Isaac of Nineveh (D 700 CE) and the Arab invasion of the Middle East

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jul 7, 2018 at 20:03

Dr Pipes

I have a request to make and that is to convey my post below to Robert Spencer

A reader in twitter posted a question to Robert Spencer. The reader was wondering if Robert Spencer included writings by Isaac of Nineveh ( in Syriac ܡܪܝ ܐܝܣܚܩ ܕܢܝܢܘ or Mari IsHaq d'Nino, and in Arabic اسحاق النينوي or IsHaq al-Ninawi) in his book: "Did Muhammad Exist."

I'm not aware of any writings by IsHaq al-Syriani (also Isaac of Nineveh) where he provided information about the Arab invaders, Islam or Muhammad. Yes, he must have witnessed the Arab invasion because he died in 700 CE.

I performed a cursory review of very early Syriac literary sources in Hoyland extensive survey as well as in Michael Philip Penn's book (that I just reviewed) I was not able to find any extant writings by Isaac about the Arab invaders and what was to become Islam or Muhammad.

However, if Robert Spencer knows of any extant literary texts written by Isaac about the Arab invaders, Islam and Muhammad then I suggest that he posts them either on twitter or at jihadwatch.org

Thank you very much

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