Uriah Y

Uriah Y. Kim, Ph.D.

President

John Dillenberger Professor of Biblical Studies

Graduate Theological Union

2400 Ridge Road

Berkeley, CA 94709

(510) 649-2416

[email protected]

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, May 2004

• Th.M. (magna cum laude), Candler School of Theology, Emory University

• M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

• B.A., New York University, Major: Philosophy

• Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Major: Engineering,

Degree: None

ADMINISTRATIVE & FACULTY POSITIONS

• President, Graduate Theological Union, (Interim, February – July 2020) August

2020 – present

• Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Graduate Theological Union,

January 2017 – July 2020

• John Dillenberger Professor of Biblical Studies, Graduate Theological Union,

January 2017 - present

• Academic Dean, Hartford Seminary, July 2012 – December 2016

• Full Professor of Hebrew Bible, Hartford Seminary, July 2015 – December 2016

• Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Hartford Seminary, 2010 – 2015

• Assistant Professor of Hebrew bible, Hartford Seminary, 2005 – 2010

Courses: Hebrew Bible Survey ( I and II), Biblical Hebrew, Solomon and the

Wisdom Tradition, Reading Judges for Our Time; David and His Supporting

Cast; Reading David for Our Time; King David and Multicultural Leadership;

Contextual Interpretation of the Bible; Old Testament Survey [for the Black

Ministry Certificate Program]

• Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible [tenure-track appointment], Canisius

College, Buffalo, New York, 2004–2005; Courses: Introduction to Hebrew

Bible/Old Testament; Introduction to Biblical Hebrew; Introduction to World

Religions

• Visiting Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, Spring 2009; Courses:

Old Testament and Postcolonialism; Book of Judges

• Visiting Professor, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, Summer

Session 2006; Course: Introduction to the Old Testament

• Adjunct Faculty, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, California,

2000–2004; Courses: Biblical Hebrew (Fall 2003 and Winter 2004; Fall 2002 and

Winter 2003; Fall 2001 and Winter 2002, Fall 2000 and Winter 2001); Reading in

Biblical Hebrew, Fall 2002

• Adjunct Faculty, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, Fall 2000–

Spring 2004; Course: Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible (Fall 2000, Fall 2001);

Wisdom Literature for the Certificate of Ministry Studies Program (October

2001); The Former Prophets for the CMS Program (October 2002; October

2003); Introduction to the Old Testament for the CMS Program (May 2004)

• Visiting Lecturer, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, Summer

2003; Course: Asian and Asian–American Biblical Hermeneutics

• Newhall Teaching Fellow, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California,

Spring 2003; Course: The Bible, Memory and Asian America

• Teaching Assistant, Graduate Theological Union, 1999–2003; Courses: The Book

of Joshua (Spring 2001); Prophets (Spring 2001); Introduction to the Old

Testament (Fall 1999, Fall 2000, Fall 2003)

TEACHING INTERESTS/EXPERTISE

• Biblical Hebrew; Deuteronomistic History; History of Ancient Israel; Wisdom

Literature

• Postcolonial Criticism; Cultural/Contextual Hermeneutics; Asian and Asian-

American Theology and Interpretation

• King Josiah; King David; Book of Judges; Historical and Political Context of

Ancient Near East in the Seventh Century B.C.E.

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

• Selected as the Alum of the Year for 2013 by the Graduate Theological Union

• ATS Lilly Faculty Fellowship, 2011 – 2012

• Wabash Center Colloquy for Theological Deans, 2015-16

• Wabash Center Summer Fellowship, Summer 2007

• Wabash Center’s Workshop for Asian/North American Pre-Tenure Faculty, 2006

– 2007

• North American Doctoral Fellow, The Fund for Theological Education, 2001 –

02, 2002 – 03, and 2003 – 04

• Appenzeller Memorial Scholarship, International Foundations for Ewha Womans

University, Spring 2004

• Newhall Teaching and Research Fellow, 2002 – 2003

• Presidential Scholar, Graduate Theological Union’s Ph.D. Program

PUBLICATIONS

Monographs/Edited volumes

1. Decolonizing Josiah: Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Deuteronomistic

History (Bible in the Modern World, 5; Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005)

Reviewed by Panel of 4 Presenters, San Diego, 2007 SBL Annual Meetings

Reviewed in the following journals:

Reviews in Biblical Literature 09/2006 (8 pages in length; 3800 words)

