God Didn't Say That

Bible Translations and Mistranslations

Joel M. Hoffman

Joel M. Hoffman holds a PhD in theoretical linguistics, and has taught Bible in religious settings and translation theory at Brandeis University and at HUC-JIR in New York City. He is the chief translator of the widely read My People’s Prayer Book series (winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and author of the critically acclaimed In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language (NYU Press).

His latest book is And God Said: How Translations Conceal The Bible’s Original Meaning.

Hoffman lectures widely to religious and secular audiences.

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