Avraham Negev (1923-2004), scholar

Avraham Negev (1923-2004) was an Israeli scholar.

Biography

Avraham Negev was a scholar and an archaeologist. Born at Pinsk in Poland in 1923. From 1963 till 2004 he was Professor at the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Nabatean Potter's Workshop at Oboda (1974 Negev), book
• The Greek Inscriptions from the Negev (1981 Negev), book
• Adone ha-midbar: toldot ha-Nabatim u-mamlakhtam (1983 Negev), book
• Nabatean Archaeology Today (1986 Negev), book
• The Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Pottery of Nabatean Oboda (1986 Negev), book
• Personal Names in the Nabatean Realm (1991 Negev), book
• The Architecture of Oboda (1997 Negev), book

Edited volumes

• Leksikon arkheologi shel Erets Yisrael (1972 Negev), edited volume
• Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land (1972 Negev), edited volume (English ed.)

• Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land (2005 Negev / Gibson), edited volume