Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- Yesu
- Transliteration
- Yesu
- Rejected alternatives
- Isa (the Quranic Arabic form, reserve only for explicit interfaith-dialogue contexts)
Jesus
Yesu is the standard Union Version form used across all Swahili Christian traditions. Isa is the name used in the Quran and in Islamic devotional Swahili; using Isa in this Christian curriculum could suggest the Quranic figure (who is not affirmed as divine or crucified) is simply interchangeable with the biblical Jesus, so Yesu must be used consistently, with Isa reserved only for explicit, clearly-framed comparative or apologetic discussion.