Sydney Park
Associate Professor of Divinity
Beeson Divinity School
New Testament
聽Divinity Hall
mypark@samford.edu
205-726-4126

Sydney Park joined the Beeson Divinity School faculty in 2006, and teaches Biblical Interpretation, New Testament Theology, and Greek. Park is the author of , coauthor of , and coeditor of . Her research interests include racial reconciliation and the Gospel of Mark. Park previously taught New Testament at Crown College in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota (2004–06), and also served as a minister to children, youth and young adults in Korean American churches in Illinois, Texas and Washington for 11 years. Park is currently working on a book, Women in Salvation History (working title) with T&T Clark, forthcoming.

Education

  • PhD, University of Aberdeen
  • ThM, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
  • MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary
  • BA, University of Chicago

Books

  • Women in Salvation History (working title). London: T & T Clark, forthcoming.
  • Honoring the Generations: Learning with Asian North American Congregations. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 2012.
  • The Post-Racial Church: A Biblical Framework for Multiethnic Reconciliation. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2011.
  • Submission within the Godhead and the Church in the Epistle to the Philippians: An Exegetical and Theological Examination of the Concept of Submission in Philippians 2 and 3. London: T&T Clark, 2007.

Selected Articles/Chapters

  • "Trinity and the Bible in Modern Biblical Scholarship" chapter in The Trinity and the Bible. B&H, forthcoming.
  • "Mark" and "1 Corinthians" in CSB Women's Study Bible. B&H, forthcoming.
  • "Ruth: Reading Gender and Eschatology," Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 46/2 (2020).
  • “Inerrancy & Blood: Women and Christology in Leviticus 12, 15 and Mark 5:21-43,” Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 45/1 (2019).

Research Interests

  • Philippians
  • Mark
  • Gender and Racial Reconciliation

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