Dr. Jason N. Yuh

Assistant Professor of Religion and Theology


Phone: (905) 648-2139   Ext:4403

Email: jyuh@redeemer.ca

Office: 128C

Programs: Biblical and Theological Studies, Mission and Ministry, Urban Ministry, Youth Ministry

Education

PhD (2024), New Testament and Early Christianity, University of Toronto.
Dissertation: “The Dialectic of Tradition and Innovation in the Didache through Ritual.”

MDiv (2015), Westminster Theological Seminary.

B.Sc. (2005), Information Science and Technology; Business (Minor), Drexel University.

Courses

  • The Drama of Scripture (REL-110)
  • Theological Interpretation of the Bible (REL-201)
  • Reading Scripture with the Global Church (REL-321/421)
  • Old Testament Studies: The Pentateuch (REL-324)
  • Old Testament Studies: The Writings (REL-325)
  • New Testament Studies: The Gospels and Acts (REL-326)
  • New Testament Studies: The Pauline Epistles (REL-327)

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Dr. Yuh specializes in a variety of texts of the New Testament and early Christianity, utilizing a myriad of methods and theories (e.g., neuroscience, epigraphical and papyrological data, memory studies, etc.). His dissertation, which will be available as a monograph in the Critical Approaches to Early Christianity series (Brill), studies the rituals of the Didache within the dialectic of tradition and innovation. Accordingly, he has examined the rituals of almsgiving, baptism, prayer, fasting, eucharist, firstfruits, and confession not only through the perspective of early Christianity, but also through comparative (especially early Jewish and Graeco-Roman practices), ritual, sociological, anthropological, and other studies. 

His research is influenced by the conviction that 鈥渁ll things are held鈥 by Jesus Christ鈥搕hese fascinating findings exist by, through, and for Christ (Col 1:15-17). He also served as an ordained, lead pastor for the past five years and worked in software development/product management prior to seminary. Above all, he is convinced that his greatest calling is to be a Christ-saturated husband and father to his wife and three children.

Research Interests

  • New Testament
  • Early Judaism and Early Christianity
  • Graeco-Roman and ancient Mediterranean Religions
  • Tradition and Innovation
  • Rituals Studies
  • Literary Canon and Canonical Interpretation
  • Comparative Studies
  • Sociology and Anthropology of Religion
  • Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
  • Biblical Theology
  • Union with Christ

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

鈥淭racing One Aspect of the Process(es) of Communal Identity Construction of the Didache through Baptism and Ritual Innovation,鈥 Journal of Early Christian Studies 30.4 (2022): 475-503.

“Abandonment and Absenteeism in the Letter to the Hebrews, and Methodological Guidelines on Comparing Documentary Texts with Literary Writings,鈥 Journal of Biblical Literature 138.4 (2019): 863-882.

鈥淒o as I Say, Not as They Do: Social Construction in the Epistle of Barnabas Through Canonical Interpretation and Ritual,鈥 Harvard Theological Review 112.3 (2019): 279-95.

鈥淎nalysing Paul鈥檚 Reference to Baptism in Galatians 3.27 through Studies of Memory, Embodiment and Ritual,鈥 Journal for the Study of the New Testament 41.4 (2019): 478-500.

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The Tradition and the Innovation of Rituals in the听顿颈诲补肠丑别:听An Examination of the聽Didache_鈥檚 Seven Rituals_. Critical Approaches to Early Christianity. Leiden: Brill,聽forthcoming.

As It Is Written and Intended: Living Scripture and Reading Life. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2025.

Books (Edited)

Kingdom Manifesto: Meditations on the Gospel of Matthew. Wycliffe Studies in Gospel, Church, and Culture. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2021.

Book Chapters

鈥淒ivine Agency and Action (including Grace and Faith).鈥 In The Pauline Mind. Edited by Stanley E. Porter and David I. Yoon. Routledge Religious Minds. London: Routledge, forthcoming.

鈥淒o as I Say, Not as They Do: Social Construction in the Epistle of Barnabas Through Canonical Interpretation and Ritual.鈥 In Religious Inventions: Ancient Mediterranean Practice and the Study of Religion. Edited by William E. Arnal and Erin K. Vearncombe. Studies in Christianity and Judaism. Montreal: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University, 2025.

Popular Articles

鈥淭he Importance of the Council of Nicaea 鈥楩or Such a Time as This鈥,鈥 Reformation Today RT-314 (2025): 13-20.

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