Education
PhD (2023), Christian Theology (New Testament), McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON.
Dissertation: Jews and Gentiles in Romans 1鈥3: Clues from Cohesive Chains and Grammatical Metaphor.
MA (2017), Christian Studies (New Testament), McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON.
Thesis: A Cohesive Harmony Analysis of Ephesians 1鈥3.
MA (2008), Applied Linguistics, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC. Graduating Essay: 鈥淎 Descriptive Overview of Akan Segmental Phonology.鈥
MDiv (2005), Hapdong Theological Seminary, Suwon, South Korea.
BA (2001), International Communications and English, Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea.
Courses
- Introduction to Biblical Greek I (REL-222)
- Introduction to Biblical Greek II (REL-223)
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Dr. John J. H. Lee is an Adjunct Professor of Religion and Theology at Redeemer. He previously worked as a Bible translator/linguist with Wycliffe Bible Translators and the SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics) in the Caucasus region for several years. He is also a PCA pastor serving a small Japanese congregation in Toronto and working as the Managing Editor of the McMaster Divinity College Press. He is married to Lynn, and they have two children, Sue, and Kyum. He blogs at
Research Interests
- Early Judaism and Early Christianity
- The Pauline Epistles
- The Pauline Gospel
- Greek Linguistics
- Systemic Functional Linguistics
Recent Publications
Academic Journal Articles
Lee, John J. H. 鈥淭he Meaning of KAYXA危螛AI: A Linguistic-Stylistic Approach.鈥 Filolog铆a Neotestamentaria 33 (2020) 31鈥43.
Lee, John J. H. 鈥淐ohesive Harmony Analysis for Ancient Greek: SelPap I:112 and PMich VIII:491 as a Test Case.鈥 Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics 7 (2018) 81鈥106.
Book Chapters
Lee, John J. H. 鈥淔rom 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠉蔚喂谓 to 蟺委蟽蟿喂蟼: Neglected Evidence for 鈥楩aith in Christ.鈥欌 In聽Romans and Galatians, edited by Stanley E. Porter, Zachary K. Dawson, and Ryder Wishart, XXX鈥 XXX.聽Linguistic Exegesis of the New Testament 2. Eugene: Pickwick, 2025 (forthcoming).
Lee, John J. H. 鈥淐hapter 10: A Proposal for Systemic Functional Linguistics Register Theory as a Septuagint Commentary Writing Tool.鈥 In聽Putting the Pieces Together: Formalizing Units and Structures in the Biblical Languages, edited by Stanley E. Porter, Christopher D. Land, and Jim D. Dvorak, 214-36.聽McMaster New Testament Studies 11. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2024.
Lee, John J. H. 鈥淜enneth Lee Pike鈥檚 Tagmemics and Its Implications for the Discourse Analysis of the New Testament.鈥 In Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation: Volume 3. Further Essays on Prevailing Methods, edited by Stanley E. Porter and Zachary K. Dawson, 333鈥53. McMaster Biblical Studies Series 3. Eugene: Pickwick, 2021.
Conference Papers and Presentations
Presenter, Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 24 November 2024: 鈥淒id Paul Write Ephesians, or Not? Clues from Grammatical Metaphor鈥
Presenter, Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 20 November 2024: 鈥淔rom 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠉蔚喂谓 to 蟺委蟽蟿喂蟼: Neglected Evidence for 鈥楩aith in Christ鈥欌
Presenter, Secularism and the Pursuit of Transcendence, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, 27 April 2023: 鈥淧aul on God鈥檚 Transcendence and Immanence: Reading Romans 3 Grammatical-Metaphorically.鈥澛
Presenter, McMaster Divinity College Linguistics Circle, Hamilton, ON, 18 February 2021: 鈥淕rammatical Metaphor and Greek Texts: Romans 2:17鈥29 as a Test Case鈥澛
Presenter, Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 23 November 2019: 鈥淭he Meaning of 螝螒违围螒螣螠螒螜: A Linguistic-Stylistic Approach鈥澛
Presenter, Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 21 November 2019: 鈥淭he Earth and Its Works Will be Disclosed (NA27), or Not (NA28)?: A Text-Critical Analysis of 2 Peter 3:10鈥澛
Presenter, McMaster Divinity College Theological Research Seminar, Hamilton, ON, 19 March 2019: 鈥淲hy Are the Pauline Letters Lengthy?: A Linguistic-Stylistic Study of Romans as a Test Case鈥澛
Presenter, Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 20 November 2018: 鈥淓ngaging with the Homogeneous Unit Principle based on a Linguistic Investigation of Ephesians 2:11鈥22鈥澛
Presenter, McMaster Divinity College Theological Research Seminar, Hamilton, ON, 13 February 2018: 鈥淓ngaging with the Homogeneous Unit Principle based on a Linguistic Investigation of Ephesians 2:11鈥22鈥澛
Presenter, The Reformation in a Post-Christian World, McMaster Divinity College Centre for Post-Christendom Studies Conference, Hamilton, ON, 27 October 2017: 鈥淭he Reformed Notion of Christian Freedom in Engaging Islam鈥澛
Book Reviews
Davies, Jamie. Review of The Apocalyptic Paul: Retrospect and Prospect, by John J. H. Lee. JETS 66 (2023) 381鈥84.聽
Burge, Gary M. Review of The New Testament in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic, by John J. H. Lee. Themelios 46.2 (2021).聽
Bates, Matthew. Review of Gospel Allegiance, by John J. H. Lee. McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 21 (2019鈥2020) R1鈥揜7.