Yii-Jan Lin | Associate Professor of New Testament

Associate Professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School

Yii-Jan Lin is Associate Professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School, where she teaches the critical study of ancient texts and their interpretation, with particular attention to the Book of Revelation, immigration, race, and gender. She is the author of Immigration and Apocalypse: How the Book of Revelation Shaped American Immigration (Yale University Press, 2024) and The Erotic Life of Manuscripts (Oxford University Press, 2016), works that explore how biblical texts intersect with cultural, political, and scientific ideas. Her research currently examines textuality, scripturalization, and the social power of affect. Professor Lin has published widely in leading journals and serves on editorial boards and professional committees in biblical studies.