Dr. Sabine Kleiman is a Research Fellow at Tel Aviv University's Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures. She holds a Ph.D. in Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures, and an M.A. in Archaeology and History of the Land of the Bible, both from Tel Aviv University, and a Dipl. Theology from the University of Heidelberg. Kleiman is currently working on her Habilitation at the University of Tübingen's Department of Old Testament Studies, dealing with the topic of David's Rise, and she is a Field Director at “The Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition.”