Antioch Seminar - On Paul & Peter: Where Disciples Were First Called Christians

Lecturers

Dr. Mark Wilson

Professor Extraordinary of New Testament, Stellenbosch University Director, Asia Minor Research Center

Mark Wilson (D.Litt. et Phil., University of South Africa) is an American scholar who has lived in Turkey with his wife Dindy since 2004. He is the founder and director of two organizations—the Seven Churches Network and the Asia Minor Research Center in Antalya. Their purpose is to promote the study of early Judaism and Christianity in Asia Minor within the context of the Greco-Roman world. Wilson regularly leads study trips to the biblical sites in Turkey and other countries in the eastern Mediterranean. He has also conducted several seminars for Turkish tour guides on Turkey’s biblical heritage. Wilson is the author and editor of over a dozen books including four studies on the book of Revelation, and many articles on the journeys of Paul and Peter.

He has also written a number of articles on the ancient Jewish communities of Asia Minor. His articles are available on www.sevenchurches.org. Other articles can be found in the ESV Archaeology Bible and the Lexham Geographic Commentary Acts through Revelation. He is a member of nine academic societies, and has been involved in video projects on Ephesus, St. Nicholas, the Seven Churches, and Paul’s Journeys. His research interests include ancient synagogues as well as ancient roads and biblical routes.

Dr. David deSilva

Ashland Theological Seminary

Dr. David A. deSilva, PhD is Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek and an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. He is the author of over twenty-five books, including Day of Atonement: A Novel of the Maccabean Revolt (Kregel, 2015), The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude: What Earliest Christianity Learned from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (Oxford, 2012), Seeing Things John’s Way: The Rhetoric of Revelation(Westminster John Knox, 2009), An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation (InterVaristy, 2004), Introducing the Apocrypha (Baker Academic, 2002), Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture (InterVarsity, 2000), and Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-rhetorical Commentary on the Letter “to the Hebrews” (Eerdmans, 2000). He was involved in several major Bible translation projects, serving as the Apocrypha Editor for the Common English Bible and working on the revision of the Apocrypha for the English Standard Version. He has also created several video resources and Mobile Ed courses for Faithlife, including “The Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testaments” (BI 291), “The Cultural World of the New Testament” (NT 201), and “Interpreting the Epistle to the Hebrews” (NT TBA).

Dr. Ron Hermes

Fresno Pacific University

Dean of School of Humanities, Religion, & Social Sciences, Fresno Pacific University, 2014-present Affiliated Instructor in New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2013-present Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Northwest University, Kirkland, WA, 2011-2013 Director, Master of Arts in Theology & Culture, Northwest University, Kirkland, WA, 2010-2013 Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Northwest University, Kirkland,WA, 2006-2011 Tutor in Distance Education, Regent College, Vancouver, BC, 2005-2011 Post-graduate Instructor in Theological German, Durham University, 2003-2005

Dr. Alan Bandy

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

EDUCATION: Ph.D., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (2007), M.Div., Mid-America Seminary in Memphis (2002), B.A., Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, (1998) TEACHING SPECIALIZATIONS: New Testament, The Apocalypse of John

Dr. Ben Witherington III

Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary; doctoral faculty, St. Andrews University

Bible scholar Ben Witherington is Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland. A graduate of UNC, Chapel Hill, he went on to receive the M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Durham in England. He is now considered one of the top evangelical scholars in the world, and is an elected member of the prestigious SNTS, a society dedicated to New Testament studies. Witherington has also taught at Ashland Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, Duke Divinity School and Gordon-Conwell. A popular lecturer, Witherington has presented seminars for churches, colleges and biblical meetings not only in the United States but also in England, Estonia, Russia, Europe, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia. He has also led tours to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and Egypt.

Dr. Douglas Jacoby

Professor of Theology, Rocky Mountain School of Ministry & Theology

Douglas Jacoby is a Bible teacher who has served as a minister on church staff for 20 years, in London, Birmingham, Sydney, Stockholm, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and Washington DC, Douglas. Since 2003 he has worked as a freelance teacher and consultant. Douglas has engaged in a number of public debates (Islam, atheism, theology, Judaism). He also serves an adjunct professor of theology at Lincoln Christian University and professor of theology in the Rocky Mountain School of Theology and Ministry. With degrees from Drew, Harvard, and Duke, Douglas has written 35 books, recorded nearly 900 podcasts, and spoken in over 100 universities, and in over 500 cities, in 126 nations around the world. Douglas has led 25 tours to the biblical world. The Jacobys have three adult children. Douglas and his wife, Vicki, reside in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dr. Jason Borges

Associate Director, Asia Minor Research Center

Jason Borges (PhD, Durham University) is the Assistant Director of the Asia Minor Research Center. As a historian of early Christianity, his research interests include ancient travel, honor-shame, and Byzantine monasticism. Jason has lived in Turkey since 2017.