‘Abd Al-Masih Al-Isra’ili (Late 10th C.)
‘ABD AL-MASIH AL-ISRA’ILI (late 10th c.) An Apologist. According to the title of his Book of Induction (Kitab al-istidlal), ‘Abd al-Masih was a Jew of al-Raqqah who was led to Christianity by the famous Christian physician Mansur ibn Sahlan (d. ca. 1004), who flourished under the early Fatimid caliphs. A precis (by Samir Khalil, “‘Abd …