Christianity Among the Arabs in Pre-Islamic Times

Abraha adopted Aghānī al-Qais allegiance Amr ibn anchorite Antioch Arab tribes Aramaean Aramaic ascetic associated Axumite Babylonia Banu Ghassan became Bēth bishop Bostra Byzantine called centre century Chalcedon Christ Christian Arab Church clan consecrated Council cult culture Dair Damascus desert Dhū dynasty eastern Edessa Emperor Euphrates Eusebius Gospel Greek Ḥarith Hellenistic Himyarite Ḥīra Imru influence inhabitants inscription interpretation Islam Jabala Jacob Baradaeus Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John of Ephesus Judaism Kinda king Lakhmid leader lived Mār martyrs Mesopotamia Michael the Syrian monastery monastic monks Monophysite Muhammad Mundhir Nabataean Najrān Nestorian Nisibis nomad Arabs Nu'man pagan Palestine Palmyra Parthian Patr Patriarch Peninsula Persian Petra Phoenicia phylarch Procopius Province of Arabia Qēdār Qur'an recognized region relationship religion religious Roman Saracens Sasanian Séert Sergius settled Sinai Sozomen sphere spirit Syria Syriac Christianity Tabari Taghlib territory Tigris took town trade-routes tradition tribal Waddington