CONTACT: Greg Bish, Media Relations 585.567.9559
Distinguished Scholar to Offer Lecture
HOUGHTON, N.Y. -- New Testament scholar and
author Ben Witherington III will deliver a lecture entitled
“Transfigured: The Theology of Worship in Revelation” on
Monday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Center for the Arts Recital
Hall.
Witherington’s presentation is part of the Summer Intensives
program offered by the Department of Religion, Philosophy and
Graduate Theological Studies at Houghton College. During the
week of June 22-25, Witherington will teach a course on the
theme “The Jesus of Film, Fantasy and Faith.” Topics of
discussion will include “The Social World of Jesus,” “Jesus as
Apocalyptic Seer,” “Jesus as Sage,” and “Will the Real Jesus
Stand Up -- the Divine and Human Jesus.”
Witherington is the Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral
Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and serves on the
doctoral faculty at University of St Andrews in Scotland. He has
taught at Ashland Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University,
Duke Divinity School and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Witherington has written over 30 books, among them The Jesus
Quest and The Paul Quest, which were selected as top biblical
studies books by Christianity Today. He is a popular lecturer
and one of the world’s foremost evangelical scholars.
This lecture is free of charge and open to the public. For more
information call 585.567.9460 or e-mail
gts@houghton.edu.
