Samuel Bavli, a retired medical doctor specializing in endocrinology, comes from a long line of rabbis; and his father, the Hebrew poet Hillel Bavli, instilled in him a love of literature, a love of the Hebrew Bible, and a sensitivity to the nuances of Biblical Hebrew. Drawing inspiration from the numerous Jewish physicians who, through the course of Jewish history, wrote commentaries on the Torah and devoted themselves to the exposition of Jewish thought and theology, Dr. Bavli wrote The Light of the Torah, which is an in-depth analysis of major concepts in the Torah. Dr. Bavli has also published two works of historical fiction. The first, titled The Secret of the Sphinx, received wide acclaim, and is a time-travel adventure for middle-grade readers, set in ancient Egypt. The second, titled The Twelfth Stone, a quest novel for adults, is set in the time of the Third Crusade.