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An Assyrian Odyssey
An Assyrian Odyssey contains the English translations of two unique documents of modern Assyrian history. The first is the journal of a visit to England during the reign of Queen Victoria by Kasha Yacoub Yauvre and his wife Mourassa during 1879-1881. Both Kasha Yacoub and Mourassa were among the very first graduates of the American Mission schools and led lives of exemplary devotion to their faith and people and were much admired in their time. The second document is a detailed and tragic account of the exodus of the Assyrians from Urmia in 1918 by their granddaughter, Miriam Yohannan. Both documents have been expertly edited by Youel A. Baaba and have been provided with copious explanatory notes. Also included are 33 photographs and details of the history of the families of the writers.
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The Assyrian Levies
The Assyrian Levies is a collection of 13 short articles detailing the history of the famous Assyrian military force by Solomon (Sawa) Solomon. The Assyrian Levies were raised by the British in Iraq from among the Assyrians following their exodus from most of their homelands in 1918. The force was destined to exist until 1955 and participated in many historic operations which preserved the integrity of the fledgling Iraqi state and prevented it from falling into the hands of the Axis powers during WWII. Some of the chapters include: “The Battle of Rowanduz”; “The Assyrian-Turkish Clash of 1924”; “The Kirkuk Disturbance of 1924”; “The Failed Assyrian Coup of June 1932”; and “The Habbaniya Campaign May 1941”. Also included are 17 historic photographs.
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Lexicon to the Syriac New Testament
Lexicon to the Syriac New Testament by William Jennings provides and handy and inexpensive Syriac-English dictionary for the beginning student. Syriac is the English name for the dialect of Aramaic of the city of Edessa (Urhai) which became the liturgical and literary language of the large body of Christians in the eastern Roman and Persian empires of antiquity. Along side Latin and Greek, Syriac is one of the most important original languages in which Christianity developed and spread. Knowledge of Syriac is the key to unlock the vast literary treasures of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Syriac Orthodox Church.
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Compendious Syriac Grammar
Theodor Noldeke (1836-1930) was one of the greatest authorities on Semitic languages of the last century. His Compendious Syriac Grammar was originally written in German and was translated into English by James A. Crichton. This book continues to be one of the best reference grammars of the Syriac language and provides extensive coverage of all aspects of the language which is not easily found elsewhere.
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The Foreign Doctor: A Biography of Joseph P. Cochran, M.D. of Persia
Joseph P. Cochran was the son of Rev. Joseph Gallop Cochran, one of the early members of the American Mission to the Assyrians. He was born in Urmia on January 14, 1855. He returned to the United States in 1868 to pursue a medical education. After completing his studies and marrying, he returned to Urmia in 1878 to join the mission as a physician. He persuaded the mission to purchase land for a 100 bed hospital and was able to get funding for the project from the United States. In 1880 the Westminster Hospital in Urmia was opened. The need for more doctors prompted Dr. Cochran to found a Medical College that was attached to the hospital. This was the first Medical College established in Iran. Joseph P. Cochran served Assyrians in many other capacities in addition to his medical work. He died of typhoid fever on August 18, 1905 and is buried in the mission cemetery in Seir. This extensive biography provides many details of his selfless devotion to the Assyrians.
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Memoir of Rev. Henry Lobdell, M.D.
The American Protestant mission to the Assyrians, founded in 1835, under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions is well known and documented. The Americans originally called this mission the "Nestorian Mission". Less well known is the mission that was established in Mosul in 1849 directed towards the Assyrians of the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Syrian Orthodox Church. This mission was called the “Assyrian Mission” based on the recognition of the geographical area in which it was operating. Rev. Henry Lobdell joined this mission in 1851 as a medical missionary and served in it until his early death in 1855 at the age of 28. This memoir provides details of the early history of the mission and is an important witness to the life and activities of the Assyrians in Mosul and the surrounding areas of the mid 19th century.
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The Nestorians and their Rituals: Volume I
The visit of the Rev. George Percy Badger (1815-88) to the Assyrians in Mosul and Hakkari between 1842 and 1844 represents the first serious attempt by the Anglican Church to establish a mission to the Assyrians. Volume 1 of this book contains a detailed account of that mission and the experiences and events which took place in that short period of time. It includes extensive notices of the peoples who were the neighbors of the Assyrians, including the Chaldeans of Mosul, the Syrian Orthodox, and the Yezidis. It also provides a first hand and detailed account of the massacres of Badr Khan Beg.
