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Clinton Bailey

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Clinton Bailey, 1971

Clinton Bailey (April 24, 1936 – January 5, 2025) was an American-Israeli political scientist. He was an expert on Bedouin culture and poetry,[1] and a founder of the Museum of Bedouin Culture in the Negev.[2] He lived with the Bedouin people of the region from 1967 to 2012, and published the book Bedouin Culture in the Bible with Yale University Press in 2018.[3] Bailey died on January 5, 2025, at the age of 88.[4]

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  1. ^ Kershner, Isabel (January 22, 2025). "Clinton Bailey, American-Israeli Who Preserved Bedouin Culture, Dies at 88" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ "Clinton Bailey". Baker & Taylor Author Biographies. 2000. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  3. ^ Schaper, Joachim (2019). "Review of Bedouin Culture in the Bible". Vetus Testamentum. 69 (3): 508–509. ISSN 0042-4935.
  4. ^ "Remembering Clinton Bailey, Ben-Gurion interviewer and Bedouin expert". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. January 6, 2025.