Timothy McNinch serves as Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Christian Theological Seminary. He earned his PhD in Hebrew Bible from Emory University, where his dissertation focused on the compositional history of 1 Samuel 1–8. Prior to his academic career, McNinch was a church planting pastor in Kalamazoo, MI with the Association of Vineyard Churches (USA). He is now ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a member of the Whitewater Valley Presbytery.
Dr. McNinch’s scholarship has appeared in the journals Vetus Testamentum, Bible and Critical Theory, and Encounter, as well as the online resource, WorkingPreacher.org. He is a long-time editor and contributor to the “Politics of Scripture” blog at PoliticalTheology.com and is the creator and co-host of the popular weekly preaching podcast, “First Reading” (firstreadingpodcast.com). Most impressively (at least in the eyes of his teenage kids), he is a biblical languages YouTuber (youtube.com/timmcninch) with over 43,000 subscribers.
McNinch earned a BA (in Physics and Religion) from Kalamazoo College and an MDiv from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
