This book presents a study and catalogue of the early Christian stone architectural decorations from the Negev Desert (Israel). This work is based on the largest sample of decorated architectural elements from the Byzantine Negev (4th-7th century CE) to have been comparatively studied. The analysis provides a key for the characteristics of these aniconic, carved decorations, and an in-depth examination of their symbolic meaning.
Karni Golan, Ben-Gurion-Universität des Negev, Israel. "Karni Golan has brought the remoted Negev region and its cultural baggage to
our attention and should be praised for this."
Moshe Fischer in: Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft 23/2020, 1157-1163
