Associate Professor of Old Testament
Ezra 7:9b–10—“The good hand of his God was upon him, because Ezra set his heart to study and to practice the Torah of Yahweh and to teach both statute and rule in Israel.”
Jason DeRouchie came to Bethlehem College & Seminary in 2009 with a passion to exalt Christ through whole-Bible theology and to help train the next generation of church leaders how to faithfully interpret and appropriate their Hebrew Old Testaments. DeRouchie seeks to approach
all of his teaching and scholarship as worship, borrowing Ezra’s resolve (Ezra 7:10 – study > practice > teach) in his approach to academic ministry.
Dr. DeRouchie and his wife Teresa have been married since 1994, and God has blessed them with three children. As a family, they love academic ministry and are delighted to be a part of the BCS community. They enjoy camping, hiking, canoeing, and moose-watching. Their favorite place to get away is the shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota’s northland.
Academic Credentials
- Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- B.A., Taylor University
- Additional Studies: Harvard Divinity School, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Jerusalem University College
Areas of Specialization
Deuteronomy, Old Testament biblical theology, Hebrew language, and Old Testament discourse analysis.
Other Ministry Experience
Steering committee chair of the Evangelical Theological Society’s "Biblical Hebrew Language and Exegesis Consultation" (2009–present)
Committee member of the Evangelical Theological Society's "Discourse Grammar and Biblical Exegesis Consultation" (2007–2008)
Editorial board member for Zondervan’s new Hearing the Message of Scripture Old Testament commentary series (2006–present)
Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN (2005–2009)
Associate Pastor for Adult Discipleship, Oak Park Baptist Church, Jeffersonville, IN (2001–2005)
Adjunct teaching of Hebrew and Greek at Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1997–2000)
Present Book Projects
Contributing editor of a Gospel-centered, thematic, Old Testament survey titled What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About (Grand Rapids: Kregel, forthcoming).
Writing a commentary on Deuteronomy for Zondervan's new Hearing the Message of Scripture Old Testament commentary series.
Publications
Review of Markedness in Canaanite and Hebrew Verbs by P. D. Korchin, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, forthcoming.
A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, with Duane A. Garrett (Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2009).
A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew: Workbook, with Duane A. Garrett (Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2009).
A Call to Covenant Love: Text Grammar and Literary Structure in Deuteronomy 5–11, GD30/BS2 (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2007).
“Deuteronomy as Didactive Poetry? A Critique of D. L. Christensen’s View," Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary 10.1 (2007): 1–13.
Nine brief articles in The Archaeological Study Bible, ed. Walter C. Kaiser Jr. and Duane A. Garrett (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006): “Circumcision in the Ancient World”; “Ecclesiastes and the Epic of Gilgamesh”; “Haran”; “Mitanni”; “Oracles of the Ancient World”; “Samuel and Saul”; “Texts of the Old Testament”; “Textual Criticism”; “The Ancient Translations.”
“Circumcision in the Hebrew Bible and Targums: Theology, Rhetoric, and the Handling of Metaphor,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 14.2 (2004): 175–203.
Review of Invitation to the Septuagint, by Karen Jobes and Moises Silva, Trinity Journal 23.2 (2002): 257–60.
“A Life Centered on Torah.” An exegetical insight from Ezra 7:10 in Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar, by Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt, 248–49 (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2001).
Media
(PDF | MP3) “Context for Loving Yahweh Our One God: A Sermon on Deuteronomy 6:6-9” (March 18, 2010). This sermon was preached at the Northwestern College Chapel.
(PDF | MP3) “Love Yahweh with All: A Sermon on Deuteronomy 6:5” (March 17, 2010). This sermon was preached at the Northwestern College Chapel.
(PDF | MP3) “Yahweh our God, Yahweh is One: A Sermon on Deuteronomy 6:4” (March 16, 2010). This sermon was preached at the Northwestern College Chapel.
(MP3) “Biblical and Historical Perspectives on Why We Still Need the Biblical Languages” (November 16, 2009). This lecture was given at Bethlehem College and Seminary in advance of the 2009 Evangelical Theological Society Annual meetings. Download the handout for the lecture (PDF).
Read Dr. DeRouchie’s graduation address given at Northwestern College on May 16, 2009.
Read or listen to Dr. DeRouchie’s sermon given Bethlehem Baptist Church on March 21-22, 2009. Read the follow-up article.
(PDF | MP3) “Yahweh is Your Keeper: A Sermon on Psalm 121” (November 30, 2006). This sermon was preached at the Northwestern College Chapel.