James K. Hoffmeier (born February 13, 1951) is anEgyptian-born AmericanOld Testamentscholar,archaeologist, andEgyptologist, specializing inbiblical archaeology,Near Eastern archaeology, andhistoricity of theHebrew Bible.^[2] He served as Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology atTrinity Evangelical Divinity School.^[1]

Hoffmeier graduated with aB.A. atWheaton College, followed by aM.A. andPh.D. at theUniversity of Toronto.^[1]

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

Hoffmeier has written articles published inacademic journals specialized in the field ofEgyptology, including theJournal of the American Research Center in Egypt,Journal of Egyptian Archaeology,Revue d'Égyptologie, andÄgypten und Levante.^[1] He served as a contributor for theOxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, theAnchor Bible Dictionary, and theNew International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology & Exegesis.^[1] He served as an archaeological editor for theEnglish Standard Version Study Bible and has authored several books onbiblical archaeology.^[1] Hoffmeier is abiblical maximalist and has often published works which defend thehistoricity of theHebrew Bible.^[3][4]

• 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.
• ——— (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.

• ——— (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.

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