James K. Hoffmeier

• Biblical studies
• Near Eastern archaeology

James K. Hoffmeier
Born	(1951-02-13) February 13, 1951 (age 75) Kingdom of Egypt
Title	Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology
Academic background
Education	University of Toronto (M.A., Ph.D.) [1]
Alma mater	Wheaton College (B.A.) [1]
Thesis	"Sacred" in the Vocabulary of Ancient Egypt  (1982)
Doctoral advisor	Ronald J. Williams
Sub-discipline	Old Testament studies Egyptology
Institutions	Trinity Evangelical Divinity School [1]
Main interests	Biblical archaeology Historicity of the Bible History of ancient Israel and Judah

James K. Hoffmeier (born February 13, 1951) is an Egyptian-born American Old Testament scholar, archaeologist, and Egyptologist, specializing in biblical archaeology, Near Eastern archaeology, and historicity of the Hebrew Bible. ^[2] He served as Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. ^[1]

Education and career

Hoffmeier graduated with a B.A. at Wheaton College, followed by a M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. ^[1]

During the period from 1975 to 1977, Hoffmeier worked on the Akhenaten Temple Project based in Luxor, Egypt. ^[1] He has been the Professor of Archaeology and Old Testament at Wheaton College. ^[1] He was director of excavations at Tell el-Borg, Sinai Peninsula from 1998 to 2008. ^[1] Additionally he is often called upon as a consultant for television programs made for the History, Discovery, Learning, and National Geographic Channels. ^[1]

Hoffmeier has written articles published in academic journals specialized in the field of Egyptology, including the Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt , Journal of Egyptian Archaeology , Revue d'Égyptologie , and Ägypten und Levante. ^[1] He served as a contributor for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt , the Anchor Bible Dictionary , and the New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology & Exegesis. ^[1] He served as an archaeological editor for the English Standard Version Study Bible and has authored several books on biblical archaeology. ^[1] Hoffmeier is a biblical maximalist and has often published works which defend the historicity of the Hebrew Bible. ^{[3] [4]}

Works

Books

• Hoffmeier, James K.; Williams, Ronald J.; Meltzer, E. S., eds. (1983). Egyptological Miscellanies: a tribute to Professor Ronald J. Williams. Ancient World. Vol. 6. Chicago, IL: Ares. OCLC   64103388.
• ——— (1985). Sacred in the Vocabulary of Ancient Egypt: the term DSR, with special reference to dynasties I-XX. Orbis biblicus et orientalis. Vol. 59. Freiburg, Switzerland; Göttingen: Universitätsverlag; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN   978-3-7278-0324-6. OCLC   12171356.
• ———, ed. (1987). Abortion: a Christian understanding and response . Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House. ISBN   978-0-801-04317-8. OCLC   16661376.
• ———; Douglas, J. D., eds. (1991). New Commentary on the Whole Bible: based on the classic commentary of Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown (Old Testament volume) (Revised and reworked ed.). Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers. ISBN   978-0-842-34739-6. OCLC   22956578.
• ———; Millard, A. R.; Baker, David W., eds. (1994). Faith, tradition, and history : Old Testament historiography in its Near Eastern context. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. ISBN   978-0-9314-6482-9. OCLC   29877702.
• ——— (1996). Israel in Egypt: the evidence for the authenticity of the Exodus tradition . New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-195-09715-3. OCLC   35068244.{{cite book}}: External link in |title= (help)
• ——— (1999). Barrett, David P. (ed.). The Books of the Old Testament. Quiknotes. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House. ISBN   978-0-8423-5983-2. OCLC   33079242.
• ———; Millard, A. R., eds. (2004). The Future of Biblical Archaeology: reassessing methodologies and assumptions. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN   978-0-802-82173-7. OCLC   612468568.
• ——— (2005). Ancient Israel in Sinai: the evidence for the authenticity of the wilderness tradition. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-195-15546-4. OCLC   56526680.
• ——— (2008). The Archaeology of the Bible (1st ed.). Oxford: Lion. ISBN   978-0-745-95226-0. OCLC   181069121.
• ——— (2009). The Immigration Crisis: immigrants, aliens, and the Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN   978-1-433-50607-9. OCLC   262891620.
• ———; Magary, Dennis Robert, eds. (2012). Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?: a critical appraisal of modern and postmodern approaches to Scripture. Wheaton, IL: Crossway. ISBN   978-1-433-52571-1. OCLC   730405288.
• ———, ed. (2014). Tell el-Borg I: Excavations in North Sinai: the "Dwelling of the Lion" on the ways of Horus. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. ISBN   978-1-575-06305-8. OCLC   890755746.
• ——— (2015). Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-199-79208-5. OCLC   883510631.
• ———; Wenham, Gordon J.; Sparks, Kenton L. (2015). Halton, Charles (ed.). Genesis : history, fiction, or neither?: three views on the Bible's earliest chapters. Counterpoints. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN   978-0-310-51494-7. OCLC   898750289.
• ———; Millard, Alan R.; Rendsburg, Gary A., eds. (2016). "Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt?": Biblical, Archaeological, and Egyptological Perspectives on the Exodus Narratives. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. ISBN   978-1-57506-429-1. OCLC   935055589.
• ———, ed. (2019). Tell el-Borg II: Excavations in North Sinai. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. ISBN   978-1-57506-988-3. OCLC   1079401092.
• ——— (2021). The Prophets of Israel: Walking the Ancient Paths. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic. ISBN   978-0-8254-7011-0. OCLC   0825470110.
• ———; Averbeck, Richard E.; Howard, J. Caleb; Zwickel, Wolfgang, eds. (2022). "Now These Records are Ancient": Studies in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History, Language and Culture in Honor of K. Lawson Younger, Jr. Ägypten und Altes Testament. Vol. 114. Münster: Zaphon. ISBN   978-3-96327-191-5. OCLC   3963271914.

