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Dr Crystal Hong

Lecturer Chinese Department

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Dr Crystal Hong

Crystal is from Macau and grew up at a Cantonese-speaking Baptist church. She was very involved in church children and youth ministry, as well as university campus ministry, before becoming a lecturer. She is passionate about raising up the next generations of Christian leaders. During her PhD candidature, Crystal taught at various Bible colleges in Australia and overseas. Her research interests include Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, hermeneutics and homiletics, Old Testament exegesis

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Sydney
  • MDiv, Sydney Missionary & Bible College
  • LLB, University of Macau

Publications

“Bible Translation as Indigenous Reading of the Bible: A Case Study of Chinese Translation of the Hebrew Bible,” in Bible and Indigeneities: Asia and Pasifika subVersions, eds. Jione Havea, LIM Stephen Chin Ming, and Monica J. Melanchthon (Atlanta, Georgia: SBL Press, forthcoming)

Presentations

  • “Faithful to the Holy Scripture: A Corpus-Based Study of Contemporary Chinese Translation of the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System in the Story of Joseph,” Fellowship for Biblical Studies Conference, Sydney, Australia, September 2023.
  • “Identity Reconstruction of Involuntary Migrants in the Book of Ezekiel,” Institute of Sino-Christian Studies Conference, Hong Kong, June 2024. [in Chinese, via Zoom]
  • “Bible Translation as Indigenous Reading of the Bible: A Case Study of Chinese Translation of the Hebrew Bible,” Society of Asian Biblical Studies Conference, Taiwan, July 2024.
  • “Hebrew Bible Studies in Non-Western Contexts: Challenges and a Way Forward,” European Association of Biblical Studies Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, March 2025. [via Zoom]
  • “Teaching Biblical Languages with the Aid of AI,” International Network for Christian Higher Education 50th Anniversary Conference, Biezenmortel, The Netherlands, April 2025.

Affiliations

  • Fellowship for Biblical Studies
  • Society of Biblical Literature

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