Catholic Biblical Quarterly 69/1 (2007):120-22

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 30/5 (2006):110

Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 19/2 (2005):302-303

Revista biblica 69/1-2 (2007):119-120

The Bible and Critical Theory 2007; 3/3:47.1-47.3

Reviews in Religion and Theology 13/3 (2006):283-85

Society for Old Testament Study Book List

Conversations in Religion and Theology 6/1 (2008):6-9

2. Identity and Loyalty in the David Story: A Postcolonial Reading (Hebrew Bible

Monographs, 22; Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008)

Reviewed by Panel of 4 Presenters, New Orleans, 2009 SBL Annual Meeting

Reviewed in the following journals:

Biblical Interpretation 20 (2012):165-67

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 35/5 (2011):95

The Bible and Critical Theory 6/3 (2010):44.1-44.3

Reviews in Religion and Theology 17/1 (2010):15-18

Conversations in Religion and Theology 8/1 (2010):1-11

3. Editor with Marvin Chaney and Annette Schellenberg, Reading a Tendentious

Bible: Essays in Honor of Robert B. Coote (Hebrew Bible Monographs, 66;

Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014)

4. Editor with Seung Ai Yang, T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical

Hermeneutics (T&T Clark, 2019)

Journal Articles

• “In Search of God, Identity and Home with/in Others: A Reflection on Korean

Diaspora and Old Testament,” Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 25/4

(2019): 59-81.

• “More to the Eye than Meets the Eye: A Protest against the Empire in Samson’s

Death,” Biblical Interpretation 22/1 (2014): 1-19

• "The Postnational Responsibility toward Undocumented Immigrants: The Praxis

of Hesed and a New Ethics of Friendship," Covenant Quarterly 71/3-4 (2013): 3-

• “Is There an ‘Anti-Conquest’ Ideology in the Book of Judges,” in Roland Boer,

ed., Postcolonialism and the Hebrew Bible: The Next Step (Semeia Studies 70;

Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2013), pp. 109-128

• “The Politics of Othering in North America and in the Book of Judges,”

Concilium 49/2 (2013): 32-40

• “Preaching David and Saul from Multicultural Contexts,” The Living Pulpit 21/1

(2012): 8-11 (http://www.pulpit.org/2012/02/preaching-david-and-saul-from-

multicultural-contexts)

• “Leviticus 25:1-24,” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 65/4

(October 2011): 396-98

• “Where is the Home for the Man of Luz?” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and

Theology 65/3 (July 2011): 250-262

• “Reading King David from Asian American Context,” Society of Asian North

American Christian Studies Journal 3 (Summer 2011): 7-22

• “The Third Way for Korean Churches,” Korean Theology Association’s Annual

Conference Papers, October 2009

• “The Transgressive Power of Hybridity: King David and President Obama,”

Yonsei Theological Forum (2009)

• “Uriah the Hittite: A (Con)Text of Struggle for Identity,” Semeia 90/91 (2002):

69-85

Book Chapters

• “More Than an Interpretation from a Different Perspective: A Postcolonial

Reading from a Different Epistemological (Back)Ground,” in Uriah Y. Kim and

Seung Ai Yang, eds., T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics

(T&T Clark, 2019), pp. 186-95.

• “Introduction to the Handbook,” in Uriah Y. Kim and Seung Ai Yang, eds.,

T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics (T&T Clark, 2019),

pp. 1-14.

• “The Woman of 4Q184: She’s No Ordinary Woman,” in Marvin Chaney, Uriah

Kim, and Annette Schellenberg, eds., Reading a Tendentious Bible (Sheffield

Phoenix Press, 2014), pp. 98-113

• “2 Kings 22 – 23,” in Mark Roncace and Joseph Weaver, eds., Global

Perspectives on the Old Testament (forthcoming; Prentice Hall)

• “Judges 12,” in Mark Roncace and Joseph Weaver, eds., Global Perspectives on

the Old Testament (forthcoming; Prentice Hall)

• “From Marginality to Hybridity: A Postcolonial Reflection on David’s Kingdom

and Korean Church,” in K. Park and H.J. Lee, eds., Reading the Bible and

Doing Theology in Asian American Context: Essays in Honor of Sang Hyun

Lee (forthcoming; Portland, Maine: Pickwick Press)

• “Postcolonial Criticism: Who Is the Other in the Book of Judges?” in Gale A.

