Dr. Joel M Hoffman, PhD

JOEL M. HOFFMAN , PhD, is the author of I n the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language and And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original Meaning . He is the chief translator for the 10-volume series, My People's Prayer Book (winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and for My People's Passover Haggadah . He is an occasional contributor to The Jerusalem Post and The Huffington Post , and has held faculty appointments at Brandeis University and at Hebrew Union College...See more

JOEL M. HOFFMAN , PhD, is the author of I n the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language and And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original Meaning . He is the chief translator for the 10-volume series, My People's Prayer Book (winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and for My People's Passover Haggadah . He is an occasional contributor to The Jerusalem Post and The Huffington Post , and has held faculty appointments at Brandeis University and at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He lives in New York. See less