Shalom Sadik holds the Rosen Family Career Development Chair in Judaic Studies at the Goldstein Goren Department of Jewish Thought at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Prof. Sadik has published more than 70 articles, principally on medieval Jewish philosophy. In addition, he has published two books, both in Hebrew: The Essence of Choice in Medieval Jewish Philosophy and The Ideology of Apostasy. The current book is his third, and his first book to be published in English.