Discovering how the Bible is a magnificent work of literature that invites us into the story of Jesus—this is what Tim is all about.
Tim Mackie’s spiritual journey began when he met a group of skateboarders who were creatively communicating the story of the Bible. As a teenager, he participated in a Portland ministry called Skatechurch. Tim went only to skate, but during his last years of high school, he was drawn in by the stories he heard about Jesus.
With his brand-new faith, Tim enrolled at Multnomah University. He became fascinated with the scriptural story of Jesus when he entered the world of biblical studies.
Determined to deepen his understanding of Jesus' historical and cultural context, Tim went on to pursue a degree in theology from Western Seminary in Portland and a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tim's early research and writing interests focused on the manuscript history of the Bible and the formation of the biblical canon. He loves ancient Greek and Hebrew texts!
After years of ministry as a local church pastor and as a professor at Western Seminary, Tim now serves as a lead research scholar and creative director at BibleProject
Currently, Tim resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Jessica, and two rambunctious and amazing little boys. In all of his work, whether as a pastor or as a co-founder of BibleProject, he loves helping people understand how the overall biblical story works together and leads us to Jesus.
Exploring My Strange Bible is Tim Mackie's personal podcast, produced by The Bible Project. It’s an anthology of Tim’s lectures, sermons, and classroom teachings, collected over the last 10 years. They’ve been brought together to help you take a deeper dive into the Scriptures and the language and history of the Bible. May Bible nerds live long and prosper!
Tim's early research and writing interests focused on the manuscript history of the Bible and the formation of the biblical canon. All along, Tim was fascinated with the literary artistry and design of biblical narrative and poetry.
Here are some of the authors that have influenced Tim over the years. These are highly recommended books if you are interested in taking a deeper dive into biblical studies.
Morna D. Hooker
From Adam to Christ: Essays on Paul Not Ashamed of the Gospel: New Testament Interpretations of the Death of ChristMichael Fishbane
Biblical Text and Texture: Literary Readings of Selected Texts Biblical Interpretation in Ancient IsraelRobert Alter
The Art of Biblical Poetry The Art of Biblical Narrative The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with CommentaryChristopher J.H. Wright
The Mission of God: Unlocking the Grand Narrative of the Bible Old Testament Ethics for the People of God Knowing God through the Old Testament Volumes 1-3John Goldingay
Peter J. Leithart
Iain W. Provan
Walter Brueggemann
David G. Firth
Gordon D. Fee
H. G. M. Williamson
Joyce G. Baldwin
Leon L. Morris
Bruk Ayele Asale
Scot McKnight
Daniel Smith Christopher
Walter Brueggemann
Umberto Cassuto
Scot McKnight
David M. Fouts
Scot McKnight
Timothy Keller
Paul Jouon and T. Muraoka
Blass, Debrunner, and Funk
Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott
Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott
Walter Bauer and Fredrick Danker
Frederick Danker and Walter Bauer
Peter J. Leithart
Scot McKnight
Scot McKnight
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Walter Brueggemann
Gustavo Gutiérrez
Umberto Eco
R.A. Torrey
J. Richard Middleton
Eckhard J. Schnabel
Howard Marshall
Seth Postell
Ronald Rolheiser
Cormac McCarthy
Brian Tabb
C.S. Lewis
David A. deSilva
Tremper Longman III & Raymond B. Dillard
Will Kynes
Bruce Waltke
Curt Thompson, M.D.
