New York Theological Seminary

Professor of Bible

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Educational Background

• Professor of Biblical Studies
• B.A. Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
• M.Div., Ph.D. Princeton Theological Seminary

Religious Affiliation

• Presbyterian Church USA

Publications

Assistant editor of Jesus’s Jewishness: Exploring the Place of Jesus Within Early Judaism. Edited by James H. Charlesworth. Philadelphia: American Interfaith Institute. New York: Crossroad, 1991.

Contributor to The Anchor Bible Dictionary. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Consultant for the Korean translation of the Rule of the Community (1QS) in its international edition; for the Dead Sea Scrolls Project, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ.

“Biblical Understanding of the Year of Jubilee.” Korea Daily News, January 1995. Published in Korean.

“How Does the Holy Spirit Enter into the Preaching?” Living Pulpit 5:1 (January-March 1996): 24-25.

“God’s Vision for a New World.” In Discipleship: Remember Who You Are. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996. Video Presentation.

“The Word That Gives Life.” In The Upper Room Disciplines 1988, 31-37. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1997, 31-37.

“The Sacrifice of Abraham: Given to God.” Pulpit Digest (January/February 1998): 33-38.

“I Dream of Peace: Isaiah 11.” Biblical Studies (Seoul). (December 1998): 1-12. In Korean.

“Exuberance in the Diving Council: Isaiah 40:1-11.” Biblical Studies - Seoul (December 1999): 1-12. Published in Korean.

“God Is Just Around the Corner: One More Verse.” Pulpit Digest (November/December 1999): 65-69.

“Pious Complaint.” Biblical Studies - Seoul (December 1998): 1-12. Published in Korean.

Bible Study Guide for the Six Episodes of the TNT Series on Personalities from the Hebrew Bible. National Interfaith Cable Coalition, Inc.

“Let the People Praise You.” Biblical Studies - Seoul (May 2001): 1-17. Published in Korean.

“Ezra and Nehemiah” In Discipleship: Under the Tree of Life. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001. Video Presentation.

“Dethroning Violence and Terror: An Undercurrent in the Hebrew Bible.” In Surviving Terror, edited by Victoria Lee Erickson, 66-86. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2002.

“Make My Word Your Home.” Preaching (July/August 2002): 43-44.

“Psalm 107: The Song of the Broken People.” Biblical Studies - Seoul (November 2002): 12-28. Published in Korean.

“The Child Forever, Ever Forgiving.” in Living Pulpit 12:4 (Oct.-Nov. 2003): 34-35.

“Pacifism in Judaism.” In Encyclopedia of Religion and War, edited by Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, 249-25. New York/London: Routledge, 2004.

“Food and Rituals.” In Encyclopedia of Religious Rituals, edited by Frank Salamone. New York: Routledge, forthcoming.

“Birth Rituals.” In Encyclopedia of Religious Rituals, edited by Frank Salamone. New York: Routledge, forthcoming.

“Art.” in Encyclopedia of Protestantism, edited by Hans J. Hillerbrand. New York: Routledge, forthcoming.

“Vocation.” In Encyclopedia of Protestantism, edited by Hans J. Hillerbrand. New York: Routledge, forthcoming.

“Words of Jubilation in the Book of Deuteronomy.” Biblical Studies – Seoul, forthcoming in Korean. Published in Korean.