Ky-Chun So(; born 10 June 1958) is a South Korean

theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of ...

and is the Kwang Jang Chair Professor of the

New Testament The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...

, Early Christianity, and the

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Library at Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary in Seoul. At

Claremont School of Theology Claremont School of Theology (CST) is a private graduate school focused on religion and theology and located in Los Angeles, California. It is one of the thirteen official theological schools of the United Methodist Church, and also has close r ...

and the

Claremont Graduate University The Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is a private, all-graduate research university in Claremont, California, United States. Founded in 1925, CGU is a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium which includes five undergraduate and two grad ...

, California, USA, he studied New Testament theology,

texts and Gospels from James M. Robinson, a disciple of

Rudolf Bultmann Rudolf Karl Bultmann (; ; 20 August 1884 – 30 July 1976) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor of the New Testament at the University of Marburg. He was one of the major figures of early 20th-century biblical studies. A prominent c ...

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 The Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), founded in 1880 as the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, is an American-based learned society dedicated to the academic study of the Bible and related ancient literature. Its current stated mis ...

(SBL). He is the co-editor of the Critical Edition of

Q source The Q source (also called The Sayings Gospel, Q Gospel, Q document(s), or Q; from , meaning "source") is a hypothesized written collection of primarily Jesus' sayings (, ). Q is part of the common material found in the Gospels of Matthew and ...

. He published ''Jesus in Q: The Sabbath and Theology of the Bible and Extracanonical Texts'', 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. He is now the head of the Jesus Sayings Hub in Korea,Jesus Sayings Hub of Korea Homepage
/ref> 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:So, Ky-Chun 1958 births Living people 21st-century Calvinist and Reformed Christians South Korean Calvinist and Reformed Christians South Korean theologians New Testament scholars