People are raving about And God Said:
“[Hoffman] unites Biblical scholarship and translation theory, embracing modern science and modern linguistics, to help us understand what the Prophets and our forebears were doing and how they wrote. He retrieves what the Bible really was and what it can be for us now.”
The Very Reverend Dr. James A. Kowalski, Dean of The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine:
“A wise and important book, and a lot of fun to read.”
Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People
“Hoffman is wise and gentle as he exhibits the issue of distortion by way of translation. Short of all readers learning Hebrew, Hoffman’s work is the best gift for a careful reader of a text that defies easy contemporary rendering.”
Dr. Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary
“Author Hoffman, a linguist and a translator, uses his knowledge and his skills to correct some of the common errors in translating the language of the Bible from Hebrew into English [...] skillfully clarifying complex concepts…. Attentive readers will find this book to be valuable for properly understanding the Bible.”
Publishers Weekly
