Dr. Sean McDonough

Email: [email protected]
First Year at Gordon-Conwell: 2000
Expertise: Life of Jesus, Apocalyptic Literature, Book of Revelation, Creation, New Testament Studies, Fantasy Literature, Heaven, Ethics and Values

Biography:

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 Boston’s sports teams, spending time with his family, traveling and hiking.

Degrees

• BA (Harvard College)
• MDiv, ThM (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)
• PhD (University of St. Andrews)

Featured Podcasts

• Kris Perkins. “Different Views of the End Times with Sean McDonough”
• Theology of Work. “The Book of Revelation and Work with Dr. Sean McDonough”
• Theology of Work Project. “Insights About Economics & Justice from the Book of Revelation”
• Theology of Work. “Created to Create”

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Publications List

• • Truth’s Consuming Ecstasy. Baylor University Press, 2025.
  • The Preacher’s Greek Companion to Philippians: A Selective Commentary for Meditation and Sermon Preparation. Hendrickson, 2023.
  • Creation. Co-authoring with Daniel Driver. TOBITH series. Edited by Reinhard Feldmeier and Hermann Spieckermann. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming.
  • A Time for Sorrow: Recovering the Practice of Lament in the Life of the Church. Co-edited with Scott Harrower. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2019.
  • “Paul and the Semantics of ‘Justification’: or What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Righteousness?” In The Crucified Apostle. Edited by Todd Wilson and Paul House. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017.
  • “Being and Nothingness in the Book of Revelation.” Pages 77-98 in Creation Ex Nihilo. Edited by Gary A. Anderson and Markus Bockmuehl; Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2017.
  • Creation and New Creation: Understanding God’s Creation Project. Christian Doctrine in Historical Perspective Series. Edited by Alan P.F. Sell. Bletchley: Paternoster, 2016.
  • “Jesus the Baptist: The First Temptation of Christ.” In In the Fullness of Time: Essays on Christology, Creation, and Eschatology in Honor of Richard Bauckham. Edited by Daniel M. Gurtner, Jonathan T. Pennington, and Grant Macaskill. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.
  • “Paradise by the Desolation Trail: De-creation in the New Testament.” In As Long as the Earth Endures: The Bible, Creation, and the Environment. Edited by Jonathan Moo and Robin Routledge. Nottingham: IVP, 2014.
  • Christ as Creator: Origins of a New Testament Doctrine. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Cosmology and New Testament Theology. Co-Edited with Jonathan T. Pennington. London: T&T Clark International, 2008.
  • “Revelation” (co-written with G.K. Beale). Pages 1081-1162 in Commentary on the New Testament use of the Old Testament. Edited by G.K. Beale and D.A. Carson. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007.
  • “Small Change: Saul to Paul, Again.” Journal of Biblical Literature 125 (2006): 390-91.
  • “Competent to Judge: The Old Testament Connection Between 1 Corinthians 5 and 6.” Journal of Theological Studies 56 (2005): 99-102.
  • YHWH at Patmos: Revelation 1:4 in its Hellenistic and Early Jewish Setting. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1999.