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There is no other language besides Syriac in which the word ‘Christians’ is expressed by the word nasara or anything near it….There is no doubt whate… - Alphonse Mingana
" "There is no other language besides Syriac in which the word ‘Christians’ is expressed by the word nasara or anything near it….There is no doubt whatever that in the Persian Empire, and to some extent also in the Roman Empire, the Christians were called by non-Christians nasraye (the Nasara of the Qur’an), and that the Prophet took the word from the Syrians.
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About Alphonse Mingana
Alphonse Mingana, born Hurmiz Mingana (1878 – 5 December 1937), was an theologian, historian, , orientalist and a former priest who is best known for collecting and preserving the , a collection of ancient Middle Eastern manuscripts at Birmingham.
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