Founder and President: Ezra K. Kim, Ph.D.

Dr. Kim, born in Korea, was educated in Korea, Taiwan, and Israel. He is a Christian who loves the Lord and is very interested in sharing the Gospel especially through reading the Word of God. After he completed his B.A. in Theology and military service in Korea, he traveled to Taiwan to study theology among Chinese people at China Evangelical Seminary (Taipei, Taiwan). He taught himself the Chinese language (Mandarin) before he came to Taiwan. The two full years he spent in Taiwan were precious; he acquainted himself with the Chinese language, people, culture, and environment rather than only studying theology.

Next Dr. Kim continued his academic journey to Jerusalem, Israel. He lived in Jerusalem about 10 years (from 1985 till 1994), completing his M.A. in Hebrew Language, with an emphasis on Bible Translation at the Institute of Holy Land Studies (present name: Jerusalem University College). He obtained his Ph.D. in Textual Criticism of the Bible at Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel). The title of his Ph.D. thesis was “Studies in the Relationship between the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Septuagint.” By this time Dr. Kim was fluent not only in his mother tongue Korean, but in Chinese, English, and Modern Hebrew as well. At the same time, as a textual critic, he became well equipped with the profound knowledge of not only the biblical languages Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic, but also of many ancient biblical manuscripts.

While Dr. Kim was studying at Hebrew University, he was also involved in the Finnish Bible Translation Project. His task was to collect and analyze the differences of various biblical texts and versions for the translators. During his final months in Israel, he also participated in an inventorization work of Dead Sea Scrolls at Rockefeller Museum.

Dr. Kim taught as a professor for 6 years at Jeonju University (Korea). He came to New York with his family in January 2001. Since then he has been teaching at Faith Bible (Chinese) Seminary (Flushing, New York), and pastoring a Korean congregation in Westchester county, New York.

Dr. Kim has published many books in Korean. Among his published books are Beit HaMiqra Hebrew-Korean Dictionary, Beit HaMiqra Intersting Hebrew, Jesus the Jew, The Bible Seen through Manuscripts, Introduction to the Ancient Jewish Literature, Comfort My People: a Commentary on the Book of Isaiah, Difficult Passages of the Old Testament I (Genesis to Leviticus), Diaspora History of the Jewish People after Christ, Following the Context of the Old Testament, An Easy Commentary on the Book of Genesis I, II, III, IV, etc.