Yung Suk Kim, M.Div. (McCormick), Ph.D. (Vanderbilt), is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Virginia Union University.

He has authored nearly twenty books, including Justice and the Parables of Jesus: Interpreting the Gospel Stories through Political Philosophy (T&T Clark, 2026 forthcoming), How to Read the Gospels (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024), Monotheism, Biblical Traditions, and Race Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2022), How to Read Paul (Fortress, 2021), Toward Decentering the New Testament (Cascade, 2018, co-authored with Mitzi J. Smith), and Christ’s Body in Corinth (Fortress, 2008). He has also edited four volumes, including At the Intersection of Hermeneutics and Homiletics (Pickwick, 2025) and Paul’s Gospel, Empire, Race, and Ethnicity (Pickwick, 2023).

Kim’s research interests encompass Paul’s letters and his theology, parables, political philosophy, and comparative wisdom literature.

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