Assyrian Tales and Confessions a book by Mikhael K. Pius.
Reviewed by Basil K. Pius.
A 120-page spirited little book of ten stories and thirteen amusing personal essays, illustrated
by several delightful cartoons and sketches. Michael (also known as Minashi) delights the reader
with earnest details and personal honesty in sharing some heartwarming anecdotes, especially of
his growing up days in British camps in Iraq, where a community of civilian and military Assyrians
worked and played, fought for and served the British loyally through two world wars in a lifestyle
and culture of their own.
Read A Review on this bookTURABDIN A 368 page book by Fr. Hans Hollerweger filled with more than 400 color photos Depicting the oldest Syriac culture of Tur Abdin. Photos of ancient Churches, homes, country farm life style, and describes the distress of the oldest Christian people who still speak the language of Jesus, Aramaic. This one of a kind and rare book is a must in every home, no mater what you call yourself: Assyrian, Syriac, Aramean, Chaldean, Jacobite.
Read A Review on this bookFather Sliwu's Journey to the Sky A 170 page Arabic translation by Yakdan Nissan from the Syriac orignial authored by Shmoel Bet-Qulya. Jointly published by the Lebanese Syriac Front, Darbo Press and Dar-Sargon Press of Sweden.
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Jizo vs. Jesus A bilingual (English and Japanese) illustrated, 380 page
book "Japan's Jizo and Jesus". This book is a result of 49 nine year research
on the subject of the early Christians who came to Japan. They are nicknamed Nestorians.
Officially they are the ancient Assyrian Church of the East.
What does "Jizo" mean? When the Chinese in the 600's saw how Christianity was sweeping the
country, they invented Jizzo as a Chinese competitor to Jesus. The Japanese imported this
and litered the country side with his stone idol, the saviour of children. They're taught
that when a Japanese child dies, they think he goes to Hell, and spends his time stacking
up rocks to reach to heaven. But then, a demon comes while he sleeps and knocks the rocks
down. But before the demon strikes, Jizo comes and beats the demon (you can read all about
it on page 217-220 in the book).
The book can be purchasef for donation of any amount over $30.00. Mail a check to
REAP, PoBox 488, LaMirada, CA, 90637-0488. Please write "Jizo vs. Jesus" on your
check. Also you can visit the Kenny Joseph Web page at
Reflections on the Christian Faitha book by Andreos Soro.
An 82-page book in Assyrian that explains the meaning of such Syriac words as the Old Tetament,
New Testament, The Holy Trinity, the name Jesus Christ "Esho Mshikha", Jesus on Earth, Batism,
and other Christian faith issues. The book is also on a very well done audio cassette tape
that you can listen to while driving or if your Assyrian is not what it should be. Mr. Andreos
Soro is the father of H.G. Bishop Mar. Bawai and he offers this book for free. Donations towards
the book and the audio tape are accepted and will go towards the building of the Assyrian
School planned to be built in Australia by the Church of the East. You may contact any
Assyrian Church of the East location near you or contact the Mar. Yosip Parish in San Jose,
California. Please refer to the Assyrian Directory pages for Address and telephone information.
Every home should have at least one of each of the book and the audio tape.