Samuel Bavli, is a retired medical doctor specializing in endocrinology. His father, the Hebrew poet Hillel Bavli, who had a prodigious knowledge of the Bible, instilled in him a love of the Hebrew Bible and a sensitivity to the nuances of Biblical Hebrew. Dr. Bavli is now retired from medicine, and he devotes much of his time to writing and to studying Torah. Over the course of many years, he has taught classes on Isaiah and other Biblical studies at the Orthodox synagogue where he is a member. His most recent book, The Abridged Hebrew Bible is a concise summary of the Hebrew Bible in language that is easy to understand. His previous book, The Light of the Torah, is a collection of essays discussing major concepts in the Torah. He is also the author of two books of historical fiction.Dr. Bavli has also published two works of historical fiction. The first, titled The Secret of the Sphinx, received wide acclaim, and is a time-travel adventure for middle-grade readers, set in ancient Egypt. The second, titled The Twelfth Stone, a quest novel for adults, is set in the time of the Third Crusade.Read more about this authorRead less about this author