Avraham Negev

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Avraham Negev (1923-2004)[1] was an Israeli archaeologist.

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Life[]

Negev, surname at birth Eisenberg, was born in the town of Pinsk in Poland, today in Belarus.[2]

He was a commander in the Haganah police force,[clarification needed] and lost his right hand in 1947.[3]

Career[]

Negev has excavated Nabataean sites in the Negev, at Caesarea Maritima (1961–62), and Susiya (1984–85), which he associated with biblical Carmel.[3]

Researching the Nabataean culture was difficult, not least because major sites lay outside his reach due to the Arab-Israeli conflict, such as Petra in Jordan, Hegra (Mada'in Salih) in Saudi Arabia, and Seeia in Syria (Sî' near Kanatha in Jebel Druze).[3] His excavations in the Negev desert included the Nabataean caravan stops of Oboda (Avdat, 1958–61 and 1975–77), Mampsis (1965–67), and Elusa (1973 and 1979–80).[3] This work allowed Avraham Negev to gain in-depth knowledge of the Nabataean civilisation and particularly of its trade network in the Negev region.[3]

Negev worked as a professor of archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) between 1964 and 1990.[3][2]

Published work[]

Negev was the editor of the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, which was first published in 1972.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Prof. Avraham Negev (1923-2004), The Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Accessed 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Negev, A. (1923-2004) at Persée: Bibliothèque historique de l'Éducation. Accessed 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Avraham Negev". Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive. Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ Negev, Avraham, ed. (1972). Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. Putnam. ISBN 9780297002598. Retrieved 25 July 2021.


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