Rev. Dr Samuel Cheon

Rev. Dr Samuel Cheon

Honorary Professor

Rev. Dr. Samuel Cheon is a professor of Old Testament. He graduated from Yonsei University (B.Th.), Presbyterian Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Yale University (S.T.M.) and Graduate Theological Union (Ph.D.). His primary research area is the wisdom literature and biblical interpretation of the intertestamental period, in which Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha were produced as well as Asian biblical interpretation. He produced many articles and books in Korean and English, including The Old Testament Apocrypha (1995), The Exodus Story in the Wisdom of Solomon(1997), Genesis Commentary(2001), Wisdom Tradition and Wisdom Literature(2009). He is a member of Society of Biblical Literature and Society of Korea Old Testament Studies. Samuel teaches in the areas of Old Testament theology and research methodology at Alphacrucis College.

Qualifications

Ph. D. (Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley) 1994

S.T.M (Divinity School, Yale University) 1990

M.Div (Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Seoul) 1988

M.Th (Graduate School, Yonsei University, Korea) 1985

B.Th. (College of Theology, Yonsei University, Korea) 1983

Field of Research

  • 2204 Religion and Religious Studies

Book

  • 1997
    • Cheon, S. (1997). The Exodus Story in the Wisdom of Solomon: A Study in Biblical Interpretation. Sheffield Academic Press: Sheffield.

Journal Article

  • 2010
    • Cheon, S. (2010). Calvin and Calvinism’s Biblical Interpretation in Korea. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3 55-71.
  • 2009
    • Cheon, S. (2009). Pedaiah. The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. 4 426.
    • Cheon, S. (2009). Reconsidering Bathsheba’s Story from an Asian Perspective. Madang: International Journal of Contextual Theology in East Asia, 12 121-137.
  • 2007
    • Cheon, S. (2007). Heliodorus. The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. 2 791.
  • 2006
    • Cheon, S. (2006). The Old Testament Apocrypha and its Studies in Korea. Quest: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Asian Christian Scholars,  83-96.
    • Cheon, S. (2006). Biblical Interpretation in Korea: History and Issues. Ways of Being, Ways of Reading,  31-44.
  • 2004
    • Cheon, S. (2004). A Rhetorical Study of Amos 5:1-17. Korea Journal of Christian Studies, 36 21-36.
    • Cheon, S. (2004). Josephus and the Story of Plagues: An Appraisal of a Moralising Interpretation. Asia Journal of Theology, Vol. 18, No. 1 220-230.
  • 2003
    • Cheon, S. (2003). Reconsidering Jephthah's Story in Asian Perspective. Journal of Asian and Asian American Theology: In Honor of Paul M. Nagano, 6 30-45.
  • 2001
    • Cheon, S. (2001). Filling the Gap in the Story of Lot’s Wife (Genesis 19:1-29). Asia Journal of Theology, Vol. 15, No. 1 14-23.
    • Cheon, S. (2001). Three Characters in the Wisdom of Solomon 3-4. Journal for the Study of Pseudepigrapha, 23 105-113.
  • 1998
    • Cheon, S. (1998). Anonymity in the Wisdom of Solomon. Journal for the Study of Pseudepigrapha, 18 111-119.
  • 1997
    • Cheon, S. (1997). B.S.Childs’ Debate with Scholars about His Canonical Approach. Asia Journal of Theology, Vol. 11, No. 2 343-57.

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