Gilha Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor of New Testament
About Gilha
Gilha Lee, PhD, is a New Testament scholar and ordained Presbyterian minister whose work bridges academic research and lived practice across ecclesial and societal contexts. He is committed to understanding the biblical vision of God鈥檚 peace and reconciliation and to exploring how these values can shape communal practices of justice, reconciliation, and communal restoration in today鈥檚 world.
He has been actively engaged in pastoral ministry for many years, particularly mentoring and walking alongside young people in their spiritual growth and communal life. His current research focuses on Paul鈥檚 theology of reconciliation, with broader interests in the Pauline epistles, the Book of Revelation, Second Temple literature, Roman slavery, and postcolonial interpretations of the New Testament.
Publications
- Journal articles
- 鈥溾�楾he Rock Was Christ鈥�: 1 Cor 10:4b鈥揷 as Pauline Challenge of the Corinthians Understanding of Wisdom,鈥� Korean Journal of Christian Studies 109 (2018), 76鈥�86.
- Book translations (English to Korean)
- 銆庪祱氲堧ゼ 彀眷晞靹�: 鞖半Μ臧� 鞎岇 氇豁枅雿� 鞁犾暯靹标步鞚� 鞐劚霌ゃ��. Seoul: Viator, 2024 (Translation of Susan E. Hylen, Finding Phoebe: What New Testament Women Were Really Like, 2023)鈥攚ith one co-translator.
- Public scholarship and invited articles
- 鈥淭he Ongoing Call to Reconciliation: Reconsidering Paul鈥檚 Theology of Reconciliation鈥� (鈥滌旮堧弰 瓿勳啀霅橂姅 頇旐暣鞚� 攵�毽�: 氚旍毟鞚� 頇旐暣鞁犿暀 雼れ嫓 氤搓赴鈥�), Christian Thought (旮半弲甑愳偓靸�, in Korean) (Forthcoming, September 2025).
Awards
- 2024鈥�25, Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellowship, Louisville Institute
- 2024, Wabash & Asian Theological Institute (ATI) Teaching and Learning Workshop Scholarship
- 2023, Asian Theological Summer Institute (ATSI) Scholarship
- 2021鈥�23, Louisville Institute Doctoral Fellowship, Louisville Institute
- 2019鈥�24, Laney Fellowship, Emory University
- 2018, Servant Scholarship, The Servant Korean Evangelical Church
- 2016, Outstanding Biblical Studies Dissertation of the Year (ThM thesis, PUTS)
Memberships and associations
- Society of Biblical Literature, 2018 鈥� present
- Presbyterian Church (USA), 2025 鈥� present
- Presbyterian Church of Korea, 2013鈥�25