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RO, Johannes Unsok

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
2.	1998/11～2002/02	〔Doctoral course〕, Graduate School, Division of Theology, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster, Germany, Completed, Doktor der Theologie
3.	1997/04～1998/10	〔Master degree program〕, Graduate School, Division of Theology, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA, U.S.A., Completed, Master of Arts in Theological Studies (M.A.T.S.)
4.	1996/04～1997/03	Faculty of Theology, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster, Germany, Graduated, Zwischenprüfung (B.A.equiv.)
5.	1993/03～1996/03	Faculty of Theology, Christian Albrechts Universität, Kiel, Germany

■ #Professional Background

1.	2021/04～	Director, Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture, International Christian University
2.	2019/04～	Professor, Humanities, International Christian University
3.	2018/04～2019/03	Part Time Lecturer, Aoyama Standard, Aoyama Gakuin University
4.	2017/06～2017/11	Visiting Professor, Faculty of Theology, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel
5.	2016/04～2017/03	Part Time Lecturer, School of Christian Studies, Rikkyo University Graduate School
6.	2014/04～2017/03	Part Time Lecturer, Faculty of Theology, Tokyo Union Theological Seminary
7.	2008/09～2019/03	Associate Professor, Philosophy and Religion, International Christian University
8.	2007/09～2008/03	Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Theology, Fordham University, New York, NY, U.S.A.
9.	2004/05～2008/08	Youth Pastor, Moakyang Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, U.S.A.
10.	2003/12～2004/04	Visiting Scholar, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY, U.S.A.
11.	2000/01～2000/12	Youth Pastor, Korean Presbyterian Younglak Church, Frankfurt, Germany
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■ #Present Specialized Fields

Religious studies, History of thought, Philosophy and ethics (Key Word：The Formation History of the Pentateuch, The Theology of the Poor, The Bible and Environmental Ethics, Memory and Identity in the Old Testament)

■ #Books and Articles

1.	Book	Collective Memory and Collective Identity: Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History in Their Context (Collaboration) 2021/03
2.	Book	Story and History: The Kings of Israel and Judah in Context (Collaboration) 2019/06
3.	Book	Questioning the Historical Backgrounds of Old Testament Formation: The Judean Community Seeking Co-existenceRevised and Enlarged Edition (Single) 2019/03
4.	Book	Poverty, Law, and Divine Justice in Persian and Hellenistic Judah (Single) 2018/04
5.	Book	Likhi Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
6.	Book	Linen Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
7.	Book	Lo-Debar Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
8.	Book	Loom Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
9.	Book	Maai Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
10.	Book	Maasai Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
11.	Book	Mahalab Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
12.	Book	Mebunnai Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
13.	Book	Mecherathite Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
14.	Book	Meconah Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
15.	Book	Mehida Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
16.	Book	Menahem Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 16 (Single) 2018
17.	Book	Ladan Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception 15,pp.597-597 (Single) 2017/11
18.	Book	Questioning the Historical Backgrounds of Old Testament Formation: The Judean Community Seeking Co-existence (Single) 2017/01
19.	Book	From Judah to Judaea: Socio-economic Structures and Processes in the Persian Period (Collaboration) 2012/11
20.	Article	The Spirit of Co-existence in the Pentateuch and Deuteronomistic History Annual of the Japanese Biblical Institute (Japanese Version) pp.1-25 (Single) 2020/07
21.	Article	"mškn (Dwelling Place) in the Deuteronomistic History" The Living Pulpit 25,pp.16-18 (Single) 2016/08
22.	Article	The Portrayal of Judean Communities in Persian Era Palestine Through the Lens of the Covenant Code Semitica 56,pp.249-289 (Single) 2014/06
23.	Article	What Does the Bible Say About Environmental Care? The Living Pulpit 21,pp.29-32 (Single) 2012/07
24.	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 Vetus Testamentum 61,pp.406-425 (Single) 2011/10
25.	Article	The Principles of Divine Punishment and Reward in the Israelite History with Special Focus on the Persian Period Annual of the Japanese Biblical Institute (Japanese Version) pp.121-142 (Single) 2010/04
26.	Article	The Correlation between Literacy Faculty and Social Hierarchy in Post-Exilic Judean Communities (written in Korean) Journal of Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary pp.13-37 (Single) 2009/04
27.	Article	The Socio-economic Background of the Theology of the Poor (written in Japanese) Humanities pp.119-140 (Single) 2009/03
28.	Article	Socio-economic Context of Post-exilic Community and Literacy Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 120,pp.597-611 (Single) 2008/12
29.	Article	Considering the Meaning of Poverty for Christians (written in Korean) Korean Christian Public Newspaper pp.8 (Single) 2002/07
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■ #Academic Conference Presentation

