Rabbi Dr. David Moster is the Director of the Institute of Biblical Culture (BiblicalCulture.org), a live and onlinecommunity with classes taught by professors from bothJewish and Christian backgrounds. David received his
PhD in Hebrew Bible from Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
Before attending Bar-Ilan, David spent two years in Israel
and a decade in New York City, where he received a B.A.,
M.A., M.S. and Rabbinical Degree from Yeshiva
University, as well as an M.A. in Hebrew Bible from New
York University. In addition to his publications in the
Journal of Biblical Literature and the Encyclopedia of the
Bible and its Reception, David recently authored Etrog:
How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol (Palgrave
Macmillan, 2018). David is also a Fellow in the
Department of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College. David
grew up in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania and now lives in
Yonkers, New York with his wife, a psychiatrist, and their
two children.