ATOUR Publications specializes in reprinting old and valuable books and periodicals concerning Assyrian language, literature, history and culture. All books are soft cover perfect bound with color covers and black & white inside pages.
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Malik Yacoub Bar Malik Ismail of Upper Tiyari (1894-1974) was an important Assyrian military and political leader who distinguished himself during the fateful years between 1914 and 1933 in fighting... More > to protect Assyrians. This book provides a first-hand account of the struggles of the Assyrian people during World War I when they were faced with genocide at the hands of the Ottoman state, the exodus to Iraq and the efforts to regain their homelands, the events leading to the massacre of Assyrians in Iraq in 1933, as well as the role played by the Assyrians in World War II. The contents of this book is entirely in the Assyrian language.< Less
The attached PDF file - ATOUR Publications Book List, November 2014 - contains a complete listing of the books available from ATOUR Publications along with detailed descriptions and links to the... More > pages to order the books.< Less
The Book of Kalilah and Dimnah is a collection of animal tales that originate in India and were written in Sanskrit under the title of “Panchatantra” or “Five Principles”. The... More > purpose of the stories is to teach moral values concerning friendship and harmony and the things that can come between friends and destroy harmony among them. Two Syriac translations, one from Old Persian and one from Arabic, were made by Assyrians in antiquity. From these versions, the stories were translated into many other languages and traveled around the world. In 1895 Mar Thoma Audo published a new Syriac translation from the Arabic text and in 1908 he published an edition in Modern Assyrian in Urmia. This volume presents the Modern Assyrian version published by Qashisha Yosip d-Bet Qelaita in Iraq in 1936. The contents of this book is entirely in the Assyrian language.< Less
Paul Bedjan (1838-1920) was born in Khosrova in Salamas where he was educated at a school established by French Lazarists. At 18, he went to Paris to join the Lazarist order and further his studies.... More > In 1861 he was ordained a priest in the Roman rite although he was a member of the Chaldean Church. After working among his own people in Iran for 12 years, he returned to Europe to pursue a career in editing and publishing books in Syriac and modern Assyrian. Between 1905 and 1910 Bedjan edited five volumes of homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug (c. 451 – 521). Educated at the school of Edessa, Jacob became bishop of Batnan in 519. He is probably the most prolific writer in the Syriac language. In addition to letters, hymns and expositions, he is reputed to have written 760 homilies in twelve-syllable metre on biblical and general religious themes. Bedjan’s “Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis” includes 195 homilies. Volume V – Part 2 contains homilies 164-195.< Less
Paul Bedjan (1838-1920) was born in Khosrova in Salamas where he was educated at a school established by French Lazarists. At 18, he went to Paris to join the Lazarist order and further his studies.... More > In 1861 he was ordained a priest in the Roman rite although he was a member of the Chaldean Church. After working among his own people in Iran for 12 years, he returned to Europe to pursue a career in editing and publishing books in Syriac and modern Assyrian. Between 1905 and 1910 Bedjan edited five volumes of homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug (c. 451 – 521). Educated at the school of Edessa, Jacob became bishop of Batnan in 519. He is probably the most prolific writer in the Syriac language. In addition to letters, hymns and expositions, he is reputed to have written 760 homilies in twelve-syllable metre on biblical and general religious themes. Bedjan’s “Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis” includes 195 homilies. Volume V – Part 1 contains homilies 147-163.< Less
Paul Bedjan (1838-1920) was born in Khosrova in Salamas where he was educated at a school established by French Lazarists. At 18, he went to Paris to join the Lazarist order and further his studies.... More > In 1861 he was ordained a priest in the Roman rite although he was a member of the Chaldean Church. After working among his own people in Iran for 12 years, he returned to Europe to pursue a career in editing and publishing books in Syriac and modern Assyrian. Between 1905 and 1910 Bedjan edited five volumes of homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug (c. 451 – 521). Educated at the school of Edessa, Jacob became bishop of Batnan in 519. He is probably the most prolific writer in the Syriac language. In addition to letters, hymns and expositions, he is reputed to have written 760 homilies in twelve-syllable metre on biblical and general religious themes. Bedjan’s “Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis” includes 195 homilies. Volume IV – Part 1 contains homilies 108-122.< Less
Paul Bedjan (1838-1920) was born in Khosrova in Salamas where he was educated at a school established by French Lazarists. At 18, he went to Paris to join the Lazarist order and further his studies.... More > In 1861 he was ordained a priest in the Roman rite although he was a member of the Chaldean Church. After working among his own people in Iran for 12 years, he returned to Europe to pursue a career in editing and publishing books in Syriac and modern Assyrian. Between 1905 and 1910 Bedjan edited five volumes of homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug (c. 451 – 521). Educated at the school of Edessa, Jacob became bishop of Batnan in 519. He is probably the most prolific writer in the Syriac language. In addition to letters, hymns and expositions, he is reputed to have written 760 homilies in twelve-syllable metre on biblical and general religious themes. Bedjan’s “Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis” includes 195 homilies. Volume IV – Part 2 contains homilies 123-146.< Less
Paul Bedjan (1838-1920) was born in Khosrova in Salamas where he was educated at a school established by French Lazarists. At 18, he went to Paris to join the Lazarist order and further his studies.... More > In 1861 he was ordained a priest in the Roman rite although he was a member of the Chaldean Church. After working among his own people in Iran for 12 years, he returned to Europe to pursue a career in editing and publishing books in Syriac and modern Assyrian. Between 1905 and 1910 Bedjan edited five volumes of homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug (c. 451 – 521). Educated at the school of Edessa, Jacob became bishop of Batnan in 519. He is probably the most prolific writer in the Syriac language. In addition to letters, hymns and expositions, he is reputed to have written 760 homilies in twelve-syllable metre on biblical and general religious themes. Bedjan’s “Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis” includes 195 homilies. Volume III – Part 2 contains homilies 88-107.< Less
Paul Bedjan (1838-1920) was born in Khosrova in Salamas where he was educated at a school established by French Lazarists. At 18, he went to Paris to join the Lazarist order and further his studies.... More > In 1861 he was ordained a priest in the Roman rite although he was a member of the Chaldean Church. After working among his own people in Iran for 12 years, he returned to Europe to pursue a career in editing and publishing books in Syriac and modern Assyrian. Between 1905 and 1910 Bedjan edited five volumes of homilies of Mar Jacob of Sarug (c. 451 – 521). Educated at the school of Edessa, Jacob became bishop of Batnan in 519. He is probably the most prolific writer in the Syriac language. In addition to letters, hymns and expositions, he is reputed to have written 760 homilies in twelve-syllable metre on biblical and general religious themes. Bedjan’s “Homiliae Selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis” includes 195 homilies. Volume III – Part 1 contains homilies 71-87.< Less
The Old Man and the Sea was written by Ernest Hemingway in 1951 and published in 1952. It was the last important work of fiction published during his lifetime. The story is about an old Cuban... More > fisherman named Santiago and his struggles with a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream. This volume presents a translation of the Old Man and the Sea into the modern Assyrian language by Gabriel Georges. The contents of this book is entirely in the Assyrian language.< Less
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