1.	2019/08/08	Moving Beyond the Debate between Minimalists and Maximalists (23rd Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament)
2.	2018/11/17	Status Inconsistency in the Biblical Laws and the Psalms of the Poor (The SBL Annual Meeting)
3.	2018/07/31	Status Inconsistency of Judean Communities in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods (The SBL International Meeting)
4.	2017/11/18	The Literary Relationship between Deut 14:4-20 and Lev 11:2-23 (The SBL Annual Meeting)
5.	2017/08/10	Deuteronomistic History or Deuteronomistic Histories? (The SBL International Meeting)
6.	2017/08/10	The Literary Relationship between Deut 14:4-20 and Lev 11:2-23 (The SBL International Meeting)
7.	2016/10/17	An Investigation of Redactional Processes in the Book of Jeremiah (presented in Japanese) (Japanese Biblical Institute)
8.	2016/09/08	Jeremiah’s Temple Sermon (The Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT))
9.	2016/07/04	Temple and Salvation: A Theological Debate Between Jeremiah 7 and 2 Kings 18-19 (The SBL International Meeting)
10.	2016/06/08	A Consideration on Deuteronomistic Redaction in the Book of Jeremiah (presented in Japanese) (Japanese Society of Old Testament Studies)
11.	2016/03/18	The Temple Sermon in the Book of Jeremiah (presented in Japanese) (The Kanto Branch Meeting of the Japan Society of Christian Studies)
12.	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)
13.	2014/11/23	The Structure of Post-exilic Judean Society according to the Biblical Law Codes (The SBL Annual Meeting)
14.	2014/11/22	Who Are the Strangers in the Covenant Code? (The SBL Annual Meeting)
15.	2014/07/10	The Stranger in the Biblical Law Codes (The SBL International Meeting)
16.	2013/11/23	Poverty in the Covenant Code (The SBL Annual Meeting)
17.	2013/09/11	The Structure of Post-exilic Judean Society according to the Covenant Code (presented in Japanese) (The Japan Society of Christian Studies, The 61st Academic Conference)
18.	2012/04	Psalms in the Persian-Hellenistic Period and Their Unique Anthropology (The Golden Jubilee Seminar)
19.	2012/03/16	Creation and Salvation in the Old Testament (presented in Japanese) (Open Symposium ｢Creation and Salvation｣)
20.	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)
21.	2010/07/28	The Socio-economic Structures of Judean Communities in Late Persian Era Palestine (The SBL International Meeting)
22.	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)
23.	2009/10/19	YHWH's Punitive Justice in Genesis 18: the Historical Development concerning the Theological Concept (presented in Japanese) (Japanese Biblical Institute)
24.	2009/07/03	Socio-economic Context of Post-exilic Community and Literacy (The SBL International Meeting)
25.	2009/07/01	Who Wrote the Psalms of Poverty? (The SBL International Meeting)
26.	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)
27.	2009/03/21	Literacy and Socio-economic Stratification in Post-exilic Israel (The Western Commission for the Study of Religion)
28.	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)
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■ #Lectures

1.	2019/11/16	The Spirit of Co-existence in the Pentateuch and Deuteronomistic History (Japan Biblical Theological Seminary in Tokyo)
2.	2019/10/26	The Spirit of Co-existence in the Pentateuch and Deuteronomistic History (Doshisha University in Kyoto)
3.	2012/04/26	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.	2019/10～2021/10	∟ a member of committee
4.	2009/04～	The Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
5.	2009/03～	The Japanese Biblical Institute
6.	2005/01～	Society of Biblical Literature
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■ #Teaching Experience

1.	Old Testament Studies（Fordham University）

■ #Academic Awards

2018/11

The Korean Society of Old Testament Studies Academic Award for a Monograph by the Korean Society of Old Testament Studies

■ #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.	2015/04～2020/03	An Empirical and Inter-disciplinary Study of the Historicity and Formation History of the Deuteronomistic Literature (Key Word : )
5.	2013/09～2015/03	A Comprehensive Study of the Tomb System and Worldviews of Ancient Israel (Key Word : )
6.	2009/09～2011/03	The Socio-economic Structures of Judean Communities in Late Persian Era Palestine (Key Word : )
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■ #Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number

70527142