Prof. Daniel Sperber is the Milan Roven Professor Emeritus of Talmudic Studies and former Dean of the Faculty of Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University. He is currently President of the Ludwig and Erica Jesselson Institute of Advanced Torah Studies at Bar-Ilan University. He is an expert in classical philology, history of Jewish customs, Jewish art history, Jewish education, and Talmudic studies. In 1992, he was awarded the distinguished Israel Prize in Jewish Studies.