# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-witherington-iii
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:58:52.949Z

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name: "Ben Witherington III"
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description: "Ben Witherington III is an American Wesleyan-Arminian New Testament scholar. Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary, a Wesleyan-Holiness seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, and an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church."
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birthDate: "1951-12-30"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump