The modern Assyrians of the Middle East : : encounters with Western Christian missions, archaeologists, and colonial power /

The modern Assyrians of the Middle East : : encounters with Western Christian missions, archaeologists, and colonial power / / by John Joseph.

This is a revised edition of the author's The Nestorians and Their Muslim Neighbors (Princeton University Press, 1961). Early in the nineteenth century, the Aramaic-speaking \'Nestorian\' Christians received special attention when American Protestant missions decided to educate and re...

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Superior document:Studies in Christian mission, volume 26
VerfasserIn:
Joseph, John, 1923-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston, MA : : Brill,, 2000.
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Studies in Christian mission ; v. 26.
Physical Description:1 online resource (303 pages) :; maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • NESTORIANS, CHALDEANS, SYRIANS, ARAMEANS, ASSYRIANS
  • EARLY BEGINNINGS
  • MISSIONARIES, KURDS, AND CHRISTIANS
  • MISSION TO AZERBAYJAN
  • THE POWERS, KURDS, AND CHRISTIANS
  • THE CALM AND THE STORM
  • IN EXILE
  • THE INEVITABLE CLASH
  • BETWEEN MUTUALLY HOSTILE NEIGHBORS
  • FROM MISSIONS TO ECUMENISM
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY: Books and Public Documents
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY: Articles and Periodicals
  • INDEX.

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