About Us

Our History

Yodalpha was conceived by Rubin Jean-Noel, a Haitian-American computer specialist who majored in Biblical Studies at Eastern University, PA. The revolutionary idea came to him in 2012 after a Bible 101 class where he heard the term “Ancient Near East (ANE)” for the first time.

That day, when he went home after class, he searched “ANE” on Google to learn more. However, the search results yielded nothing fruitful about the Ancient Near East. Instead, they returned a lot of information about the TV station A&E and the English translation of the French word 'âne,' meaning 'donkey.'

At that instant, Rubin understood the necessity of a specialized search engine to serve students and educators. After years of research and development, his efforts came to fruition in December 2020, when the website was finally launched.

Yod is the tenth and smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.

Have fun searching YodAlpha!