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The Nestorians and their Rituals: Volume II
Volume 2 of this book consists of English translations of extracts from the theological writings and liturgical books of the Assyrian Church of the East. Badger’s purpose was to show to English readers the extent to which the beliefs of the Assyrians matched their own. He begins a chapter with one of the Anglican “39 Articles of Religion” and then follows with quotations from Assyrian sources showing to what extent the beliefs and practices of the Assyrian Church agreed with those of the Anglican Church. In addition he gives complete translations of the Assyrian services for Baptism, the Eucharistic Liturgy of Nestorius, the Marriage service, the Burial service for priests, and parts of the Ordination services. Two appendices give complete translations of Mar Audisho’s list of writers and his famous “Book of the Pearl on the Truth of Christianity.”
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Morceaux Choisis de Litterature Arameenne: Volume 1
An anthology of Syriac Literature collected and published by the learned bishop Mar Yaqub Awgin Manna (1867-1927), who was professor of Syriac in the Syro- Chaldean Seminary in Mosul between 1895 and 1902. Manna also published a well known Syriac grammar in Arabic and a Syriac-Arabic dictionary. Volume 1 of this anthology contains selections from the writings of Aphrahat, Aprim, Marutha of Maipherqat, Isaac of Antioch, Qirilona, Narsai, Jacob of Sarugh, Yukhannan of Amid and Ishoyabh of Hedayab.
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Morceaux Choisis de Litterature Arameenne: Volume 2
An anthology of Syriac Literature collected and published by the learned bishop Mar Yaqub Awgin Manna (1867-1927), who was professor of Syriac in the Syro- Chaldean Seminary in Mosul between 1895 and 1902. Manna also published a well known Syriac grammar in Arabic and a Syriac-Arabic dictionary. Volume 2 of this anthology contains selections from the writings of Isaac of Nineveh, Jacob of Edessa, Patriarch Timothy I, Thomas of Marga, Khunayn Ibn Iskhaq, Anton Rhetor, Elia of Anbar, Emmanuel Bar Shahare, Philoxenus of Mabbugh, Patriarch Elia III, Gewargis Warda, Khamis Bar Qardahe, Yukhannan Bar Madani, Bar Hebraeus, and Mar Audisho of Nisibis.
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Dr. Grant and the Mountain Nestorians
Asahel Grant was one of the original members of the American Protestant mission to the Assyrians which began in 1835. Grant became interested in extending the mission’s work to the Assyrians in the Hakkari Mountains. He decided to try to open a mission station and school in Ashita in Tiyari. At the same time, the Ottoman government was struggling to gain control over the practically independent Kurdish tribes in the area. Grant’s building efforts drew the attention of the local Kurds who interpreted the building as a possible fortress and did not trust the motives of the representatives of Western powers working among the Assyrians. Tragically, Grant could not or did not effectively dispel their fears. The result was the massacres of the Assyrians by the Kurdish chief Badr Khan Beg. Dr. Grant did not survive long after the start of the massacres, dying in 1844 at the early age of 37. This book, by the Rev. Thomas Laurie, provides an extensive biography of Grant and his work in the mission.
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Three Missionary Heroes
This book is a scarce example of the later publications of the American Presbyterian Mission to the Assyrians. In the 67th Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church (1904) we find the following notice: “The volume of missionary sketches, entitled ‘Three Missionary Heroes’, is completed and in the hands of the binder. It includes sketches from Dr. Chamberlain’s thrilling volumes, ‘The Tiger Jungle’ and ‘The Cobra’s Den’; a condensed life of Dr. John Paton, and an autobiography of our Nestorian missionary in Russia, Kasha Yacob Dilakoff, expurgated of some portions which might be offensive to readers of the Orthodox Greek Church. It is to be illustrated beyond any volume we have yet published…” The original purpose of the Mission was to raise the spiritual and educational level of the Assyrians so that they could serve as missionaries to their Muslim neighbors. Very few accounts of the activities of the few Assyrians who did become missionaries survive.
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Two Books by Abraham Yohannan
Abraham Yohannan, was born in the village of Digala in 1853. In 1886 he came to the United States to help prepare the revision of the Bible in Assyrian. He stayed to pursue studies at the General Theological Seminary and was later ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church. From 1894 to 1925 he was also an instructor and later a professor in the Oriental Department at Columbia University. This volume reproduces two smaller works he published during his long and fruitful career. The first book is a Modern Assyrian – English Dictionary. Unfortunately only the first letter of the alphabet (Alap) was published. Although no more was published, it remains unknown if he completed the rest of the dictionary. The second book is a translation into Modern Assyrian of the “Book of the Pearl on the Truth of Christianity” by Mar Audisho (d. 1318). This book was printed by Samuel A. Jacobs in New York in 1916 and is an excellent example of early Assyrian printing in the United States using Linotype.