Larry Hurtado
John Walton
Yair Zakovitch
Michael Heiser
Joshua Berman
Michael Gorman
R. Reisner
Makoto Fujimura
Gavin Long
David M. Moffitt
Carmen Joy Imes
Jerome Murphy-O'Connor
Francis J. Moloney
Marvin A. Sweeney
Shane Wood
Joel Green
John Cooper
Philip Cary
Michael V. Fox
C. Kavin Rowe
Rodney Stark
Cormac McCarthy
Herbert Smyth
Michael LeFebvre
N. T. Wright
N. T. Wright
David W. Pao
Nancy Guthrie
Ian Boxall
Brian J. Wright
David Stern
Dr. Haley Goranson Jacob
Joshua Berman
Hermann Gunkel
Howard Wallace
Jon D. Levenson
George Landes
Gregory A. Boyd
Roy Gane
Joyce G. Baldwin
Roger T. Beckwith
Robert S. Snow
Michael Reeves
James Smith
Larry Hurtado
J. G. McConville
Christopher J. H. Wright
Moshe Weinfeld
David Clines
Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking & Pieter W. van der Horst
R. Riesner
Joel B. Green, Jeannine K. Brown, Nicholas Perrin
T. Desmond Alexanderder and David W. Baker
T. Desmond Alexanderder and David W. Baker
Madison N. Pierce
S. Dean McBride
Stephen G. Dempster
Antonios Finitsis, Andrew Mein & Claudia V. Camp
Joseph Naveh
Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Wendy North
Craig G. Bartholomew
Iain Provan
Terje Stordalen
Bryan D. Estelle
Alistair J. Roberts & Andrew Wilson
Richard B. Hays
Jon D. Levenson
Peter E. Enns
R. Alan Cole
Stephen Geller
Douglas K. Stuart
Nahum Sarna
J. Gordon McConville
Rick McKinley
Roald Dahl
Scot McKnight
Andrew Rillera
John Sailhamer
Richard B. Hays
J. Merrick
Matthew J. Lynch and Helen Paynter
Kenneth C. Way, Carmen Joy Imes
Astrid B. Beck and Andrew H. Bartelt
Richard A. Burridge
Mark L. Strauss
Zondervan (Author), Preston Sprinkle (Editor), Stanley N. Gundry (Series Editor), Denny Burk (Contributor), John G. Stackhouse Jr. (Contributor), Robin Parry (Contributor), Jerry Walls (Contributor)
Harvey Turner
Umberto Cassuto
T. Desmond Alexander
T. Desmond Alexander
T. Desmond Alexander
D. A. Carson
Scot McKnight
John Mark Comer
Bill Arnold
John H. Walton
Gerhard von Rad
Zondervan
David Allen
Gregory Baumer and John Cortines
Gregory Boyd
Gregory Boyd
Richard Bauckham
G.K. Beale & Mitchel Kim
Mary Coloe
Mary L. Coloe
John Mark Comer
Kelly M. Kapic
John Day
Gordon Fee
Peter J. Gentry and Stephen J. Wellum
Andrew S. Malone
Christopher Green
Michael Kibbe
Richard Bauckham
Ben Witherington III
Gregory of Nyssa
Joyce G. Baldwin
Daniel Estes
Tim Mackie
T. Desmond Alexander and Simon Gathercole
Randy Alcorn
Randy Alcorn
Amy L. B. Peeler, Patrick Gray
Anne Lamott
Timothy Keller
Christopher B. Hays
Allen P. Ross
David Allan Hubbard
Dan Kimball
N.T. Wright
Tremper Longman
Tremper Longman
Gordon Fee & Douglas Stuart
Sara Japhet
Rudolf Otto
Richard Lints
Jonathan Klawans
William Lane Craig
Joshua Berman
Michael Card
Sean McEvenue
Craig L. Blomberg
Scot McKnight
Adele Berlin
John Sailhammer
Brevard S. Childs
Roland Murphy
Brevard S. Childs
J. Alec Motyer
Douglas J. Moo
Leslie C. Allen
John Bright
Matthew Thiessen
Richard Bauckham
Richard Bauckham
Clinton Wahlen
Gary M. Burge
N.T. Wright
Crispin Fletcher-Louis
Crispin Fletcher-Louis
T.L. Donaldson
Nicholas Perrin
Nicholas Perrin
Sean Freyne
Richard Bauckham
Ismar Elbogen
John H. Walton
Francis I. Andersen
David J. A. Clines
David J. A. Clines
David Allan Hubbard
George R. Beasley-Murray
Gary M. Burge
Josephus, William Whiston (Translator)
Robert L. Hubbard Jr.
Gordon McConville & Stephen Williams
Richard S. Hess
Dr. Richard Bauckham
Daniel I. Block
Barry G. Webb
Daniel I. Block
Jeremiah Unterman
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Michael Sandel
Adam Winn
Allen Wakabayashi
Robert Farrar Capon
Scott Hahn
Christopher J. H. Wright
Christopher Wright
Adele Berlin
Martha Tobi Roth, Harry A. Hoffner, and Piotr Michalowski
Robert Lowth
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ben Witherington III
Jacob Milgrom
Jay Sklar
S. Tamar Kamionkowski
Jacob Milgrom
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott
John Lee White
Charles Talbert
Richard Bauckham
Walker Percy
Walker Percy
Fred B. Craddock
Larry W. Hurtado
W.D. Davies, Dale C. Allison Jr. and Christopher M. Tuckett
Samuel Bacchiochi
Samuele Bacchiocchi
Dale Allison and W.D. Davies
Dale Allison and W.D. Davies
Joshua Mathews
C.S. Lewis
Bernard Batto
Franz Delitzsch
George Lakoff and Mark Turner
Isaac Kalimi
Nijay Gupta
E. Randolph Richards and Richard James
E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O’Brien
Mark E. Biddle
Walter Kaiser
George Lakoff and Mark Turner
George Lakoff and Mark Turner
David W. Baker
Shimon Bar-Efrat
Willem A. VanGemeren
Matthew E. Gordley
Philip Schaff, Henry Wace, and Gregory of Nyssa
George H. Guthrie
John Sailhamer
Preston Sprinkle
Gordon J. Wenham
T. Desmond Alexander
John M. G. Barclay
Christopher J. H. Wright
Christopher J.H. Wright
Jerome Walsh
Jerome Walsh
Gerhard von Rad
Gerhard von Rad
Gerhard Von Rad
F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp
Larry Hurtado
Joseph Blenkinsopp
Matthias Armgart
Foster Cline and Jim Fay
Randolph Richards
N.T. Wright
John Barclay
John Barclay
N.T. Wright
Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, O.P.
