Faculty Profiles


stephen wunrow 2024

Stephen Wunrow, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament

On Faculty since 2024




PhD, Biblical Theology—New Testament
Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois 
Dissertation title: “Passing through the Heavens: Heavenly Space in Hebrews and Its Christian and Jewish Environment”
Supervisor: Douglas J. Moo

M.A., Biblical Exegesis
Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois

B.A., Biblical Studies – Languages
Union University, Jackson, Tennessee,

“Paul among the Travelers into Heaven: 2 Corinthians 12:1–4 and Other Early Jewish and Christian Ascent Texts,” Biblical Research 67 (2022): 33–58
• Brief survey of early Jewish and Christian ascents to heaven
• Application of this background to Paul’s account of ascent to the third heaven

Associate Editor for A Scripture Index to Rabbinic Literature (Hendrickson, 2021)
• Compiling and organizing rabbinic references to Hebrew Bible.
• Assigned texts: Midrash Rabbah, Pesiqta de Rab Kahana, and Tanna děb̲e Eliyyahu

(2023) “Senses of οὐρανός, Hebrews 12:25–29, and the Destiny of the Cosmos”

(2023) “Senses of οὐρανός, Hebrews 12:25–29, and the Destiny of the Cosmos”

(2022) “Use of the Article on Nouns in 1 John”

(2021) “At Home with the Lord: Jesus’ Location and the Intermediate State”

Semifinalist presentation at the Midwest Evangelical Theological Society February 2016

  • A case study on theological interpretation of Scripture based on 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18
  • Research presented at the Wheaton College Graduate Interdisciplinary Poster Session

Research presented at the Union University Scholarship Symposium

Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture October 2011

  • Panel discussion defining wisdom at Baylor’s 2011 conference “Educating for Wisdom in the 21st Century”
  • Proficient in Koine Greek (Book studies: 1 Peter, Ephesians, Revelation, Mark, Galatians, 1 Thessalonians, Hebrews)
  • Proficient in Ancient Hebrew (Book studies: Judges, Ruth, Job, Amos, some Psalms
  • German for reading
  • French for reading
  •  Limited reading knowledge of Akkadian (Sennacherib’s campaigns, Hammurabi’s Code, and Mari letters
  • Limited reading knowledge of Aramaic
  • Evangelical Theological Society
  • Society of Biblical Literature