Biography
Witherington was born on December 30,1951,in High Point,North Carolina. He is son of Ben,a banker and Joyce West,a piano teacher. On June 1,1977,Witherington married Ann E. Sears,an educator. He had two children,Christy Ann and David Benjamin. On January 11,2012 Witherington's daughter,died of a pulmonary embolism.
Witherington attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, along with minors in Philosophy and Religious Studies. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1977) and a Ph.D. from the Durham University in England (1981).
Career
From 1984 to 1995 he was professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary. He is currently "Jean R. Amos" Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary (1995-) Witherington has also taught at Vanderbilt University,and on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
From 1982 to 1983 he had been a faculty member of the Duke Divinity School and the High Point College. In 1988,1990,1992,he was a visiting professor of the Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary. He was a research fellow (1992),and member (1996) at the Robinson College from the Cambridge University.
He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, Society for the Study of the New Testament and the Institute for Biblical Research.
In 1982,he was ordained as a Methodist elder. Witherington has presented seminars for churches,colleges and biblical meetings in the United States,England,Estonia,Russia,Europe,South Africa,Zimbabwe and Australia. He has also led tours to Italy,Greece,Turkey,Israel,Jordan,and Egypt. His books The Jesus Quest and The Paul Quest were selected as top biblical studies works by the Evangelical magazine Christianity Today . Witherington has been seen on the History Channel,NBC,ABC,CBS,CNN,The Discovery Channel,A&E and PAX Network. He was featured in the BBC and PBS special entitled The Story of Jesus.
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