Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, an expert in translation, Hebrew, and the Bible,
is a much sought-after speaker who presents to dozens of popular and
academic audiences each year.  He holds a Ph.D. in linguistics and has
served on the faculties of Brandeis University and Hebrew Union
College.

Dr. Hoffman is the chief translator for the popular 10-volume series,
My People's Prayer Book (winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and
for My People's Passover Haggadah (both from Jewish Lights Publishing)
and the author of the critically acclaimed In the Beginning: A Short
History of the Hebrew Language (2004, NYU Press).  His latest book is And
God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original meaning (2010,
St. Martin's Press).

He lives in Westchester, NY.