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Nevo b. 1932 was a Middle Eastern archeologist living in Israel . He died after a long battle with cancer in 1992.1Nevo discovered Kufic inscriptions in the Negev desert in Israel , four hundred of which were published in Ancient Arabic Inscriptions from the Negev. This led him and Judith Koren to reexamine the origins of Islam, and early Islamic history. Nevo co-authored a work called Crossroads to Islam: The Origins of the Arab Religion and the Arab State , with Judith Koren which presents a theory of the origins and development of the Islamic state and religion. Some of Nevo's work is also published in the book Quest for the Historical Muhammad , edited by Ibn Warraq .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Nevo was a Middle Eastern archeologist living in Israel . He died after a long battle with cancer in 1992. Nevo discovered Kufic inscriptions in the Negev desert in Israel , four hundred of which were published in Ancient Arabic Inscriptions from the Negev. This led him and Judith Koren to reexamine the origins of Islam, and early Islamic history. Nevo co-authored a work called Crossroads to Islam: The Origins of the Arab Religion and the Arab State , with Judith Koren which presents a theory of the origins and development of the Islamic state and religion. Some of Nevo's work is also published in the book Quest for the Historical Muhammad , edited by Ibn Warraq .
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Nevo b. 1932 was a Middle Eastern archeologist living in Israel . He died after a long battle with cancer in 1992.
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Nevo (1932 – 12 February 1992) was a Middle Eastern archeologist living in Israel . He died after a long battle with cancer in 1992.
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Nevo ( Hebrew : יהודה נבו ; 1932 – 12 February 1992) was an Israeli archaeologist and historian best known for his revisionist studies of early Islam .Nevo – A Comprehensive Skeptical Theory on the Genesis of Islam" .
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middle eastern archeologist living in israel
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israeli archaeologist and historian
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