Dr. Ruth Fidler is a senior lecturer in the department of Biblical Studies at Gordon Academic College of Education, Haifa.  She holds an M.A. from the University of Manchester, UK and a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem; co-author (with Prof. Ze’ev Weisman) and academic developer in the Open University course מבוא למקרא [Introduction to the Bible]; author of ‘Dreams Speak Falsely’? Dream Theophanies in the Bible: Their Place in Ancient Israelite Faith and Traditions (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2005) [Hebrew].