Historical Study about Subeita and the Inscripition in Northern Church in Palestin-Negev Desert in Byzantine and Islamic periods

Abstract

The purpose for this study, historical study about Subeita and the inscription in northern church in Palestine - Negev Desert in Byzantine and Islamic periods. Subeita had a Nabataean origin, but achieved its greatest development in the Byzantine period between the 5th and the 7th centuries. It was abandoned; it seems in about the 9th century. After the Arab Conquered Palestine in 638 AD, the Arab conquerors built a mosque near the south church, the oldest inscription dates back to 583AD and the latest in 679 AD.