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RO, Johannes Unsok
Senior Associate Professor

Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University

■ Academic Background

1.	2005/09～2007/10	Graduate School, Division of Theology, Drew University (Theological School), Madison, NJ, U.S.A., Completed, Master of Divinity (M.Div.)
2.	2002/02/13 Degree Acquisition	Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany, Doktor der Theologie (Dr. Theol.)
3.	1998/11～2002/02	Graduate School, Division of Theology, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster, Germany, Completed
4.	1998/05/23 Degree Acquisition	San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA, U.S.A., Master of Arts in Theological Studies (M.A.T.S.)
5.	1997/04～1998/10	Graduate School, Division of Theology, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA, U.S.A., Completed
6.	1996/06/03 Degree Acquisition	Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster, Germany, Zwischenprüfung (B.A.equiv.)
7.	1996/04～1997/03	Faculty of Theology, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster, Germany, Graduated
8.	1993/03～1996/03	Theology, Faculty of Theology, Christian Albrechts Universität, Kiel, Germany
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■ Professional Background

1.		Faculty, Master's Course, Comparative Culture Program, Graduate School, School of Arts and Sciences
2.		Faculty, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts
3.	2014/04～	Senior Associate Professor, International Christian University
4.	2013/09～2015/03	Director of the Religious Center, Religious Center, International Christian University
5.	2013/09～2015/03	Chief Pastor, ICU Church
6.	2010/11～2012/11	General Secretary, Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia (ACUCA)
7.	2008/09～2014/03	Associate Professor, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
8.	2007/09～2008/03	Adjunct Professor at Fordham University, New York, NY, U.S.A.
9.	2004/05～2008/08	Youth Pastor at Moakyang Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, U.S.A.
10.	2003/12～2004/04	Visiting Scholar at Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY, U.S.A.
11.	2000/01～2000/12	Youth Pastor at Korean Presbyterian Younglak Church, Frankfurt, Germany
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■ Present Specialized Fields

Religious studies, History of thought, Philosophy/Ethics (Key Word：The Piety of the Poor in the Hebrew Bible,The Pentateuch,Environmental Ethics,Judean Communities in Late Persian Era Palestine,Socio-economic History)

■ Books and Articles

1.	Book	Questioning the Historical Backgrounds of Old Testament Formation: The Judean Community Seeking Co-existence (Single) 2017/01
2.	Article	Linen (Single) 2018
3.	Article	Lo-Debar (Single) 2018
4.	Article	Loom (Single) 2018
5.	Article	Maai (Single) 2018
6.	Article	Maasai (Single) 2018
7.	Article	Mahalab (Single) 2018
8.	Article	Mebunnai (Single) 2018
9.	Article	Mecherathite (Single) 2018
10.	Article	Meconah (Single) 2018
11.	Article	Mehida (Single) 2018
12.	Article	Menahem (Single) 2018
13.	Article	Ladan 1 (Single) 2017
14.	Article	Ladan 2 (Single) 2017
15.	Article	Likhi (Single) 2017
16.	Article	"mškn (Dwelling Place) in the Deuteronomistic History" (Single) 2016/08
17.	Article	The Portrayal of Judean Communities in Persian Era Palestine Through the Lens of the Covenant Code (Single) 2014
18.	Article	From Judah to Judaea: Socio-economic Structures and Processes in the Persian Period (Collaboration) 2012/11
19.	Article	What Does the Bible Say About Environmental Care? (Single) 2012/07
20.	Article	The Theological Concept of YHWH's Punitive Justice in the Hebrew Bible: Historical Development in the Context of the Judean Community in the Persian Period (Single) 2011/10
21.	Article	The Principles of Divine Punishment and Reward in the Israelite History with Special Focus on the Persian Period (Single) 2010/04
22.	Article	The Correlation between Literacy Faculty and Social Hierarchy in Post-Exilic Judean Communities (written in Korean) (Single) 2009/04
23.	Article	The Socio-economic Background of the Theology of the Poor (written in Japanese) (Single) 2009/03
24.	Article	Socio-economic Context of Post-exilic Community and Literacy (Single) 2008/12
25.	Article	Die sogenannte 'Armenfrömmigkeit' im nachexilischen Israel (The So-called 'Piety of the Poor' in Post-exilic Israel) (Single) 2002/08
26.	Article	Considering the Meaning of Poverty for Christians (written in Korean) (Single) 2002/07
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■ Academic Conference Presentation

