Ronald Y. K. Fung | |
Birth Date: | 1937 |
Occupation: | Biblical academic |
Professor of Biblical Studies at China Graduate School of Theology | |
Discipline: | Biblical studies |
Sub Discipline: | New Testament studies |
Alma Mater: | University of Manchester (Ph.D.) |
Thesis Title: | The Relationship Between Righteousness and Faith in the Thought of Paul: as Expressed in the Letters to the Galatians and the Romans |
Thesis Year: | 1975 |
Workplaces: | China Graduate School of Theology |
Ronald Y. K. Fung (; born 1937) was professor of Biblical Studies at China Graduate School of Theology. He is best known for his Galatians contribution to commentary series the New International Commentary on the New Testament.[1]
Fung completed a BA from the University of Hong Kong in 1960 and studied at London Bible College from 1962 to 1965, completing a BD from London University in 1966. He later completed his ThM at Fuller Theological Seminary in 1971, before completing a PhD from University of Manchester in 1975, on a thesis supervised by F. F. Bruce entitled "The Relationship Between Righteousness and Faith in the Thought of Paul: as Expressed in the Letters to the Galatians and the Romans."[2]
Recognized as an important name in Hong Kong biblical scholarship,[3] Fung spent most of his career as a Professor of Biblical Studies at China Graduate School of Theology in Hong Kong.