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About the Author JOEL M. HOFFMAN is an independent scholar and lecturer who teaches advanced classes on Hebrew, the history of Hebrew, and translation theory at the New York campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (the seminary for the Reform movement of Judaism) as well as for Kollel (their adult education branch). He has also served on the faculty of Brandeis University, his alma mater. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical linguistics, and serves as head translator for Jewish Lights Publishing’s eight-volume prayerbook and commentary series, My People’s Prayerbook. He lectures widely, from adult education and congregational settings to invited talks at universities and scholarly conferences in the United States, Europe, and Israel. 263 ...

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