For more than forty-five years, I practiced dentistry, a profession that gave me an unusually close view of people—their fears, expectations, decisions, habits, and relationships. During those years, I also pursued another longstanding interest: studying the Bible and how its ancient observations continue to illuminate human behavior.

For more than twenty years, I have led a study group devoted to Talmud and biblical texts. Along the way, my interest in psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science increasingly shaped the questions I brought to those texts. Why do we make the decisions we do? Why are we sometimes unable to see our own biases? Why do habits become so difficult to change? And why do observations written thousands of years ago so often seem remarkably familiar?

Those questions eventually led me to write Between Text and Mind. The essays bring ancient texts into conversation with contemporary research—not to turn Scripture into a psychology textbook, but to explore what each can help us understand about the way people think, decide, and live.

I am now retired from dentistry and devote much of my time to writing. My professional articles have appeared in peer-reviewed dental journals, and I am currently working on a book that develops many of these ideas in greater depth.

I hope these essays lead to a deeper understanding of our behavior and to better judgment, greater patience, more compassion, and moral action. Together, we can improve the world, one small step at a time. 

Please join me.