Uriah Y. Kim is a Korean-born American Old Testament scholar working as president of the

Graduate Theological Union The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is a consortium of eight private independent American theological schools and eleven centers and affiliates. Seven of the theological schools are located in Berkeley, California. The GTU was founded in 1962 ...

and John Dillenberger Professor of Biblical Studies.

Early life and education

Born into a Buddhist home in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

, Kim moved to the United States when he was ten years old and became a Christian as a teenager. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

, Master of Divinity from

Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton Theological Seminary (PTSem), officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, is a private school of theology in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1812 under the auspices of Archibald Alexander, the General Assembly of ...

, Master of Theology from the

Candler School of Theology Candler School of Theology is one of seven graduate schools at Emory University, located in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. A university-based school of theology, Candler educates ministers, scholars of religion and other leaders. It is also one ...

, and PhD from the

in May 2004.

Career

Kim taught Hebrew Bible at

Hartford Seminary The Hartford International University for Religion and Peace (formerly Hartford Seminary) is a private theological university in Hartford, Connecticut. History Hartford Seminary's origins date back to 1833 when the Pastoral Union of Connecti ...

(2005–2016), where he became a full professor and served as academic dean. Since January 2017, Kim has been core doctoral faculty and John Dillenberger Professor of Biblical Studies at the

. In August 2020, he was named ninth President of the Graduate Theological Union. His research and teaching interests include Deuteronomistic History, History of Ancient Israel, Postcolonial Biblical Criticism, Asian-American Biblical Hermeneutics, King David, and the Book of Judges.

Works

* * * Kim, Uriah Y. (2011) “Where is the Home for the Man of Luz?” ''Interpretation.'' * Kim, Uriah Y. (2013) “The Politics of Othering in North America and in the Book of Judges,” ''Concilium.'' * Kim, Uriah Y. (2014). ''Reading a Tendentious Bible: Essays in Honor of Robert B. Coote'', Co-editor, Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 978-1907534935. * Kim, Uriah Y. (2014). “More to the Eye than Meets the Eye: A Protest against the Empire in Samson’s Death,” ''Biblical Interpretation.'' *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Uriah Y. Living people American people of Korean descent American biblical scholars Old Testament scholars New York University alumni Princeton Theological Seminary alumni Candler School of Theology alumni Graduate Theological Union alumni Year of birth missing (living people)