Tag: Ben Witherington
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Household: Isis, Christians, and Social Change in the Empire
We naturally tend to look back on the Roman era as a more static period than it was. As I have been showing in recent posts, the first century B.C.E was a period of considerable turmoil that culminated in the establishment of the Roman Empire and the Pax Romana. Augustus sought to solidify his control…
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The Smoking Gun—Tenth Talpiot Ossuary Proved to be Blank
Ben Witherington: The Smoking Gun—Tenth Talpiot Ossuary Proved to be Blank Joe Zias is a fine archaeologist of long standing and good reputation. He is the person who catalogued the ten ossuaries from the Talpiot tomb, and personally catalogued the tenth ossuary. He worked with Amos Kloner as part of the team who made the…
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Thoroughly Post-Modern Biblical Interpretation
From Ben Witherington: Thoroughly Post-Modern Biblical Interpretation Let's take the issue of epistemology first. Post-modernism in so far as it has helped caused a shift in epistemology is deeply indebted to people like Stanley Fish formerly of Duke but now at the law school at Florida International, believe it or not. Fish is a thorough-going…
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Hays vs. Ehrman on the Da Vinci Code— the Debate
Hays vs. Ehrman on the Da Vinci Code— the Debate is a post by Ben Witherington informing us of a debate last week between Richard Hays and Bart Ehrman at Duke University about The Da Vinci Code. You can download an mp3 of the 1 hour 45 minute event by going here.
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Ben Witherington on the Gospel of Judas
Ben Witherington has done an excellent two-part review of the Gospel of Judas. I invite you to check it out. The Gospel of Judas Part 1 The Gospel of Judas Part 2 Also check out: The Gospel of Judas the NPR Discussion The Sad Truth About Judas
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“Misanalyzing Text Criticism–Bart Ehrman’s ‘Misquoting Jesus’” Ben Witherington
You may have noticed a book on the New York Times bestseller list called Misquoting Jesus by Bart Ehrman. Ehrman is a guy who grew up as an evangelical but went to Princeton and became an agnostic. Ben Witherington has an excellent analysis of the book on his blog called Misanalyzing Text Criticism–Bart Ehrman's 'Misquoting…
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Literal Renderings of Texts of Contention– 1 Tim. 2.8-15
Ben Witherington had a very interesting post Saturday called Literal Renderings of Texts of Contention– 1 Tim. 2.8-15. Be sure to scroll through the comments. Excellent stuff!
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The Problem with Evangelical Theologies
The Problem with Evangelical Theologies is an interview with the Ben Witherington of Asbury Seminary, author of a new book called The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, and Wesleyanism. I especially liked this quote from the interview. We have to remember that those who wrote the Bible were not…