Hurtado on the Worship of Jesus— Revisited

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 11:04 pm By Ben Witherington

Early Jesus-Devotion: Critical Engagement by larryhurtado In a recent comment, Sean Garrigan suggested that I provide pointers to some of the critical engagements that have been offered to my work on early Jesus-devotion, particularly in my book, Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity (Eerdmans, 2003). I’m thinking of preparing a fuller discussion for another occasion, so here I’ll simply give the bibliographical information on critiques and any responses from me. One of the earliest scholars invited to... Read more

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (at Christmas)

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 11:04 pm By Ben Witherington

The Ghost of Future Perfect Passive

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 11:04 pm By Ben Witherington

A special thanks to Doug Savage who deserves all the credit and kudos for these Savage cartoons. Read more

Seeing Christmas with New Eyes

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 11:05 pm By Ben Witherington

I have always loved Christmas ever since I was little. I have memories of the Christmas in High Point when my cat decided it was a good idea to climb the Christmas tree so as to swat the bubble lights which were making him crazy. The tree came down in the middle of the night, breaking my favorite bubble lights. Things do go wrong at Christmas. While things didn’t go wrong last Christmas, little did we know that our sweet... Read more

Christmas— When God Says— I Won’t Give up on Us

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 11:05 pm By Ben Witherington

I Believe in Happy Endings— a Small Christmas Gift from Downton

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 11:05 pm By Ben Witherington

The Meaning of Incarnation

Last updated on: August 1, 2017 at 3:14 pm By Ben Witherington

Incarnation is a big word, and sadly, not a lot of Christians either use it, or know what it means. It does not refer to the same thing as the virginal conception, though the latter is the means by which the incarnation of the Son of God took place. Incarnation refers to the choices and acts of a pre-existent divine being, namely the Son of God, that the Son took in order to become a human being. He took on... Read more

The SBL in Chicago-A Potpourri of Things– Part Four

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 11:05 pm By Ben Witherington

Me with my Turkish friends, Levent Oral and Mark Wilson at the Tutku Tours booth at the SBL. Certainly one of the major sessions at the SBL this year was the panel discussion of the recent collection of essays published by T+T Clark and entitled Paul and the Heritage of Israel. Those participating were Rob Wall, Mikael Parsons, Daniel Marguerat, Loveday Alexander, David Moessner, and Mark Reasoner. The purpose of the book and the seminar is to work across disciplines... Read more

O Mayan

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 11:05 pm By Ben Witherington

The SBL in Chicago–A Potpourri of Things– Part Three

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 11:05 pm By Ben Witherington

Jeff Cate gave an intriguing lecture on a specific papyrus– p43. He pointed out that rarely were compendiums of Scripture references made and written down in the early centuries of Christianity. And when they were they were parts of primitive lectionaries. It is interesting that the Greek and Syriac lectionaries included no references from the book of Revelation, but the Coptic and Latin ones did do so. One reason to use the verso or back side of a papyrus was... Read more

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