Stephen Wunrow

Education

Wheaton College
Ph.D., 2023

Wheaton College
M.A., 2017

Union University
B.A., 2015

Biography

Stephen grew up in west Tennessee as the second of ten children. During high school, he taught himself some Hebrew and decided that he should go into biblical studies. He earned a BA in biblical languages from Union University in Jackson, TN, where he met his wife. In 2015, they got married and moved to the Chicago area. Stephen graduated with his MA in biblical exegesis from Wheaton College in 2017, and his PhD in New Testament from Wheaton College in 2023. Stephen and his wife enjoy board games, watching old movies, riding and racing their bicycles, and playing with their cat.

Publications

Heavenly Space in Hebrews and Its Jewish and Christian Environment: Passing through the Heavens, LNTS 698 (London: T&T Clark, 2025).
Associate editor, A Scripture Index to Rabbinic Literature (Peabody, Hendrickson, 2021)
“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
“Senses of οὐρανός, Hebrews 12.25–29, and the Destiny of the Cosmos,” NTS (forthcoming).
“‘About Whom Is Our Discourse’: New Data on λόγος in Hebrews 4:13,” CBQ (forthcoming).
“Defilement and Cleansing in Heaven: A Proposal for Revelation 11:1–2,” NovT (forthcoming).

Professional Societies

Evangelical Theological Society
Society of Biblical Literature

Reasearch Interests

Hebrews
Revelation
Heavenly space
Ascent to heaven
Pseudepigrapha

Courses Taught

NT Literature
Revelation
Tolkien and NT