Sze-kar Wan

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Sze-kar Wan is a Chinese-American New Testament scholar.

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Biography

Wan was born in China and received his early education in Hong Kong. [1] He moved to the United States when he was 15, [2] received his AB from Brandeis University (1975), M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1982), and his Th.D. from Harvard University Divinity School (1992). He taught New Testament at Andover Newton Theological School, before becoming Professor of New Testament at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. He is ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church and has been a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Biblical Literature . [3]

Along with his work in New Testament studies and the use of the Bible in China, Wan is considered part of the first generation of scholars attempting to articulate a unique Asian American biblical hermeneutics, [4] [5] [6] and is a founding member of the Ethnic Chinese Biblical Colloquium. [7]

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References

  1. "Sze-kar Wan". HuffPost. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. "Faculty Profile: Sze-kar Wan". SMU Perkins School of Theology. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. "Sze-kar Wan". Southern Methodist University. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. Tan, Jonathan Y. (2008). Introducing Asian American Theologies. Orbis Books. pp. 109, 112–114. ISBN   978-1-57075-768-6.
  5. Dyrness, William A.; Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti, eds. (2009-10-25). "Asian American Theologies". Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church. InterVarsity Press. p. 71. ISBN   978-0-8308-7811-6.
  6. Foskett, Mary F. (2019). "Historical Criticism". In Kim, Uriah Y.; Yang, Seung Ai (eds.). T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 110–112. ISBN   978-0-567-67261-2.
  7. "SBL Meetings and Events: Ethnic Chinese Biblical Colloquium". Society of Biblical Literature. Retrieved 27 July 2020.