Yee, ed., Judges and Method (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007), pp. 161-182

• “The Realpolitik of Liminality in Josiah’s Kingdom and Asian America,” in

Jeffrey Kuan and Mary Foskett, eds., Ways of Being, Ways of Reading: Asian

American Biblical Interpretation (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2006), pp. 84-98

EDITORSHIP AND BOOK REVIEWS

• Senior Editor, Reviews in Religion and Theology, July 2007 to July 2011

• Associate Editor, Reviews in Religion and Theology, August 2005 to June 2007

• On the Editorial Board of Society of Asian North American Christian Studies

Journal, since 2008

• On the International Editorial Board of Korean Presbyterian Journal of Theology,

since 2013

Editorials in Reviews in Religion and Theology and Responses in Conversations

• “In Memory of Mary,” editorial (19/1 January 2012: 1-3)

• “You’re the Standard, Sir!” editorial (17/1 January 2010: 1-4)

• “Barak Obama and King/David,” editorial (15/4 September 2008: 477-79)

• “From Strength to Strength,” editorial (15/1 January 2008: 3)

• “Beckham’s Cultural Currency,” editorial (14/4 September 2007: 325-27)

• “Oprah’s Book Club and RRT’s Review List,” editorial (13/3 July 2006: 269-70)

• “Response to Robert Coote,” my response to Robert Coote’s review of Identity

and Loyalty in the David Story (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008), Conversations in

Religion and Theology 8/1 May 2010: 11-13

• “Response to Dr. Daniel L. Smith-Chritopher,” my response to Dr. Smith-

Christopher’s review of Decolonizing Josiah (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2006),

Conversation in Religion and Theology 6/1 (2008): 9-12

Book Review Articles in Reviews in Religion and Theology

• “Will Capitalists Live Happily Ever After?” review article of Roland Boer,

Political Myth: On the Use and Abuse of Biblical Themes (18/2 March 2011:

195-200)

• “To the Ends of the Earth? Minority Biblical Criticism in Motion,” review article

of Randall C. Bailey, Tat-siong Benny Liew, and Fernando F. Segovia (eds.),

They were All Together in One Place? Toward Minority Biblical Criticism (18/1

January 2011: 4-12)

• “Enjoying Life and Fearing God: A Theology and Ethics for the ‘Haves’,” review

article (co-wrote with Jane Ellingwood) of Eunny P. Lee, The Vitality of

Enjoyment in Qohelet’s Theological Rhetoric (14/4 September 2007: 474-78)

• “Hold Back Abraham and Push Hagar and Sarah,” review article of Phyllis Trible

and Letty M. Russell (eds.), Hagar, Sarah, and Their Children (13/4 September

2006: 461-65)

• “Time to Walk the Postcolonial Talk,” review article of R. S. Sugirtharajah (ed.),

The Postcolonial Biblical Reader (13/3 July 2006: 271-78)

Book Reviews in Reviews in Religion and Theology

• Review of David G. Horrell, The Bible and the Environment: Towards a Critical

Ecological Biblical Theology (18/4 September 2011: 516-18)

• Review of A. Philip Brown II, Bryan W. Smith, Richard J. Goodrich, and Albert

L. Lukaszewski (eds.), A Reader’s Hebrew and Greek Bible (18/1 January 2011:

19-21)

• Review of Anthony C. Thiselton, Hermeneutics: An Introduction (17/3 July

2010: 283-285)

• Review of Mark G. Brett, Decolonizing God: The Bible in the Tides of Empire

(16/4 September 2009: 503-507)

• Review of A. Philip Brown II and Bryan W. Smith, A Reader’s Hebrew Bible

(16/3 July 2009: 334-35)

• Review of Bruce K. Waltke, An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical,

Canonical, and Thematic Approach (16/1 January 2009: 27-30)

• Review of Richard S. Hess, Israelite Religions: An Archaeological and Biblical

Survey (16/1 January 2009: 183-186)

• Review of Victor H. Matthews, Studying the Ancient Israelites: A Guide to

Sources and Methods (15/3 July 2008: 310-312)

• Review of Thomas Römer, The So-called the Deuteronomistic History: A

Sociological, Historical, and Literary Introduction (15/1 January 2008: 18-20)

• Review of Yehouda Shenhav, The Arab Jews: A Postcolonial Reading of

Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity (14/4 September 2007: 523-26)

• Review of Peter Leithart, 1 & II Kings (14/4 September 2007: 482-83)

• Review of Tomás Czövek, Three Seasons of Charismatic Leadership (14/3 July

2007: 338-41)

• Review of Keith Bodner, David Observed: A King in the Eyes of His Court (13/4

(September 2006): 466-69)

• Review of Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, edited by Kevin

J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright (13/4

(September 2006): 483-84)

• Review of Victor H. Matthews, Old Testament Turning Points: The Narratives

That Shaped a Nation (13/3 (July 2006): 287-89)

