James K. Hoffmeier (born February 13, 1951) is an American Old Testament scholar, an archaeologist and an egyptologist.
[1] He was Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Hoffmeier has degrees from Wheaton College and a PhD, University of Toronto.
Additionally he is often called upon as a consultant for television programs made for the History, Discovery, Learning, and National Geographic Channels.
[2] Hoffmeier is a biblical maximalist and has often published works which defend the historicity of the Pentateuch.