Ronald Y. K. Fung (; born 1937) was professor of Biblical Studies at

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. He is best known for his ''Galatians'' contribution to commentary series the

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Biography

Fung completed a BA from the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the f ...

in 1960 and studied at

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from 1962 to 1965, completing a BD from London University in 1966. He later completed his ThM at

Fuller Theological Seminary Fuller Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Pasadena, California, with regional campuses in the western United States. It is egalitarian in nature. Fuller consistently has a student body that compr ...

in 1971, before completing a PhD from

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in 1975, on a thesis supervised by

F. F. Bruce Frederick Fyvie Bruce (12 October 1910 – 11 September 1990), usually cited as F. F. Bruce, was a Scottish biblical scholar who supported the historical reliability of the New Testament. His first book, ''New Testament Documents: Are They ...

entitled "The Relationship Between Righteousness and Faith in the Thought of Paul: as Expressed in the Letters to the Galatians and the Romans." Recognized as an important name in Hong Kong biblical scholarship, Fung spent most of his career as a Professor of Biblical Studies at

in Hong Kong.

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