An Early Christian Reaction to Islam

The year 652 marked a fundamental political change in the Middle East and the surrounding region. An important and contemporary source of the state of the Christian Church at this time is to be found in the correspondence of the patriarch of the Church of the East, Išu‘yahb III (649–659), which he wrote between 628 and 658. This books discusses Išu‘yahb’s view of and attitudes toward the Muslim Arabs.