Dr. David Sabato is a scholar of Rabbinic literature and Bible studies, and a lecturer at various institutions. He received his PhD from the department of Talmud and Halacha at the Hebrew University. His research focuses mainly on early rabbinical law in its broad cultural, historical and ideological contexts. His book 'Yavneh and Its Sages: The Birth of Rabbinic Halacha', is forthcoming at the Magnes press. David lives in Jerusalem with his wife and four daughters.