한국인 구약학 박사학위 논문(1931년-2010년)에 나타난 학문적 경향 분석

Abstract

The academic analysis of their doctoral dissertations in the Old Testament by Korean scholars has not yet been once attempted. This paper is to grasp the academic trends by analyzing these dissertations. For this, one hundred and twenty nine dissertations have been collected. The analysis has been accomplished according to the ‘when’ (year), ‘where’ (school) and ‘what’ (topic). Firstly, the following result is deduced from the analysis of ‘when’ (year). This shows that the number of Korean doctoral-degree holders in the OT Studies has been increased twice or three times in each decade. Secondly, the analysis of 'where (schools)' shows the following result. This diagram shows that the academic globalization has been established in the society of Old Testament Studies in Korea. Scholars from 'foreign' are still in majority, but the production from ‘domestic’ is on the way of rapid growth. This promises that we are ready to do Koreanized Old Testament Studies in the context of globalization. Especially, scholars from 'Israel' makes to expect to deepen and broaden the linguistic horizon of the Old Testament Studies in Korea. Thirdly, ‘what (topic)’ of dissertations is analyzed by the following categories; Studies on the Old Testament, Studies with the Old Testament, Studies for the Old Testament, and Studies on the Old Testament Studies. The analysis shows that Korean scholars are mainly interested in the 'Studies on the Old Testament.' That is, their academic concern is focused on exploring the text of the Old Testament itself. But the studies in other categories also became the focus of academic attention, although still in minority.