Nazareth Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Arabic {{transliteration|ar|an-Nāṣira}}=== The Arabic name for Nazareth is {{transliteration|ar|an-Nāṣira}}, and Jesus ({{lang-ar|يَسُوع|Yasū'}}) is also called {{transliteration|ar|an-Nāṣirī}}, reflecting the Arab tradition of according people an [[nisba (onomastics)|attribution]], a name denoting whence a person comes in either geographical or tribal terms. In the [[Qur'an]], Christians are referred to as {{transliteration|ar|naṣārā}}, meaning "followers of {{transliteration|ar|an-Nāṣirī}}", or "those who follow Jesus of Nazareth".<ref name=Antounp50>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cn1gwQXfgkC&q=nasira+nazareth&pg=PA50|title=Syria: society, culture, and polity|first1=Richard T.|last1=Antoun|first2=Donald|last2=Quataert|editor1=[[Richard T. Antoun]]|publisher=SUNY Press|year=1991|isbn=9780791407134|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=28 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528163525/https://books.google.com/books?id=9cn1gwQXfgkC&q=nasira+nazareth&pg=PA50|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page