1.	2017/08/10	Deuteronomistic History or Deuteronomistic Histories? (The 2017 SBL International Meeting)
2.	2017/08/10	The Literary Relationship between Deut 14:4-20 and Lev 11:2-23 (The 2017 SBL International Meeting)
3.	2016/10/17	An Investigation of Redactional Processes in the Book of Jeremiah
4.	2016/09/08	Jeremiah’s Temple Sermon (The Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT))
5.	2016/07/04	Temple and Salvation: A Theological Debate Between Jeremiah 7 and 2 Kings 18-19 (The SBL International Meeting, Seoul, Republic of Korea)
6.	2015/12/16	Did Jeremiah Preach at the Temple of Jerusalem in the Year 609 BCE? - An Inquiry into "Deuteronomistic Editorial Layers" in the Book of Jeremiah (Symposium for History and Historicity)
7.	2014/11/23	The Structure of Post-exilic Judean Society according to the Biblical Law Codes (The SBL Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.)
8.	2014/11/22	Who Are the Strangers in the Covenant Code? (The SBL Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.)
9.	2014/07/10	The Stranger in the Biblical Law Codes (The SBL International Meeting, Vienna, Austria)
10.	2013/11/23	Poverty in the Covenant Code (The SBL Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.)
11.	2013/09/11	The Structure of Post-exilic Judean Society according to the Covenant Code (The Japan Society of Christian Studies, The 61st Academic Conference)
12.	2012/04	Psalms in the Persian-Hellenistic Period and Their Unique Anthropology (The Golden Jubilee Seminar)
13.	2012/03/16	Creation and Salvation in the Old Testament (Open Symposium ｢Creation and Salvation｣)
14.	2011/02/17	Piety of the Poor in the Community of Qumran and Its Historical Root (Socio-economic Structures of Judah and Its Neighbors in the Persian Period)
15.	2010/07/28	The Socio-economic Structures of Judean Communities in Late Persian Era Palestine (The SBL International Meeting, Tartu, Estonia)
16.	2009/11/21	Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? - The Problem of YHWH's Punitive Justice in Genesis 18 and Ezekiel 14 & 18: Historical Development of Theological Concepts (The SBL Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.)
17.	2009/10/19	YHWH's Punitive Justice in Genesis 18: the Historical Development concerning the Theological Concept (presented in Japanese) (Japanese Biblical Institute)
18.	2009/07/03	Socio-economic Context of Post-exilic Community and Literacy (The SBL International Meeting, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy)
19.	2009/07/01	Who Wrote the Psalms of Poverty? (The SBL International Meeting, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy)
20.	2009/05/20	The Composition of Piety of the Poor in the Hebrew Bible: Some Considerations on the Issue of Literacy of Persian Era Judean Societies (presented in Japanese) (Japanese Society of Old Testament Studies)
21.	2009/03/21	Literacy and Socio-economic Stratification in Post-exilic Israel (The Western Commission for the Study of Religion at Santa Clara University, CA, U.S.A.)
22.	2005/03/03	The Theme of Poverty: A Comparative Study on Shobogenzo and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Mid-Atlantic American Academy of Religion and Mid-Atlantic Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.)
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■ Lectures

2012/04

Psalms in the Persian - Hellenistic Period and Their Unique Anthropology (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

■ Academic Society Memberships

1.	2009/08～	The Japan Society of Christian Studies
2.	2009/05～	The Japanese Society of Old Testament Studies
3.	2009/03～	The Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
4.	2009/02～	The Japanese Biblical Institute
5.	2005/03～	Society of Biblical Literature

■ Research Topics, Funded Research, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

1.		Biblical Anthropology and Environmental Ethics (Key Word : )
2.		The Formation History of the Pentateuch (Key Word : )
3.		The Poor in Prophetic, Psalmic and Qumranic Writings in Post-Exilic Israel (Key Word : )
4.	2009/09～2011/03	The Socio-economic Structures of Judean Communities in Late Persian Era Palestine (Key Word : )

■ Social Activities

1.	2013/09～2015/03	ICU Church
2.	2010/11～2012/11	General Secretary of ACUCA (Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia)

■ Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number

70527142