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2023-05-17T13:36:55-04:00

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William Campbell’s Romans– The Dialogue Part Eleven

Last updated on: May 17, 2023 at 1:36 pm By Ben Witherington

Q. In your exposition about Rom. 1.18-32 I was surprised that while you rightly emphasized the critique of pagan idolatry, you said nothing about pagan sexual immorality in the form of same sex sexual activity which it seems is clearly referred to in that context. It seems clear to me that Paul sees that as the fallenness pagans were given up to because of their idolatry. Yes? I realize his critique of homosexuality is perhaps less strident than say Philo’s... Read more

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What does Israel mean in Paul's letters?

2023-05-17T13:30:36-04:00

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William Campbell’s Romans– The Dialogue Part Ten

Last updated on: May 17, 2023 at 1:30 pm By Ben Witherington

Q. You are right that not infrequently Paul uses the rhetorical device of diatribe and also the device of rhetorical questions to further his arguments. This however does not amount to alternating between diatribal sections and epistolary sections of the document. The non-diatribal material does not reflect epistolary anything, other than at the outset and conclusion of the document. Rather, we have a progressive series of arguments and they follow rhetorical not epistolary rules and categories. The need ito see... Read more

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Are all Israel true Israel?

2023-05-13T08:35:52-04:00

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About all those Books I’ve been Writing….

Last updated on: May 13, 2023 at 8:35 am By Ben Witherington

Not infrequently I’ve been asked, how (and why) I have written so many books. I wish I had known the warning of Edna St. Vincent Millay earlier in my publishing career. “A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down…If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.” (cited in Cliff Black’s new volume on the Gospel of Mark, p. 76— to be... Read more

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Writing for me is like eating or sleeping. I feel I need to do it most every day.

2023-04-13T22:10:14-04:00

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A Remarkable Beatles in Ed Sullivan Theater Retrospective

Last updated on: April 13, 2023 at 10:10 pm By Ben Witherington

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The Beatles!

2023-05-04T09:51:56-04:00

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The Drug Problem in America– a Problem of the Heart

Last updated on: May 4, 2023 at 9:51 am By Ben Witherington

There are many problems that ultimately can be traced back to the human heart and its desires, its needs, its wants. Food related obesity is one such problem, and 42% of this state is considered obese or morbidly obese. But that’s a post for another day. During primary season I got sick and tired of seeing campaign ads claiming— ‘we stopped drugs at the borders of Kentucky’ or we will do so if you elect us. What absolute rubbish. Really? ... Read more

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All we need is drugs???

2023-04-30T20:38:22-04:00

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My Favorite Sports

Last updated on: April 30, 2023 at 8:38 pm By Ben Witherington

O.K., I admit it, I love sports. Not surprisingly, having been raised on Carolina basketball, college basketball is decidedly my favorite sport, and fortunately, I’ve seen my alma mater win 6 national championships (the first being in 1957 where we went undefeated and beat Wilt Chamberlain in 3 overtimes in Kansas in the most improbable championship ever). I don’t much care for the NBA, unless we are talking the Celtics in the playoffs. In fact of the professional sports, I... Read more

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2023-04-30T08:17:09-04:00

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Books Worth Reading– Part Three

Last updated on: April 30, 2023 at 8:17 am By Ben Witherington

There have always been problems with word dictionaries. Why? Because words don’t have meanings in isolation from their contexts. It is not true that ‘in the beginning was the Dictionary, and the Dictionary was good’. Every existing dictionary of whatever sort involves persons having done detailed study of the use of words in numerous contexts, to establish the semantic range of the word. And often enough, that range is broad, though not quite free range like the chickens. And the... Read more

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Getting your words worth

2023-04-29T16:43:22-04:00

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Books Worth Reading– Part Two

Last updated on: April 29, 2023 at 4:43 pm By Ben Witherington

On first glance, this book looks like an antique. It has a cover like 19th century literary works, like for instance the set I have of Charles’ Dickens’ novels. But don’t let the cover fool you. This is the latest, and most expansive ever attempt at doing a proper Biblical Theology. It weighs in at over 1,000 pages and deals in detail with the theology and ethics of every single book of the Protestant Bible. Andreas Kostenberger was wise enough... Read more

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Biblical Theology writ large

2023-04-29T15:15:30-04:00

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Books Worth Reading— Part One

Last updated on: April 29, 2023 at 3:15 pm By Ben Witherington

Paul was a skilled rhetorician. This is evident throughout his letters, but especially in the so-called capital Paulines, such as Galatians, 1 Corinthians and Romans. But one question that gets raised in regard to 1 Corinthians is why in the world does Paul leave the discussion of resurrection until last, when, along with the crucifixion it is crucial to his argument throughout. Timothy Christian’s fine monograph, done originally as a dissertation under me at Asbury Theological Seminary, and revised for... Read more

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Resurrection--- Saving the Best for Last?

2023-05-13T08:46:01-04:00

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Ten Things Christians Should Never Accept

Last updated on: May 13, 2023 at 8:46 am By Ben Witherington

TEN THINGS CHRISTIANS SHOULD NEVER ACCEPT The premise of this post is that I’m talking about what counts as Christian behavior. (and ethical belief). I’m not dealing in this post with what the larger society deems moral or legal. That’s a discussion for another day. Christians should never assume ‘we live in a Christian country’ and assume that what the Bible says should be the law of the land. In fact, we live in a morally and religiously... Read more

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