Gordon Fee
N.T. Wright
Gordon D. Fee
Ben Witherington III, Darlene Hyatt
Stanley E. Porter
Blaise Pascal
C.S. Lewis
Ralph P. Martin
Eric Ortlund
Annie Dillard
Andrew R. Angel
Kenneth Bailey
Adele Berlin
Aristotle
Tremper Longman
Clinton Arnold
Thomas Long
C.S. Lewis
Ben Witherington III
Tremper III Longman
Derek Kidner
Michael V. Fox
Michael V. Fox
Michael V. Fox
Ellen F. Davis
Derek Kidner
Derek Kidner
John Goldingay
John Goldingay
John Goldingay
Mary Douglas
Ray Lubeck
Ray Lubeck
Yairah Amit
C. John Collins
Ronald Hendel
Nijay K. Gupta
Michael Gorman
Scot McKnight
Jonathan T. Pennington
Ellen Davis
Esau McCaulley
Lucy Peppiatt
Matthew Sleeth
David M. Moffitt
Grant R. Osborne
Leon Morris
Robert W. Wall
Grant R. Osborne
Frank Viola
Robert Jewett
F. F. Bruce
William Shakespeare
Richard H. Lowery
Samuele Bacchiocchi
Matthew Bates
Yuval Noah Harari
Michael J. Gorman
William Brown
Iain Provan
Scot McKnight
Amy Jill-Levine
Stephen Covey
William Brown
Amy Jill-Levine
N.T. Wright
N.T. Wright
N.T. Wright
Jay Sklar
Gary A. Anderson
Moshe Weinfeld
Joel Marcus
Tremper Longman III
J. Cheryl Exum
Laurence Perrine
Klyne Snodgrass
Richard Foster
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Maurice H. Farbridge
Jerome Walsh
Michael Heiser
N.T. Wright
Othmar Keel
Michael Morales
Jewish Publication Society Inc.
Martin McNamara MSC
Michael Fishbane
Rhonda G. Crutcher
Ben Witherington III
Alan Thompson
Virgil
Ben F. Meyer
David Noel Freedman
Leon Morris
Carissa Quinn
Robert Alter
Robert Alter
Patrick Schreiner
Malcom X
Jacob Neusner
Matitiahu Tsevat
Lee Martin McDonald
Robin A. Parry
Matthew Bates
Jeff S. Anderson
Scot McKnight
Benjamin Sommer
Jorg Jeremias
The Episcopal Church
Tremper Longman
Daniel I. Block
Daniel I. Block
J. Andrew Dearman
John N. Oswalt
John N. Oswalt
Marten H. Woudstra
Gordon J. Wenham
Timothy R. Ashley
Bruce Waltke
Bruce K. Waltke
Nancy L. deClaisse-Walford
Mark J. Boda
Pieter A. Verhoef
Leslie C. Allen
O. Palmer Robertson
Francis Brown
Bruce M. Metzger
Willie James Jennings
C.S. Lewis
N.K. Jemisin
Nathan C. Lane
William W. Hallo
Richard J. Clifford
Dietrich Boenhoffer
Cormac McCarthy
Dan Brown
N. T. Wright
Peter Ho
Jeannine K. Brown
Dallas Willard
Robert D. Miller II
Dr. Matt Croasmun
Sandra L. Richter
Sandra L. Richter
Gareth Lee Cockerill
Douglas J. Moo
Rabbi David Fohrman
John Sailhamer
Richard Bauckham
Gordon D. Fee
Peter H. Davids
Gordon D. Fee
Robert W. Funk
Francis Chan
T.S. Eliot
S. Joshua Swamidass
Gary A. Anderson
Peter Ellis
Kim Papaioannou
R. Kendall Soulen
Kelly M. Kapic
D. A. Carson
Leon Morris
Lesslie Newbigin
Richard Bauckham
Joel B. Green
R.T. France
Ben Witherington III
John Nolland
R. T. France
Craig S. Keener
C.S. Lewis
James Kugel
Ludwig Koehler, Walter Baumgartner, and Johann Jakob Stamm
Corrie Ten Boom
Lynn White, Jr.
