Cultural and Historical Writings of Rabi Binyamin Arsanis

Binyamin Arsanis (1884-1957) was a sincere Assyrian patriot, famous orator and respected writer. He wrote many educational, literary and historical works in modern Assyrian. A number of these were published during his lifetime; however, many of his manuscripts have been lost. In this volume, Youel A. Baaba has collected, edited and annotated 12 books by Binyamin Arsanis. To these he has added commentaries on each book and a biography of their author. This volume is a remarkable achievement and the first of its kind in which the extent writings of an Assyrian author can be found in a single volume. The books included in this volume are, Teaching Assyrian Language (parts 1 and 2), Assyrian Proverbs, Book of Riddles, Yohannan Arise and Come, Fall of the Assyrian Empire, Assyrian Monument in China, Prophet Mohammed’s Documents, Assyrian Accomplishments in Asia, The Tragedy of 2,000 Assyrian Maidens, Rescue of Iran, and Assyrian History Relative to Kurds. Note: The contents of this book are entirely in Assyrian.