“Never judge a book by its cover.” This was certainly true for me with Yung Suk Kim’s groundbreaking book, How to Read the Gospels: An Introduction. While waiting for the review copy to arrive, my expectations were low because I… Read More ›
(B) Book Review
Reading Mary Alongside Indian Surrogate Mothers: Violent Love, Oppressive Liberation, and Infancy Narratives
Since the late 20th century, various ethnic groups have developed different contextual biblical interpretations on the basis of their specific geopolitical contexts. These include the liberation, African(a) and African American, Asian and Asian American, and islander biblical interpretations. Such contextual… Read More ›
Remapping Biblical Studies: CUREMP at Thirty
This volume celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the Committee on Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession (CUREMP), a committee within the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) dedicated to advancing underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities in biblical studies. In… Read More ›
An Asian Introduction to the New Testament
I was very glad that Fortress decided to send me a review copy of this book because when I heard about it, I thought, “If there is one book Asian American Theological Forum (AATF) has to review for its Bible… Read More ›
Towards an Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics: An Intersectional Anthology
After the 2021 Cal-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church ended, I drove to the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento to please my little children and fulfill my familial duty. Having grudgingly paid the parking fee ($15 flat… Read More ›
Betweener Talk: Decolonizing Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Praxis
As a book that doubles as a performative act of dialogue, Betweener Talkis an ambitious, inspiring exchange of ideas that work against ideologically binary views of the world. Grounding the conversation is the authors’ shared… Read More ›
Rereading Galatians from the Perspective of Paul’s Gospel: A Literary and Theological Commentary
Yung Suk undertakes an in-depth study of the gospel in the New Testament. Embarking on a literary analysis of reading Galatians, this ambitious project aims to illuminate the various aspects of Paul’s view of “the internal logic of the theme… Read More ›
Toward Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction
Marginalized or minoritized folks have been conditioned for far too long into believing that the white male is the only legitimate presence and normative center of discourse. Western Christianity has fashioned an idol in a white (and color-blind) Jesus, and… Read More ›
T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics
On the last day of class back in fall 2016 in Berkeley, California, as a typical first-time teaching Ph.D. student of the social media generation, I was eager to post a group picture of the class on my Facebook page,… Read More ›
Reading Jesus’ Parables with Dao De Jing.
“Can Eastern classics contribute to biblical interpretation and hermeneutics?” In biblical scholarship, there have been ongoing interests in bringing the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman literature together with the Bible in order to bring fresh light on the texts… Read More ›
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