Dr. Ruth Anne Reese

Professor of New Testament

Dr. Ruth Anne Reese is Professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. Reese is also the Chair of the New Testament Department at Asbury Seminary and serves on the board of the Institute for Biblical Research. Since 2006, she has served as the Chair for the Formation and Student Committee, which oversees the faculty’s role in the Christian Formation of students at Asbury Seminary. She received the Beeson Chair of Biblical Studies in 2013.

She received a B.A. from Biola University, 1991; and a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield, 1996.

Dr. Reese has written several books, including 2 Peter and Jude (Two Horizons Commentary, Eerdmans, 2007). She is involved as a layperson at Apostle’s Anglican Church in Lexington, Ky. She teaches, serves as Chalice Bearer, prayer team member, Lector and coordinates the church’s ongoing relationship with its diocese in Uganda.

Dr. Reese is married to Alfred Haase and they have one son.