Rabbi Hayyim Angel is the National Scholar of the Institute for Jewish
Ideas and Ideals (jewishideas.org). He teaches advanced Tanakh courses
to undergraduates and rabbinical students at Yeshiva University, and
lectures widely. He received in B.A. in Jewish Studies from Yeshiva
College, his M.A. in Bible from the Bernard Revel Graduate School, his
M.S. in Jewish Education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish
Education, and his Rabbinical Ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. He has published over 100
scholarly articles, primarily in Tanakh, and is author or editor of
ten books, most recently Vision from the Prophet and Counsel from the
Elders: A Survey of Nevi'im and Ketuvim (OU Press, 2013). He
previously served for seventeen years as Rabbi at Congregation
Shearith Israel of New York. He lives in New York with his wife and
twin daughters.
