Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible in the Williams Chair of Biblical Studies

740-362-3433
pkim@mtso.edu
Gault 243

Syllabi:



"As a theological educator, I see teaching as a form of ministry, in which people experience mutual learning, respect, and challenge. Biblical texts can provide a wonderful basis for such a teaching ministry, because they model the interrelationships of different people of diverse traditions, living in various settings and interpreting in many ways the meaning of life and relationship with God. Hence, as I study biblical texts, I am especially interested in exploring that rich heritage of conceptual diversity, and in asking what it means for us to inherit, interpret, and struggle with these theologies in our ministry within the Church and in our service to all humanity."


Education:

Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 1998
Th.M, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1992
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1991
B.A., Biola University, 1988


Areas of expertise:

Prophetic literature; Form criticism; Intertextuality; Biblical theology; Comparative study; Asian/Asian-American hermeneutics

Recently published works:

The Desert Will Bloom: Poetic Visions in Isaiah (co-edited with A. Joseph Everson; SBL Ancient Israel and Its Literature 4; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009).

“Achbor, Aharah, Ahira, Ahisamach, Anah, Asharelah, Assir, Asiel” in Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009).

“Recent Scholarship on Isaiah 1-39,” in Recent Research on the Major Prophets (ed. Alan J. Hauser; Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008), 118-41.

“Introduction to the Book of Isaiah” in The Peoples’ Bible (ed. Curtiss Paul DeYoung, et al.; Fortress, 2008), 814-16.
 
“Jonah Read Intertextually.” Journal of Biblical Literature 126 (2007): 497-528.

“Tsunami, Hurricane, and Jeremiah 4:23-28.” Biblical Theology Bulletin 37 (2007): 54-61.