Ben Witherington III

Education:

B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1974
M. Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, S. Hamilton, MA, 1977
Ph.D., University of Durham, England, 1981

Publications:

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’.

Recent Publications
Encounters with Paul
Sola Scriptura: Scripture’s Final Authority in the Modern World
New Testament Rhetoric: Second Edition
Paul of Arabia: The Hidden Years of the Apostle to the Gentiles
Voices and Views on Paul: Exploring Scholarly Trends
Who God Is: Meditations on the Character of Our God
Biblical Theology: The Convergence of the Canon
Priscilla: The Life of an Early Christian