Ronald Rolheiser
Scot McKnight
Homer
Ryan S. Peterson
Scot Mcknight
C.T.R. Hayward
Paul D. Wegner
Michael V. Fox Ph.D.
Adele Berlin
Jeffrey Tigay
Nahum M. Sarna
Dr. Nahum M. Sarna
John Bergsma
Scot McKnight
Brandon D. Crowe
Brian Doak
Scot McKnight
Scot McKnight
Scot McKnight
Peter T. O'Brien
Colin G. Kruse
John Stott
Philip H. Towner
J. Richard Middleton
Scriptural Research Insitute
C.S. Lewis
David A. Dorsey
N. T. Wright
Philip Jenkins
Bruce Longenecker
John Walton
John Walton
John Walton
John H Walton & D. Brent Sandy
John Walton
Jon D. Levenson
Wes Anderson
Konrad Schmid, Jens Schröter
Katherin Sakenfeld
Derek Kidner
Christopher J. H. Wright
Barry G. Webb
J. Alec Motyer
Christopher J. H. Wright
Christopher J. H. Wright
Walter C. Kaiser
Michael Rydelnik
William G. Braude
Christopher J. H. Wright
Richard B. Hays
Joshua M. McNall
Umberto Eco
Michael Heiser
Philip Jenkins
Leander E. Keck
James Strong
David Daube
N.T. Wright
Philip Jenkins
Douglas J. Moo
John Walton
Scott J. Hafemann
Klyne Snodgrass
Michael J. Wilkins
Martin Dudley
Steve Moyice
James Dunn
Archie Wright
Francesca Aran Murphy
John H. Sailhamer
John Sailhamer
John H. Sailhamer
Thomas Dozeman
C.S. Lewis
Sandra L. Richter
Meir Sternberg
Bradley C. Gregory
Dacher Keltner
Joachim Jeremias
Simon J. Gathercole
Loveday Alexander
Nicollo Machiavelli
Walter Brueggeman
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Leigh Trevaskis
Josh Butler
Michael J. Kruger
Tim Keller
Daniel Smith Christopher
Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
N.T. Wright
Richard Bauckham
G. Beale
Jonathan Haidt
Cormac McCarthy
John Mark Comer
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Mathilde Frey
Peter Berger
C.S. Lewis
Paul Barnett
Francis I. Andersen
Jonathan T. Pennington
Pinchas E. Lapide
Brian A. Verrett
Brian A. Verrett
Gerd Theissen
Julius Steinberg and Timothy J. Stone
Joshua Ryan Butler
Daniel Taylor
Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann
Morna Hooker
C.S. Lewis
Dallas Willard
Mehrdad Fatehi
Jennie Barbour
A.J. Swaboda
Larry Paul Jones
Michael Morales
Gregory K. Beale
J. Daniel Hays
Joshua Berman
Richard Bauckham
Samuel H. Balentine
Roland E. Murphy
Michael Heiser
Michael Heiser
Michael S. Heiser
L. Daniel Hawk
C. S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
The Westminster Assembly
Kathleen O’Connor
Yeshua Ben Sirach
Derek Kidner
Rowan Williams
Luke Timothy Johnson
A.J. Jacobs
Clinton E. Arnold
Dan Kimball
Jefferson Bethke
Baruch H. Halpern
James L. Kugel
William Osborne
Alan Segal
Michael Goulder
Nahum Sarna
Mark Charles, Soong-Chan Rah
Jerome F. D. Creach
Arie C. Leder
Aerie C. Leder
Leo Tolstoy
Tommy Givens
Richard Burridge
Tim Urban
Brian Fikkert and Steve Corbett
Jospeh Hellerman
L. Michael Morales
David Reich
Jeff Van Duzer
Tristen Collins, L.P.C. and Jon Collins
Larry Hurtado
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Claudia Camp
Bernard Jackson
William Brown
William Brown
James M. Hamilton Jr.
Lucy Peppiatt
H. G. M. Williamson
John E. Goldingay
Scott B. Noegel
C. Kavin Rowe
Eric Mason
Amy L. B. Peeler
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