Uriah Y. Kim

Uriah Y. Kim is a Korean-American Old Testament scholar.

Biography

Born into a Buddhism home in Korea, Kim moved to the United States when he was ten years old and became a Christian as a teenager.[1] He completed his BA from New York University, MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary, ThM from Candler School of Theology (Emory University), and PhD from the Graduate Theological Union in May 2004. He taught Hebrew Bible at Hartford Seminary (2005–2016), where he became a full professor and served as academic dean. Since January 2017, Kim has been at the Graduate Theological Union as John Dillenberger Professor of Biblical Studies and Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs.[2]

His scholarship includes Asian American postcolonial biblical hermeneutics.[3][4]

Works
  • Kim, Uriah Y. (2006). Decolonizing Josiah: Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Deuteronomistic History. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 978-1-905048-72-4.
  • Kim, Uriah Y. (2008). Identity and Loyalty in the David Story: A Postcolonial Reading. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 978-1-906055-58-5.
  • Kim, Uriah Y.; Yang, Seung Ai, eds. (2019). T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-567-67261-2.

References
  1. "Letter 6". Values and Voices. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. "Uriah Y. Kim". Graduate Theological Union. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. Sugirtharajah, R. S. (2013). The Bible and Asia. Harvard University Press. pp. 214–215. ISBN 978-0-674-72646-8.
  4. Kim, Uriah Y.; Yang, Seung Ai, eds. (2019). T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-567-67261-2.
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