Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin is the founder and director of the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh. He received his doctorate from Bar-Ilan University with a dissertation on Rabbinic Encounters with Zoology. Rabbi Slifkin is the author of numerous works on the interface between Judaism and the natural world, including The Challenge of Creation, Sacred Monsters, The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom, and Rationalism vs. Mysticism. Rabbi Slifkin is a popular lecturer worldwide, speaking at shuls, colleges, schools, zoos, and safaris. He writes regular articles at www.RationalistJudaism.com.
