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2024-01-01T09:17:14-05:00

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‘Son of Man’– the Dialogue Part Two

Last updated on: January 1, 2024 at 9:17 am By Ben Witherington

Q. I see that throughout you make reference to the NETS translation of various texts. What is your overall assessment of this translation? Would you recommend it for my seminary level and doctoral students, or for pastors and educated laity in the church? A. NETS is the New English Translation of the Septuagint. After having to manage for so long with no satisfactory translation of the Greek version of the Old Testament, we now have two. The other is... Read more

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‘Son of Man’– A Dialogue with Richard Bauckham– Part One

Last updated on: January 1, 2024 at 9:13 am By Ben Witherington

Q. Richard I know that this Son of Man project has been on your mind and your to do list for a long time. Why did you feel it important to write at length on this controversial subject, and why now? A. I call it my pandemic project, because I started it around the time that the first lockdown began here in the UK. Moreover, just as no one imagined the pandemic would go on and on for so... Read more

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A Podcast on Luke 2

Last updated on: December 26, 2023 at 12:02 pm By Ben Witherington

Here’s a link: “No Inn in Which to Have No Room” https://davidbcapes.com/2023/12/26/no-inn-in-which-to-have-no-room-with-ben-witherington-iii/ Read more

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Jesus was born at home.

2023-12-23T17:12:13-05:00

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Maestro— The Troubled Life of Leonard Bernstein

Last updated on: December 23, 2023 at 5:12 pm By Ben Witherington

Having spent my early years in high school and beyond playing in a symphony, and having watched with fascination Leonard Bernstein’s Young Peoples Concert Program week after week when I was young, of course I badly wanted to see the biopic on Bernstein which has been years in the making for Bradley Cooper, who both produced and starred, along with Carey Mulligan, in this 2 plus hour film. The film is half in black and white, and half in color,... Read more

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Life is one thing

talent is another.

2023-12-25T13:54:14-05:00

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Start the Year with the Word

Last updated on: December 25, 2023 at 1:54 pm By Ben Witherington

Here’s some helpful reflections by my old friend Tom Wright from his Scripture and the Authority of God, pp. 128, 90-91. “We must committed to a totally contextual reading of scripture. Each word must be understood within its own verse, each verse within its own chapter, each chapter within its own book, and each book within its own historical, cultural, [and I would add rhetorical] and indeed canonical setting. All scripture is ‘culturally conditioned’. it is naive to pretend that some... Read more

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'all scripture is God-breathed'

2023-12-18T16:39:59-05:00

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The UMC becomes the Untied Methodist Church

Last updated on: December 18, 2023 at 4:39 pm By Ben Witherington

This NY. Times article sums up the current state of affairs…. the UMC is adrift. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/us/the-united-methodist-church-schism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G00.J17k.kmP_OEZLGNTF&smid=url-share Read more

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'A house divided against itself cannot stand'

2023-12-21T20:09:37-05:00

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Me and the Magi

Last updated on: December 21, 2023 at 8:09 pm By Ben Witherington

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2023-12-22T13:10:37-05:00

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Of Podcasts, and Ted Talks, and Weblogs, and Texting

Last updated on: December 22, 2023 at 1:10 pm By Ben Witherington

I’ve been doing these forms of communication for more than twenty years now. One thing I’ve noticed repeatedly. Those who rely on the free information they can get from these sources, without doing any real research themselves, are subject to all sorts of misinformation and disinformation. Yes, there are some free sites on the web which usually provide reliable information, for instance Wikipedia is usually reliable, but it is also subject to constant revision and correction by experts, unlike many... Read more

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Leave no stone misidentified

2023-12-21T13:42:00-05:00

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Maysways

Last updated on: December 21, 2023 at 1:42 pm By Ben Witherington

RIP to my favorite jazz fusion pianist, Lyle Mays. Here are two of my favorite tributes after he passed. Read more

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Music is the sound of the soul reaching out for love and joy

2023-12-21T13:41:25-05:00

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Recent Remarkable Roman Archaeological Finds in Italy

Last updated on: December 21, 2023 at 1:41 pm By Ben Witherington

https://www.cnn.com/style/domus-tiberiana-rome-reopens https://www.cnn.com/style/rome-palatine-hill-archaeology-discovery/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/travel/pompeii-archaeologists-uncover-bakery-prison-intl-scli Read more

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