{"id":1004,"date":"2006-05-23T05:42:25","date_gmt":"2006-05-23T05:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/05\/good-writers-in-various-discip.html"},"modified":"2006-05-23T05:42:25","modified_gmt":"2006-05-23T05:42:25","slug":"good-writers-in-various-discip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/05\/good-writers-in-various-discip.html","title":{"rendered":"Good Writers in Various Disciplines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone has asked me about good writers.  In particular, I mentioned C.H. Dodd, and N.T. Wright, and also C.F.D. Moule. But this person has asked about similar examples in Old Testament studies, Church History, Theology, Sciences, Sociology &#8230; you understand. So, this post is a question: In your opinion, who are the best writers in other fields? 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