I am a PhD candidate at Princeton University, working on a dissertation entitled "Law and Society in the Dead Sea Scrolls."

I started my studies in the (Hebrew) Bible Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where I received a B.A.. After graduating, I continued studies at graduate level, shifting my focus to biblical exegesis in Second Temple literature and especially in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

I entered the program in Late Antiquity in the Department of Religion at Princeton in September 2006.

In 2009-2011 I am a Graduate Fellow at the Cardozo School of Law Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization. In 2010-2011 I am also a Graduate Prize Fellow at Princeton's University Center for Human Values.

In addition to my work on the legal texts of Qumran, my research interests include biblical exegesis and parabiblical texts of the Second Temple period, including in the Dead Sea Scrolls; intertextuality and other literary devices in the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple literature and rabbinic texts; implicit and explicit premises of ancient legal texts, including conceptualization of authority, society and human nature.

Besides my studies I maintain two blogs on Israeli politics, one in English (Mostly on Israel), and one in Hebrew (דברים בבלוגו).

Other favorite means of procrastination include cooking (especially soups and stews), peeling oranges, playing the piano, doodling on Microsoft's Painter, reading (fiction), creative writing, compiling bibliographies. Lists of my preferences can be found publicly on my Blogger profile.

Contact: I welcome any opportunity for discussion, feedback and queries, whether regarding my research, my blogs and my views, or otherwise. The e-mail address listed on the top of this page is the preferred means of contact, but you can also find me on Facebook and Academia.edu.