Book Reviews in journals other than Reviews in Religion and Theology

• Review of David Jenzen, “The Necessary King: A Postcolonial Reading of the

Deuteronomistic Portrait of the Monarchy,” Biblical Interpretation 23 (2015):

276-78

• Review of Royce M. Victor, “Colonial Education and Class Formation in Early

Judaism,” Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman

Period 46/1 (2015): 157

• Review of Andrew Sloane, ed., “Tamar’s Tears: Evangelical Engagement with

Feminist Old Testament Hermeneutics,” The Journal of Ecumenical Studies 47/2

(2012): 304-305

• Review of Adam Sparks, “One of a Kind: The Relationship between Old and New

Covenants as the Hermeneutical Key for Christian Theology of Religions,” The

Journal of Ecumenical Studies 47/1 (2012): 139-140

• Review of Roberta Sterman Sabbath, ed., “Sacred Tropes: Tanakh, New

Testament, and Qur'an as Literature and Culture,” The Muslim World 102/1

(2012): 204-206

• Review of Brian C. Alston, ed., “Visions in Conflict: International Perspective on

Values and Enmity,” The Muslim World 101/3 (July 2011): 567-69

• Review of Randall C. Bailey, Tat-siong Benny Liew, and Fernando F. Segovia

(eds.), “They were All Together in One Place? Toward Minority Biblical

Criticism,” Society of Asian North American Christian Studies Journal 2

(Summer 2010): 107-111

• Review of Karen Armstrong, “The Bible: A Biography,” Shofar: An

Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 27/4 (2009): 149-151;

http://www.case.edu/artsci/rosenthal/reviews/Bible2.htm

• Review of Lester L. Grabbe, ed., “Good Kings and Bad Kings,” Biblical

Interpretation 16 (2008): 514-15

• Review of James Chukuma Okoye, “Israel and the Nations,” Theological Studies

68/4 (December 2007): 955-56

• Review of Philip F. Esler, ed., “Ancient Israel: The Old Testament in its Social

Context,” Theological Studies 68/1 (March 2007): 172-3

VARIA

Essays for General Audience

• “Giving Thanks” and “Understanding ‘Enemies’,” Horizons Nov/Dec 2009, pp.

27-30

• “Beyond Single-Identity Politics,” The Progressive Christian, September/October

2008, pp. 26-28

• “For Nothing?”, The Praxis, August 2008

• “Making Enemies Out of Neighbors,” Zion’s Herald, March/April 2006

Contributed the following articles for The People’s Bible (NRSV study bible published

by Fortress Press, 2008)

• “Introduction to the Historical Books”

• “1 Samuel”

• “2 Samuel”

The People’s Bible’s “WikiWord”

• Judges 1:10-11

• Judges 1:22-26

Dictionary Articles

The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 1: A–C (Nashville: Abingdon Press,

2006)

• “Ashurbanipal/Assurbanipal”

• “Cherethites and Pelethites”

The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 3: I–M (Nashville: Abingdon Press,

2008).

• “Josiah”

• “Jehoiakim”

• “Jehoiachin”

• “Lebo-Hamath”

• “Manasseh (King)”

• “Maon”

The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 4: Me–R (Nashville: Abingdon Press,

2009).

• “Meshullam”

The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 5: S–Z (Nashville: Abingdon Press,

2009).

• “Uriah”

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

• “The Postnational Responsibility toward Undocumented Immigrants: The

Practice of Hesed and a New Ethics of Friendship,” Immigration and Theology

Group, AAR/SBL AM, November 2012

• “A Reflection on Genesis 21 from an Asian American Perspective,” Minoritized

Criticism and Biblical Interpretation Consultation, AAR/SBL AM, November

2012

• “The Politics of Othering in the Book of Judges,” SBL Annual Meeting,

November 2011

• Invited as a panelist for a session sponsored by the Minoritized Criticism and

Biblical Interpretation Consultation, SBL Annual Meeting, November 2011

• Respondent to Panel Book Review of Identity and Loyalty in the David Story,

SBL Annual Meeting, November 2009

• “Reading the David Story with Asian Americans, ” SBL Annual Meeting,

November 2008

• Respondent to a panel on a postcolonial reading of Prophetic Literature, SBL

Annual Meeting, November 2008

• “David of Theology, History and Postcolonial Imagination,” The Asian Pacific

American Religions Research Initiative’s annual conference, August 2008

• "Reading the Story of David for Our Time," Chatlos Bible Conference: “One

Bible, Many Milieux,” sponsored by New York Theological Seminary, Feb. 11,

2007

• Respondent to Panel Book Review of Decolonizing Josiah, SBL Annual Meeting,

November 2007

• “Contextual Interpretations of the Deuteronomistic History in the Global Bible

Commentary,” SBL Contextual Interpretation Consultation panel on the Global

Bible Commentary, SBL Annual Meeting, November 2005 [posted in the internet

as “Inter(con)textual Interpretations of the Deuteronomistic History in the Global

