Yung Suk Kim
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 (2005), 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]
Biblical Interpretation
Kim reads the Bible as a document of faith that illuminates aspects of transformation for people and the world. The way he reads the Bible is called "critical contextual interpretation" in which history, literature, and transformation are explored seamlessly. With this kind of emphasis on human transformation, Kim interprets spirituality quite differently, as he says: "True spirituality begins when we feel the same fate with others and act out by giving what we have. God wants a fair balance between the rich and the poor. God wants the light and life for all because God is the God of all. That is how I read the Bible." [3]
Selected works
- A Theological Introduction to Paul's Letters: Exploring a Threefold Theology of Paul. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2011.
- Christ’s Body in Corinth: The Politics of a Metaphor (Paul in Critical Contexts), MN: Fortress, 2008.
- Lex Talionis in Exodus 21:22-25: Its Origin and Context (Journal of Hebrew Scriptures).[4]
- Biblical Interpretation: Theory, Process, and Criteria. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Pub., 2013.
- A Transformative Reading of the Bible: Explorations of Holistic Human Transformation. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2013.
- Truth, Testimony, and Transformation: A New Reading of the "I Am" Sayings of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade, 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 (independent publishing platform), 2014.
- Question Mark to the Bible (DongYeon, Seoul, Korea, 2014) (Korean edition)
Edited books
- Reading Ahn Byung-Mu's Minjung Theology in the Twenty-first Century" (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2013)
- 1 and 2 Corinthians (Texts @ Contexts series, Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2013)
References
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