Sean M. McDonough
SEAN M. MCDONOUGH, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of New Testament, 2000
B.A. (Harvard College); M.Div., M.Th. (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary); Ph.D. (University of St. Andrews)
Dr. McDonough came to Gordon-Conwell in 2000 from Pacific Theological College in Suva, Fiji, where he had served as the Chair of the Biblical Studies Department and as a lecturer in New Testament.
Dr. McDonough remains active in ministry. He is a Sunday School teacher and occasional preacher at First Congregational Church in Hamilton. He is also a speaker for Medair, a Christian relief organization based in Switzerland.
His research interests include creation/cosmology in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, Hellenistic Judaism, Greek philosophy and religion and the Book of Revelation.
Dr. McDonough’s personal interests include supporting the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots, spending time with his family, traveling and hiking.
Dr. Sean M. McDonough’s Publications
Books
• Cosmology and New Testament Theology, co-edited with Jonathan Pennington (Continuum, 2008)
• YHWH at Patmos: Revelation 1:4 in its Hellenistic and Early Jewish Setting (Mohr Siebeck, 1999)
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Articles
Dr. McDonough has written a variety of articles for scholarly and professional journals, including the Journal of Biblical Literature, the Journal of Theological Studies, New Testament Studies and Vetus Testamentum. His most recent article is “Small Change: Saul to Paul, Again.” Journal of Biblical Literature 125 (Summer 2006)
Other Publications
“Revelation,” with Gregory Beale in (Baker, 2007)