Yung Suk Kim
| Yung Suk Kim | |
|---|---|
| Born | Daegu, South Korea |
| Nationality | Korean-American |
| Occupation | Biblical scholar and author |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Kyungpook National University, McCormick Theological Seminary |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University (PhD) |
| Thesis year | 2006 |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biblical studies |
| Institutions | Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology Virginia Union University |
Yung Suk Kim is a Korean-American biblical scholar and author. Kim is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University in Richmond. He studied in Korean and American schools. Kim holds the following degrees: a PhD degree in the area of New Testament studies from Vanderbilt University (2006), an M.Div from McCormick Theological Seminary (1999), and a B.A from Kyungpook National University (1985). Kim is editor of a new online peer-reviewed journal, Journal of Bible and Human Transformation in which intersections of the Bible and human transformation are explored.[1] He is also a new editor of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion since Nov. 2014.[2]
Biography
Kim grew up in a farming village in Kyungsan, Kyungbuk of South Korea. He finished elementary school, middle school and high school in his hometown. Kim majored at economics at Kyungpook National University. Kim had a mandatory military service as a member of the KATUSA at a U.S military base in Korea. After graduation from college, Kim worked at the LG Electronics headquarter and in foreign branches such as in Panama (Republic of Panama) and Miami, FL. During this business career, Kim encountered new cultures and people in Latin America. Then, remembering who he was growing up in Korea, Kim made a radical decision about his career while working in Miami, that he quitted his job to pursue a theological degree. He went to Chicago to attend for an M.Div degree. After a successful completion of his theological master's degree at McCormick, Kim was accepted at a PhD program toward New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University. At his PhD work, Kim focused on Paul's letters. He defended his dissertation titled SOMA CHRISTOU: DE(RE)CONSTRUCTION in 2006. He started teaching in 2005 because he was appointed as assistant professor of New Testament at Virginia Union University.
Contribution
Yung Suk Kim's contribution to biblical studies and New Testament studies in particular lies in his critical contextual biblical interpretation. His arguement that "the body of Christ" in 1 Cor 12:27 can be read as a metaphor for "a way of living" is not only unique but convincing among New Testament scholars. His book on contextual biblical interpretation is also widely read and used in classroom.
Works
Books
- Kim, Yung Suk (2008). Christ’s Body in Corinth: The Politics of a Metaphor. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress. ISBN 978-0-800-66285-1. OCLC 214064342.
- ——— (2011). A Theological Introduction to Paul's Letters: Exploring a Threefold Theology of Paul. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN 978-1-608-99793-0. OCLC 741342428.
- ——— (2013). Biblical Interpretation: Theory, Process, and Criteria. Eugene, OR: Pickwick. ISBN 978-1-610-97646-6. OCLC 827258714.
- ——— (2013). A Transformative Reading of the Bible: Explorations of Holistic Human Transformation. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN 978-1-620-32221-5. OCLC 844786943.
- ——— (2014). Truth, Testimony, and Transformation: A New Reading of the "I Am" Sayings of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN 978-1-620-32222-2. OCLC 892344712.
- ——— (2014). Question Mark to the Bible (Korean edition ed.). Seoul, Korea: DongYun.
- ——— (2015). Resurrecting Jesus: The Renewal of New Testament Theology. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. ISBN 978-1-498-21834-4. OCLC 918874341.
- ——— (2016). Messiah in Weakness: A Portrait of Jesus from the Perspective of the Dispossessed. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. - forthcoming
Edited books
- ———; Kim, Jin-Ho, eds. (2013). Reading Minjung theology in the twenty-first century : selected writings by Ahn Byung-Mu and modern critical responses. Eugene, OR: Pickwick. ISBN 978-1-610-97817-0. OCLC 858964624.
- ———, ed. (2013). 1 and 2 Corinthians. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress. ISBN 978-0-800-69935-2. OCLC 798615966.
Self published books
- ——— (2012). A New English Translation of the Tao Te Ching. CreateSpace.
- ——— (2012). A New Korean Translation of the Tao Te Ching. CreateSpace.
- ——— (2012). You are Dust (Poetery based on the Tao Te Ching) (Korean edition ed.). CreateSpace.
- ——— (2014). Why Christians Need to Read the Tao Te Ching: A New Translation and Commentary on the Tao Te Ching from a Biblical Scholar's Perspective. CreateSpace.
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