Ammar al-Basri

Ammar al-Basri (عمار البصري, ) was a 9th-century East Syriac theologian and apologist. Ammar's work is considered the first systematic Christian theology in Arabic. 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، ), which deals with the incarnation in a popular albeit creative and vigorous language.
 * The book of questions and answers (كتاب المسائل والأجوبة, ), is more systematic and in treats in four sections questions regarding the existence of God, the Incarnation, the four Gospels and other topics.