The Convergence of the Canon

Torah Old and New: Exegesis, Intertextuality, and Hermeneutics

New Testament Theology and Ethics (New Testament Theology and Ethics, Volume 2)

Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1-2 Peter

The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Captivity Epistles

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