معرفی
Prof. Avraham (Avi) Faust serves as Professor of archaeology at the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University, where he directs excavations at Tel 'Eton. He earned his Ph.D. in archaeology from Bar-Ilan University.
Professor Faust specializes in the archaeology of ancient Israel with particular expertise in Iron Age society and the Neo-Babylonian period. His research bridges archaeological evidence with biblical texts to reconstruct Israelite social structures, settlement patterns, and cultural practices. Key areas of investigation include ancient Israelite domestic architecture, land ownership systems, and ethnogenesis processes.
His major scholarly contributions include:
- Judah in the Neo-Babylonian Period: The Archaeology of Desolation
- Israel's Ethnogenesis: Settlement, Interaction, Expansion and Resistance
- The Archaeology of the Israelite Society in Iron Age II
- The Excavations of Khirbet er-Rasm, Israel: The Changing Faces of the Countryside
Professor Faust's research demonstrates how material culture reflects religious beliefs and social organization in ancient Israelite society, with particular attention to spatial organization of settlements and domestic architecture.
His scholarly work appears through academic platforms like TheTorah.com, making specialized archaeological research accessible to broader audiences interested in biblical studies and ancient Near Eastern history.
