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Dr. Arav's dissertation topic was Palestine during the Hellenistic Period, Settlement Patterns and City Planning. Dr. Arav has directed numerous archaeological excations, since 1987 has directed the excavation of the Biblical city of Bethsaida and is the director of the Consortium of the Bethsaida Excavations Project headed at UNO. The consortium consists of 30 scholars from 18 universities and colleges worldwide. Dr. Arav is also the director of the John and Carol Merrill expedition to the Cave of Letters. Dr. Arav has published extensively in both scientific and popular literature, on the archeaology and history of the Land of Israel and of Bethsaida in particular. His latest books are Bethsaida, a Ctiy by the Northern Shores of the Sea of Galilee, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 in a series of 5 books (co-edited with Dr. Richard Freund, Harry Truman University Press, Missouri); and Jesus and His World, an Archaeological and Cultural Dictionary, co-authored with John Rousseau (Fortress Press 1995). Dr. Arav teaches in the Department Philosophy and Religion and the Department of History at UNO. You may contact Dr. Arav at rarav@mail.unomaha.edu
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Dr. Rami Arav holds BA and MA degrees from Tel
Aviv University, and a Ph.D. from New York University in Near Eastern Languages
and Literature.