Ammar al-Basri (
Arabic: عمار البصري, ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī) was a 9th-century
East Syriactheologian and
apologist. Ammar's work is considered the first systematic Christian theology in
Arabic.[1]
Not much is known about his life except that he was a native of
Basra.
Works
Several books two of them survived:
The book of proof (كتاب البرهان، Kitāb al-burhān), which deals with the
incarnation in a popular albeit creative and vigorous language.[2]
The book of questions and answers (كتاب المسائل والأجوبة, Kitāb al-masāʾiI wa-l-ajwiba), is more systematic and in treats in four sections questions regarding the
existence of God, the Incarnation, the four Gospels and other topics.[3]