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Directorium Spirituale (Kitawa d'Shapir Dubare)
Kitawa d’Sapir Dubare or Book of Good Works was published in Rome in 1868 by Mar Elia Yohannan Mellus, the Chaldean Metropolitan of Aqra, under the Latin title Directorium Spirituale. It contains a large selection of poems and hymns in Syriac, mostly from the pen of Rabban Yohannan of Mosul (d. 1270). The book is reported to have been published while Mar Mellus was attending the First Vatican Council in Rome. He published it for use as a school book. It serves as a fine example of early Syriac printing by the Propaganda Press in Rome. Between 1874 and 1882, Mar Mellus worked in India in response to the desire of the people there to reestablish their connection with the Church of the East. Although his efforts in India were at the request of his Patriarch, Mar Yosip Audo, they drew a severe rebuke from Rome. Under threat of excommunication, he returned to Mesopotamia in 1882 but did not finally submit to Rome until 1889. Later he became Metropolitan of Mardin and died in 1908.
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Missionary Life in Persia
This volume is the second book published by the Rev. Justin Perkins, the first head of the American Protestant mission to the Assyrians which was established in Urmia in 1835. It was written while he was on his second leave in the United States in 1859-60. He deemed his first account of the mission, “A Residence of Eight Years in Persia among the Nestorian Christians” (published in 1843) too large to be updated and “adapted to the railroad and telegraph spirit and taste of the present day”. Consequently he published this shorter volume in 1861 to keep the work of the mission before the eyes of the American reading public of the time. Perkins returned and served in Urmia until August 1869.
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The Concise Collection of Synodical Canons
This volume contains a 20th century manuscript copy of the "Concise Collection of Synodical Canons" composed by Mar Audisho Bar Brikha, Metropolitan of Nisibis and Armenia who died in 1318 A.D. This book is significant in that Mar Audisho has created a collection of laws conveniently grouped into topics for easy reference. His sources are declared to be the canons defined and adopted by the synods of the East and the West. In the Synod of Patriarch Mar Timateos II in 1318 A.D., this book was recognized as an authoritative collection of laws for the Church of the East.
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Synodicon Orientale
This volume contains an abridged reprint of the "Synodicon Orientale" published by J. B. Chabot in 1902 at Paris. Originally this book contained an edition of the Syriac text as
well as a French translation of the "Book of the Eastern Synods" of the Church of the East. This abridged reprint contains only the Syriac text, the table of contents, the introduction, and four
indices at the end giving the names of people and places in Syriac and in French. The "Book of the Eastern Synods" contains the official records
and acts of the first 13 synods of the Church of the East from 410 A.D. to 775 A.D. and constitutes one of the most important primary sources for the history of the Church of the East in its early years.
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Collectio Canonum Synodicorum
This volume contains the first printed edition of the Syriac text of the "Concise Collection of Synodical Canons" by Mar Audisho Bar Brikha, Metropolitan of Nisibis and Armenia who died in 1318 A.D. The text is accompanied by a Latin translation by the famous Maronite Syriac scholar Joseph A. Assemani.
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Nestorian Questions on the Administration of the Eucharist by Isho'yabh IV
This volume contains the Syriac text (in facsimile) of a short treatise in the form of questions and answers concerning the rules and regulations governing the service of the altar as it relates to the Eucharistic service or Qurbana. The text is attributed to Patriarch Isho’yabh IV (11th century) of the Assyrian Church of the East. The text is furnished with a translation into English as well as an extensive introduction, commentary, and notes. Although the text is highly technical in nature, the introduction and commentary are excellent tools in helping to understand the reasons behind the traditions reflected in the rules and help us to better understand and appreciate the origins and purposes of traditions in general.
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A Short History of Syriac Literature
William Wright (1830-1889) was one of the most important British scholars of Syriac and Arabic of the 19th century. His History of Syriac Literature remains the most complete survey of the subject available in English today. In spite of its age and the somewhat less that appreciative comment the author makes about the quality of Syriac literature in his introduction, the book still remains a useful reference tool.
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