Joel M. Hoffman, PhD

Dr. Joel M. Hoffman graduated from Brandeis University summa cum laude, with departmental honors, and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He spent a year studying and teaching at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, and then earned a PhD in linguistics from the University of Maryland at College Park, one of the nation’s top programs.

A pioneer of applying modern translation techniques to ancient languages, Dr. Hoffman has taught translation and other classes at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA and HUC-JIR in New York City, as well as at conferences around the world.