The Origin of the Quran’s Name for Jesus

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00:00 Recap of Jesus' Aramaic Name
00:26 The Quranic Exception: Isa
2:31 Ad break
3:41 Safaitic overview
4:52 Inscription overview
7:29 Etymology of 'sy
10:10 Conclusion

To learn more about this research:
Al-Jallad. 20201. The Pre-Islamic Divine Name 'sy and the Background of the Qur'anic Jesus, with Ali al-Manaser

[xBiscuit]

Hey I’m Arab and I just wanted to say that your pronunciation of Isa is so good.

[isamohammed]

As one of the many Arab Isa(s) myself, this video was wonderfully informative.

[lorcansnow]

In Irish the word for Jesus is "Íosa", pronounced Isa.

[reezekun]

In the Quran, Jesus is mostly called "'Isa-bnu-Maryaam" to make it clear that it's Jesus son of Mary it referring to.

[scottodhonnchu]

I've always found it interesting that in Irish and Scottish it's Íosa, which is closer to the Arabic than any other languages surrounding us. I'm more surprised that even over the centuries the anglicisation didn't even change the word like it did with many other words.

[tomsuiteriii]

I read Dr. Al-Jallad’s article on this topic in BAR not long ago. Very cool to see you covering it! Pre-Islamic Arab Christianity is an an esoteric topic that absolutely deserves more scholarly attention.

[thecynicpyro]

Reminds me of how the oldest song with notation in English was discovered because someone had used the paper with the song and notes on it as a bookmark. Absolutely mind-blowing how the tiniest things today may lead to groundbreaking findings in the future

[pix-]

I find the Qur'an the most reliable book that we can rely on because it has been memorized very carefully

[gravy_]

The first video on Jesus real name was fantastic and I actually brought 2 new fans to the channel with it.

[thelegando]

Actually, as an arab linguist the word yeshua describes something in a past like "the one who will be saved" while Isa describes someone in present tense like "The saved one"

[panqueque]

It blows my mind how, literally just "some guy" writing a prayer on a random rock he found in the desert became something this important. Not a legal document, or a holy book, or a historian. Just some guy.

[gohnjohn]

I am Christian Arab, we say Yasuah but I also have an uncle named Isa, also your pronunciation is great btw

[shavezkhan]

You apologise for the way you say Isa and then immediately say his name according to the Quran perfectly. Its things like that which mean a lot. Thank you for doing what most wouldnt even bother doing

[naomilee]

I love how most of the displayed examples of Safaitic script also had drawings and pictures. Animals, a person using a bow and arrow… I want to call them doodles, but the fact that they’re carved into stone seems to convey a greater level of intention then mindless doodling

[Meowww]

Every christian should read Quran once... Even with intention of getting knowledge and wisdom it will certainly benefit you . There are alot of historical events and names mentioned in Quran .

[privatesocialhandle]

This makes sense. Because as Arabic is my first language, when you asked about the resemblance between Yasu and Isa, my very first thought (although may not be obvious to non-arabic speakers) is that Yasu sorta sounds like 'ysa reversed. Although this is not necessarily the case, but just to give an example of a possible attempt on photosemantic matching of my own. Very interesting stuff indeed.

[AnkerPeet]

Whats cool to me about people inscribing things onto those rocks is that we can see into a part of the past that seems more "informal". We are so used to getting ancient writings from monuments and scrolls, its nice to also see things written by some random person in the middle of nowhere. It would be cool to see what other inscriptions are out there on all those rocks.

[achristiananarchist]

One good example of phonsemantic matching that a lot of people in the US are familiar with, even if they don't know it, is the adaptation of Native American words into one or more english words that they kind of sound like. So wuchak becomes woodchuck, Wisakedjak becomes Whiskey Jack, musquash becomes muskrat, huskemaw becomes husky, and so on.

[paddydiskin]

As an interesting side-note, the name of Jesus in Gaelic (Irish language) is Íosa, the letter "o" being a reminder that the following "s" is pronounced as "s" and not as "sh". It is not totally surprising that there is a correspondence with Arabic. The Gaelic language is said generally to be an Indo-European language, based on its vocabulary but it has one strange anomaly. Its syntax agrees closely with classical Arabic and Biblical Hebrew.
Just another strange item. It would appear the the god Bel was worshiped in Ireland in pre-Christian times. His name is found in the Gaelic name for the month of May, Bealtaine, meaning fire of Bel.

[MatthewMcknight]

Best condensed and concise explanation I’ve heard on this topic! Thank you for such a wonderful channel!