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LBs… The New Year’s Resolution Song
By
Ben Witherington
LB’S (A Good ole Southern Country Song by BW3–think Johnny Cash with help from the Beatles– to the tunes of ‘I hear that train a comin’ and ‘Carry that Weight’) It’s sweepin’ cross AmericaThe plague of pulchritudeIt’s gripped the country’s midriftThe bare facts are quite rude,We’ve put on pounds around our waistThat we cannot divestAnd…
The Ephesian Terrace Houses
By
Ben Witherington
Probably the most exciting of all the archaeological developments in Turkey is what has been uncovered on a hill overlooking the Celsus Library in Ephesos by the Austrians. And the Austrians are both meticulous and thorough, and their work on the terraced houses is spectacular. They have even built a state of the art roof…
Ten 2009 Books on the New Testament You Should have Read
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Ben Witherington
Of the making of Biblical studies books there is no end, but not all books are created equal. One of the questions I often get is what were the best Biblical Studies books that came out this year which should be added to a library. So on my birthday and without trying to come up…
Defaced
By
Ben Witherington
The statue stood sentinel, But had no staring eyes, Defaced by vicious vandals The royal line despised. Erasures are too common, As if our pasts weren’t past Enough with mere mortality The memory must not last. The student of antiquity Engaged in…
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