Scroll (Vamosh) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—December 30, 1953
• Raised—Trenton, New Jersey, USA
• Education—B.A., Hebrew College Boston; M.A., Leicester University (UK)
• Currently—lives in Har Adar, Israel


Miriam Feinberg Vamosh grew up in Trenton, New Jersey, and has lived in Israel since 1970.

An author, editor and translator, Miriam started her love affair with the Bible and ancient sources as a tour educator in 1975, when she began specializing in weaving together Jewish literary sources, traditions and beliefs with the origins of Christianity and teaching about them on-site throughout Israel.

Miriam writes, translates and edits articles and books about Jewish and Christian heritage and archaeology. She holds a master's degree in Archaeology and Heritage from Leicester University in the U.K. She wrote her M.A. thesis on the subject of the presence of women in the archaeological record at the ancient site of Megiddo (the traditional site of Armageddon).

Books
Miriam's books include Daily Life at the Time of Jesus (2000, Palphot), an illustrated, lively, wide-ranging exploration of everyday life during Second Temple times, which has been translated into over 30 languages.

She has also authored Food at the Time of the Bible and Women at the Time of the Bible (both in 2007, by Palphot) and Teach it to Your Children: How Kids Lived in Bible Days (2012, Avimedia). Together with Eva Marie Everson, she wrote the award-winning Reflection of God's Holy Land: A personal Journey Through Israel (2008, Thomas Nelson).

Other works include Israel, Land of the Bible (2004, Palphot) and Pathways Through the Land of the Hart (1996, Gefen).

Miriam is on the editorial staff of the English edition of the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz. She is married to Arik, has two married daughters and three grandchildren, and lives near Jerusalem. (From the author.)

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