Rev. Assoc. Professor Daniel Fanous

Dean, Lecturer in Theology & Biblical Studies

EDUCATION:

BE, University of New South Wales
MBBS, FRACGP, University of Sydney
MTh, University of Newcastle
PhD (Theology), University of Newcastle

Rev. Assoc. Professor Daniel Fanous  is Dean of St Cyril‘s Coptic Orthodox Theological College, where he is also a Lecturer in Theology & New Testament. He holds degrees in Engineering, Medicine, as well as a MTh and PhD in Theology. He is a well-known speaker, and has written several books in biblical scholarship including The Person of the Christ (ROP, 2009), and Taught By God: Making Sense of the Difficult Sayings of Jesus (ORI, 2010; Revised Edition: SVS Press, 2020), and most recently a scholarly biography, A Silent Patriarch – Kyrillos VI (1902-1971): Life and Legacy (SVS Press, 2019). Father Daniel is also a parish priest of St Luke‘s in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney, Australia.

RESEARCH & SUPERVISION INTERESTS:

Orthodox Theology, both Patristic and Modern; New Testament exegesis; Pauline Literature, Patristic insights into the New Perspective on Paul; Orthodox Ascetic Literature and Ascetic Leadership

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Taught By God: Making Sense of the Difficult Sayings of Jesus. St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2020.

A Silent Patriarch – Kyrillos VI (1902-1971): Life and Legacy. St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2019.

“The Idea of Personal Ascetic Reform in Kyrillos IV (1902–1971)” in Copts in Modernity. Brill, 2020.