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    Ben Witherington III (born December 30, 1951) is an American Wesleyan-Arminian New Testament scholar. Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation...
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  • scholars, such as Bruce Chilton, N. T. Wright, John P. Meier and Ben Witherington III. Meyer, Ben F. (1965). Christ and the Apostolic Community (Thesis). Roma:...
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  • masculine reading). The church met in her (or his) house. According to Ben Witherington III, the masculinization of Nymphas's name is one of a series of anti-feminist...
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    and now is asked to confess his love for his master (John 21:9). Ben Witherington III suggests that "John has the threefold restoration take place in a...
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  • Yale Divinity School Stephen H. Webb, professor at Wabash College Ben Witherington III, Amos professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological...
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    connection to the artifact, but exonerated on all counts of forgery. Ben Witherington III, who worked with Jacobovici on a Discovery Channel documentary on...
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    Jesus: An Historian's Review of the Gospels, p. 71. Scribner's. Ben Witherington III. (1998). "Primary Sources". Christian History, 17 (3), 12–20. Eerdman...
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  • that does not exclude Petrine authorship. On remaining points, Ben Witherington III argued that the text we have today is a composite, including points...
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    patriarchal document from a patriarchal age. New Testament scholar Ben Witherington III says it "limited women's roles and functions to the home, and severely...
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  • of 1 Enoch 17-19: No One Has Seen What I Have Seen. BRILL. 2003. Ben Witherington III. Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians, Volume II: A Socio-Rhetorical...
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    2022. Church Publishing, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-64065-627-7. E.g. Ben Witherington III, John's Wisdom: A Commentary on the Fourth Gospel, 1995, and Andreas...
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    behold, he whom thou lovest is sick." Also relevant according to Ben Witherington III is the fact that the character of the beloved disciple is not mentioned...
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    Methodist tradition, prominent supporters encompass Thomas Oden, Ben Witherington III, David Pawson, B. J. Oropeza, Thomas H. McCall and Fred Sanders....
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    histories, biographies, autobiographies, geographies) was called praise. Ben Witherington III, writing from a biblical perspective on sacred exhortation, noted...
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  • The Huffington Post, United Methodist pastor and biblical scholar Ben Witherington III (who is usually very critical of Ehrman's works) praised the book...
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    from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live" (NET)! Ben Witherington III writes of this incident, Pliny the Elder indicates it was a common...
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    estranged, and the intent of this letter was to reconcile the two men. Ben Witherington III has challenged Callahan's interpretation as a misreading of Paul's...
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  • Christian theology. Prominent evangelical leaders, such as Rick Warren, Ben Witherington III, and Jerry Falwell, have harshly criticized the movement, sometimes...
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    include Gregory Beale, Gene L. Green, Ivor H Jones, Leon Morris, Ben Witherington III, Paul Foster, and Kretzmann. According to Leon Moris in 1986, the...
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    megaparables." His contemporary and fellow faith-focused academic Ben Witherington III called Crossan's thesis "a category mistake". Crossan, John Dominic...
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    — Faith and Works, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod According to Ben Witherington III, differences exist between the Apostle Paul and James, but both used...
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    Jesus: An Historian's Review of the Gospels, Scribner's, 1977, p. 71. Ben Witherington III, "Primary Sources," Christian History 17 (1998) No. 3:12–20. Rahner...
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  • Debate, vol. 2. London/New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016. ———; Ben Witherington III, eds. The Epistles of 2 Corinthians and 1 Peter: Newly Discovered...
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  • dichotomy between the Christ of faith and the historical Jesus. Ben Witherington III described Jesus and the Eyewitnesses as a paradigm shift in Gospels...
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  • Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail (Bear & Company; 1993). Ben Witherington III, The Gospel Code – Novel Claims about Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Da...
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    William J. Webb, author of Slaves, Women and Homosexuals (2001) Ben Witherington III, professor of New Testament interpretation at Asbury Theological...
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    and Roman Law", Jewish Quarterly Review, 59 (1968), pp. 93–117; Ben Witherington III, The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-rhetorical Commentary (Grand Rapids...
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  • the Library Journal. United Methodist pastor and biblical scholar Ben Witherington III (Asbury Theological Seminary) wrote a long and detailed critique...
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    1, p. 81. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982. ISBN 0-8028-4511-8 Ben Witherington III, 1 and 2 Thesssalonians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary, fn. 11 p...
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    had declined to 54%. The American Methodist theologian and pastor, Ben Witherington III, believes that "virginity in a woman was highly valued before marriage...
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