Last week I spoke with Cameron Hendrix of WKIP about an interfaith book-signing event held at Vassar Temple. Because I also serve as the religious-school director there, I had the opportunity to talk about why I run a religious school, and why I think religious schools are so important. Here’s the audio:
NOTED BIBLE SCHOLAR DR. JOEL M. HOFFMAN TO OFFER INTERFAITH LECTURE IN NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA
New York, May 10, 2012 — Noted Bible scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman will give an interfaith lecture on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Congregation Shalom in North Chelmsford, MA.
The 7:00pm lecture is jointly sponsored by Congregation Shalom; Trinity Lutheran Church, Chelmsford; the Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation; St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Westford; First Parish Church United, Westford; Temple Shir Hadash, Westford; and St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church, Westford.
Hoffman will address significant and widespread inaccuracies in English Bible translations and explain how readers can see past the mistakes to find what Hoffman calls “the undiscovered beauty of the Bible.” The lecture is based on his popular book And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning (St. Martin’s Press, 2010).
The lecture will take place at Congregation Shalom, 87 Richardson Road, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 (phone: 978/251-8091). Admission is free, and refreshments will be served. Signed books will be available for purchase after the talk.
Dr. Joel M. Hoffman is a noted expert in translation, Hebrew, and the Bible. He holds a doctorate in linguistics and has served on the faculties of Brandeis University and of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. He is the chief translator for the 10-volume series My People’s Prayer Book (winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and My People’s Passover Haggadah, both from Jewish Lights Publishing. He is the author of the critically acclaimed In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language, from NYU Press and, most recently, And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning from St. Martin’s Press. He lives in Westchester, NY.
For more information about And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning, contact St. Martin’s Press Publicist Joseph Rinaldi: 646/307-5565 or Joseph.Rinaldi@stmartins.com.
Dr. Hoffman can be reached at 718/834-1080 or joel@lashon.net.
Vassar Temple Lecture with Dr. Joel M. Hoffman
All in all it was a lovely way to spend an evening.
NOTED BIBLE SCHOLAR DR. JOEL M. HOFFMAN TO SPEAK AT VASSAR TEMPLE
New York, April 24, 2012 — Noted Bible scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman will give a lecture about Bible translation on Tuesday, May 1st, at 7:00 p.m. at Vassar Temple, 140 Hooker Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY. His talk, which is open to the public free of charge, addresses the inaccuracies in English Bible translations and explains how readers can see past the mistakes to find what Hoffman calls the “undiscovered beauty of the Bible.” The lecture is based on his popular book, And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning.
Refreshments will be served after Dr. Hoffman’s presentation, and autographed copies of his book will be available for sale. Though Hoffman travels widely throughout Europe and North America, this is his only appearance this year in Dutchess County. For more information, contact the temple at 845-454-2570 or office@vassartemple.org.
Dr. Joel M. Hoffman is a noted expert in translation, Hebrew, and the Bible. He holds a doctorate in linguistics and has served on the faculties of Brandeis University and of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. He currently serves as the director of Vassar Temple’s Religious School, which provides a dynamic environment where students in grades K-12 discover and explore their own connection to Judaism.
Dr. Hoffman is the chief translator for the 10-volume series My People’s Prayer Book (winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and My People’s Passover Haggadah, both from Jewish Lights Publishing. He is the author of the critically acclaimed In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language from NYU Press and, most recently, And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning from St. Martin’s Press. Dr. Hoffman can be reached by phone at 718-834-1080, by e-mail at joel@lashon.net, and more information about him can be found on his website: www.lashon.net.
Dr. Joel M. Hoffman signing copies of "And God Said"
I also had a chance to stop by the fabulous Myakka River State Park, where I took a few pictures, including shots of boars, birds, and, of course, alligators.
[A glitch prevented this from appearing last week. Here it is now.]
