Ky-Chun So Explained

Ky-Chun So
Birth Date:	10 June 1958
Birth Place:	South Korea
Nationality:	South Korean
Kwang Jang Chair Professor of the New Testament, Early Christianity, and the Nag Hammadi Library
Known For:	Early Christianity, Historical Jesus, Oral gospel traditions, Q source
Occupation:	Professor, Academic and Theologian
Education:	Th.B (1981), Th.M. (1982), M.Div (1984), Ph.D. (1998)
Alma Mater:	Claremont School of Theology, Claremont Graduate University
Workplaces:	Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary in Seoul

Ky-Chun So(; born 10 June 1958) is a South Korean theologian and is the Kwang Jang Chair Professor of the New Testament, Early Christianity, and the Nag Hammadi Library at Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary in Seoul.^{[1] [2] [3]} At Claremont School of Theology and the Claremont Graduate University, California, USA, he studied New Testament theology, Nag Hammadi texts and Gospels from James M. Robinson, a disciple of Rudolf Bultmann.

Career

Since 1989, So has been involved in researching the restoration of the historical Jesus' sayings. He also belongs to the International Q project of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).^[4] He is the co-editor of the Critical Edition of Q source. He published Jesus in Q: The Sabbath and Theology of the Bible and Extracanonical Texts,^[5] a study of the relationship between the Sabbath and the theology of Jesus in 2017. He published the book on Ernst Fuchs and Gerhard Ebelling in 2006.^[6] He is now the head of the Jesus Sayings Hub in Korea,^[7] the president of the Society of Korean Q Studies, and the secretary of the Korea Reformed Theological Society . It is the preparation committee for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

Publications

Thesis

• So . Ky-Chun . The Sabbath Controversy of Jesus: between Jewish law and the Gentile mission . Ph.D. . Claremont, CA . Claremont Graduate University . 1999 . 40550247 .

Books

• Book: So . Ky-Chun . 3 . 훅스 & 에벨링 Fuchs & Ebeling: History of Hermeneutics and New Hermeneutics . Seoul . Salim Publishing House . 2006 .
• Book: So . Ky-Chun . 3 . Jesus in Q: The Sabbath and Theology of the Bible and Extracanonical Texts . Eugene, OR . Wipf & Stock . 2017 . 9781498282116 . 973291702 .

Journal articles

• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . Jesus' Understanding of Spirit . Korean Journal of Theology . 2 . 2000 . 52–69 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . Jewish Influences on Gnosticism in the Apocalypse of Adam . Presbyterian Journal of Theology . 1 . 1 . May 2001 . 49–74 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . A Tradition-History Development of the Meals . Korean Presbyterian Journal of Theology . 2 . May 2002 . 33–47 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . The Eschatology of the Q Community . Korean New Testament Studies: Journal of the New Testament Society of Theology . 9 . 3 . Autumn 2002 . 619–636 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . Dating Q Regarding to the Community Rules in Jesus' Inaugural Sermon . Korean Presbyterian Journal of Theology . 3 . May 2003 . 32–65 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . Jewish Mission and Gentile Mission in the New Testament . Mission and Theology . 12 . December 2003 . 350–365 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . The God of Jesus, the Q Community, and the Gospel of Luke . Korean Presbyterian Journal of Theology . 5 . May 2005 . 9–27 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . The Sabbath and the Synoptic Problem . Theological Forum . 43 . 2 . 2006 . 767–782 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . Christological Insights: Between the Psalms of Solomon and the Sayings Gospel Q (1) . Korean Presbyterian Journal of Theology . 6 . May 2006 . 31–54 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . A Theological and Anthropological Understanding of Creation: on Focus of Genesis 1-2 . Deep Word Clear Teaching: A Paper on the Commencement of Retirement of Professor Cheong Hoon Kang . Seoul . Written in the Land . 2007 . 414–427 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . Christological Insights: Between the Psalms of Solomon and the Sayings Gospel Q (2) . Korean Presbyterian Journal of Theology . 7 . May 2007 . 3–39 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . A Study of Thomas Christianity . Korean Presbyterian Journal of Theology . 8 . May 2008 . 25–46 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . James M. Robinson's Impacts on Korean New Testament Scholarship . Korean Presbyterian Journal of Theology . 9 . 2009 . 23–52 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . Religion and Science: 4 Different Ways to Solve Its Relationship . Journal of Asian and Asian American Theology . 11 . 2013 . 118–139 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . An Inter-textual Study on the Narrative of the Raising of the Widow's Son from Nain (Luke 7:11-17) . Church and Theology . 78 . 2014 . 67–86 . * So . Ky-Chun . 3 . Q 14:5 and the Sabbath Controversy . Reformed Theory and Practice . 7 . 2014 . 199–230 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . A Study of the Jewish Sabbath . Church and Theological Seminary . 79 . 2015 . 41–61 .
• So . Ky-Chun . 3 . A Study of the Sabbath Institutions and Observances . Church and Theological Seminary . 80 . 2016 . 65–82 .

Chapters

• Book: So . Ky-Chun . 3 . Recent Trends in the Study of the Historical Jesus in Korea . Boyer . Chrystian . Chrystian Boyer . Rochais . Gérard . Gérard Rochais . The Historical Jesus around The World . Montreal . Éditions Fides . 2009 . 9782762127645 . 977390113 .

Notes and References

1. http://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/33XXX1075727 Professor Ky-Chun So, Joins 2016.01.30
2. http://www.puts.ac.kr/main/sub2011/sub_1.asp?m2=2&m3=7&m4=3 Professor Ky-Chun So
3. Korea Association of Accredited Theological Schools (KAATS), 2012–2013, p, 188
4. http://www.cherald.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=14287 “Pug In Jesus’ Word”, Korea Herald, 2017. 09.16
5. https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Sabbath-Theology-Bible-Extracanonical/dp/149828213X Ky-Chun S, Jesus in Q (Eugene:Wipf and Stock, 2017
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=fCHPMQAACAAJ&q=%ED%9B%85%EC%8A%A4%EC%99%80+%EC%97%90%EB%B2%A8%EB%A7%81 Ky-Chun So, (Salim, 2006)
7. http://www.jesussayings.net/menu01/mu01_03.html Jesus Sayings Hub of Korea Homepage