Articles and chapters

• 2021 "The Hebrew Exodus from and Jeremiah's Eisodus into Egypt in the Light of Recent Archaeological and Geological Developments", Tyndale Bulletin 72 (December 2021 ) pp.73–95 (Click on Save article as weblink for a PDF Copy of the Tyndale paper)
• 2018-2019 “The Curious Phenomenon of Moving Military Sites on Egypt’s Eastern Frontier” (pp.81-110) in THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES, (ed: Sarah L. Ketchley and Edmund S. Meltzer), VOLUME XLV (45), Toronto Canada
• 2019 Reflections on a Decade of Research and Excavations at Tell el-Borg and Its Environs (1998–2008) (pp.151-165) in ICE XII Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists 3rd– 8th November 2019 Cairo, Egypt (editors: Ola el-Aguizy & Burt Kasparian), Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (IFAO)
• 2015-2016 “The Great Hymn to the Aten: The Ultimate Expression of Atenism? (pp.43-55) in THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES, (ed: Edmund S. Meltzer & Jacqueline E. Jay), VOLUME XLII (42) Toronto Canada
• ——— (1997). "The Evangelical Contribution to Understanding the (Early) History of Ancient Israel in Recent Scholarship". Bulletin for Biblical Research . 7: 77–90. doi:10.2307/26422321. JSTOR   26422321.
• ——— (Spring 2000). "'The Heavens Declare the Glory of God': the limits of general revelation". Trinity Journal . 21 (1): 17–24.
• ——— (Jan 2007). "Out of Egypt". Biblical Archaeology Review . 33 (1): 36–?.
• ——— (June 2007). "What is the Biblical Date for the Exodus? A Response to Bryant Wood". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society . 50 (2): 225–47.
• ——— (Fall 2007). "Rameses of the Exodus Narratives is the 13th Century BC Royal Ramesside Residence". Trinity Journal. 28 (2): 281–289.
• James K. Hoffmeier & Kenneth A. Kitchen, Reshep and Astarte in North Sinai: A Recently Discovered Stela from Tell El-Borg, Ägypten und Levante / Egypt and the Levant 17, 2007, pp.127-136

References

1. "James K. Hoffmeier, PhD". Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
2. Averbeck, Richard E.; Younger (Jr.), K. Lawson, eds. (2020). "An Excellent Fortress for His Armies, a Refuge for the People": Egyptological, Archaeological, and Biblical Studies in Honor of James K. Hoffmeier. Penn State Press. p. xvii. ISBN   978-1-57506-994-4.
3. Hoffmeier, James K. (1999). Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 17. ISBN   978-0-19-988101-7.
4. Hoffmeier, James K. (2005). Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 22. ISBN   978-0-19-515546-4.