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Clinton Bailey

Clinton Bailey was an American-Israeli political scientist. He was an expert on Bedouin culture and poetry, and a founder of the Museum of Bedouin Culture in the Negev. 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. Bailey died on January 5, 2025, at the age of 88.

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Clinton Bailey
קלינטון ביילי
Bailey in the Negev Desert in 1971
BornApril 24, 1936
Buffalo, New York, United States
DiedJanuary 5, 2025(2025-01-05) (aged 88)
OccupationPolitical scientist
Known forStudy of Bedouins

Clinton Bailey (Hebrew: קלינטון ביילי; 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. doi:10.1163/15685330-12341381-03. ISSN 0042-4935. JSTOR 26741998.
  4. "Remembering Clinton Bailey, Ben-Gurion interviewer and Bedouin expert". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. January 6, 2025.