Bible Commentary” in

www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/religious_stuides/GBC/proscons.htm#kim]

• “Reading Josiah’s Death, Reading Domain Assumptions,” SBL Annual Meeting,

November 2005

• “The Realpolitik of Liminality in Josiah’s Kingdom and Asian America,” the

Asian Pacific Americans and Religion Research Initiative’s annual conference,

August 2004

• “Decolonizing Josiah,” the Asian Pacific Americans and Religion Research

Initiative’s annual conference, August 2002

• “Uriah the Hittite: A (Con)Text of Struggle for Identity,” the SBL/Pacific Coast

Region, March 2000

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• “One Scripture, Multiple Perspectives: The Sacrifice of Jephthah’s Daughter and

the Death of Samson”; Congregation Beth Israel, May 11, 2011; Asylum Hill

Congregational Church, May 18, 2011

• “Insights into Biblical Leadership”; Asylum Hill Congregational Church, April

13, 2011

• Keynote speaker, Annual Retreat of National Association of Korean-American

United Methodist Pastors Serving Cross-Racial Appointment, August 4-7, 2010

• “The Transformative Power of King David and President Obama”; public lecture

at Hartford Seminary, November 4, 2009

• “The Third Way for Korean Churches”; Key-note paper at the Korea Theological

Society’s 2009 World Conference of Korean Theologians, October 26, 2009

• “The Transgressive Power of Hybridity: King David and President Obama”;

Yonsei University’s College of Theology’s Annual Lecture, May 20, 2009;

Methodist Theological University, April 16, 2009

• “Wisdom Literature”; Methodist Theological University, April 16, 2009

• “Leadership for Multicultural Society: David and Saul”; The United Graduate

School of Theology, Seoul, South Korea, April 2, 2009, at its annual Ecumenical

Conference

• “A Reflection on Bruce Almighty and Job”; a sermon delivered at Yonsei

University’s Chapel, April 1, 2009

• “Three Davids”; The College of Theology of Yonsei University, Seoul, South

Korea, May 26, 2008

• “Interpreting the Story of Joseph from Three Faith Traditions”; The Jewish

Community Center of New Haven, December 2, 2007

• Keynote speaker at a conference of the AADVENT Project at McCormick

Theological Seminary, August 8-12, 2007

• “The Joseph Story”; for Educational Outreach program at Hartford Seminary,

May 2006

• “The Politics of Interpretation and Identity”; for Educational Outreach program at

Hartford Seminary, November 2005

• “On PANA’s Tenth Year Anniversary”; for Pacific School of Religion’s PANA

Institute’s tenth year celebration, Berkeley, October 2005

• Commencement Speaker at the 2004 Commencement of the Graduate

Theological Unions (the speech can be read at http://www.gtu.edu/news-

events/events/lectures-and-addresses/other-lectures/knowledge-and-jeong-on-

holy-hill)

• Numerous speaking engagements at churches, including topics on

“Homosexuality and the Bible,” “Multicultural Leadership,” and “King David

and President Obama”

BLOGS

• "Postmodernity and the Church" at Ephphatha Poetry (http://ephphatha-

poetry.blogspot.com/2009/07/uriah-kim-on-postmodern-church.html)

SERVICE TO ACADEMY/INSTITUTION

• Member of the Steering Committee, Minoritized Criticism and Biblical

Interpretation, 2018 – present

• Member of the Steering Committee, Postcolonial Studies and Biblical Studies, 2017

– 2019

• Member of the Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession

Committee, 2012 – present

• Co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Asian and Asian American Hermeneutics

Group 2009-2013; member of the Steering Committee since 2005

• Member of the Fund for Theological Education’s Ministry Fellowship Selection

Committee, 2010-2012

• Faculty Advisor, Recruitment Conference sponsored by The Fund for Theological

Education, Emory University, October 2005

• Faculty Advisor, “Nurturing the Next Generation of Scholars,” sponsored by The

Fund for Theological Education, at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual

Meeting, November 2008

• Coordinator, Recruitment Conference 2000 sponsored jointly by Fund for

Theological Education, Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of

Religion, Summer 2000