Biblical Studies & Life

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS
 

Christ's Body in Corinth : The Politics of a Metaphor (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2008)

Book Information
BOOK REVIEWS
Study Guide


A Theological Introduction to Paul's Letters: Exploring a Threefold Theology of Paul (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2011) New

Book information and Study/Discussion Questions
Sample Syllabus


Wonsoo-wa ewoot-sai (Between Neighbor and Enemy) -- CreateSpace 2012 [Korean edition] (book blog)

 


 

Books in progress

Biblical Interpretation: Theory, Process, and Criteria (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, forthcoming 2012)

Transformation and the Bible: Explorations of Three-fold Human Transformation

A Study of the "I-am sayings" of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel (supported by the Lilly Theological Scholars Grant 2011-12)


Edited books in progress

1-2 Corinthians (Texts@Contexts serires, Fortress Press), co-editing

Reading Minjung Theology in the Twenty-first Century: Selected Writings by Ahn Byung-Mu and Modern Critical Responses (Pickwick Publications, 2013), co-editing.


ARTICLES

“Reclaiming Christ’s Body (soma christou): Embodiment of God’s Gospel in Paul's Letters,” Interpretation (forthcoming in Jan. 2013)

"Rationale and Proposal for the Journal of Bible and Human Transformation," JBHT Vol. 1, Issue 1 (Nov. 2011).

""Imitators" (Mimetai) in 1 Cor. 4:16 and 11:1: A New Reading of Threefold Embodiment,”
Horizons in Biblical Theology
33 (2011): 147-170

“The Story of Hannah (1 Sam 1:1-2:11) from a Perspective of Han: The Three-phase Transformative Process,” The Bible and Critical Theory 4.2 (2008) [online]

Lex Talionis in Exod 21:22-25: Its Origin and Context,” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 6.3 (2006);
also in
ed. Ehud Ben Zvi, Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures III. Gorgias Press, 2007

"'In Christ' as a Hermeneutical Key for Diversity," Journal of Biblical Studies 6.1 (2006): 34-54 [PDF]

“Jesus' Death in Context,” The Living Pulpit 16.2 (Apr-Jun 2007) --ATLA search available

“A Lesson from Studies of Source Criticism: Contradicting Stories and Humble Diversity in Creation Stories
(Gen 1-2),” SBL Forum 5.9 (October 2007)

Korea, South, Christianity in,” Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Pp. 696-7

"Individualism" mentioned/quoted in Perspectives on Ideology (Oxoford Univ. Press, Canada, 2009)


Popular public writings

"Reading the Bible from a Perspective of Human Transformation", New Testament Scholarship Worldwide

"Teaching the Bible in a Different Culture," in Teaching Theology in a Global and Transnational World

"Awake from sleep" (Rom 13:11-14), Devotional

"Reading a parable radically", Humeis Este Soma Christou

"Marginality and Christian theology"

"Exegetical Steps in Matt 13:44-50"

"Historical Jesus and his death: history and atonement theories"

"Tao (Dow) and deconstruction"

"When faith fades and fear engulfs us"

"Job's story and faith"


Other works on the web


BOOK REVIEWS

Review of Adrian Long, Paul and Human Rights: A Dialogue with the Father of the Corinthian Community (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009), Biblical Interpretation, forthcoming in 2011

Review of Brian Blount, Revelation: A Commentary (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2009), Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion [http://www.raceandreligion.com] April 2010

Review of Pamela Eisenbaum, Paul Was Not a Christian: The Original Message of a Misunderstood Apostle (New York: HarperOne, 2009), Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] (2010)

Review of Tat-Siong Benny Liew, What is Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics? Reading the New Testament (University of Hawaii Press, 2008), Interpretation 64.1 (2010): 107

Review of Seyoon Kim, Christ and Caesar (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2008), Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71.3 (2009): 648-49

Review of Francis Watson, Paul, Judaism, and the Gentiles (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2007), Horizons in Biblical Theology 31.1 (2009): 95-96

Review of Marsha Rossiter and M. Clark, Narrative and the Practice of Adult Education (Florida: Krieger, 2007), Teaching Theology and Religion 12.3 (2009): 294-295


SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

“Rereading Basileia and Dikaiosune from a Communal Perspective in a Korean and African-American Context (Mt 6:25-34),” SBL Annual Meeting, Nov. 2007

“Exploring Theological Themes of Three Figurative Body Discourses in 1 Corinthians,” SBL Annual Meeting, Nov. 2007

“Identity of Jesus and the Johannine Community: Focusing on ‘Do You love me?’ (John 21:9-17),” Mid-Atlantic Region of SBL Annual Meeting, March 2007

“In Christ’ as a Hermeneutical Key for Diversity,” SBL Annual Meeting, Nov. 2004

“Matthew's Holy City (4:5 & 27:53),” Southeastern Region of SBL Annual Meeting, March 2003

Essays under work:

"You will find rest for your souls" (Matt 11:29) (under work)

"God's Righteousness and the Kingdom of God" (Matt 6:25-34) (under work)