Rabbi Dr. David Harbater is the author of In the Beginnings: Discovering the Two Worldviews Hidden within Genesis 1-11 which the Jerusalem Post described as "a work to be treasured" and the Jewish Link as "ground-breaking, stimulating and one-of-a-kind". David teaches Jewish thought and philosophy of Halakhah at Midreshet Torah v’Avodah and previously served as a lecturer in Jewish education and the philosophy of education at Herzog College; as the curriculum writer for the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning, a project of the Hebrew University; and as a teacher of Bible, Jewish thought, and Talmud in a variety of frameworks, both in Israel and in the United States. He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion, Yeshiva University, and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, received his rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg, and earned his PhD in education from the University of Haifa.
