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Tiglath wrote: >>Are you saying that prior to 1850 we did not call ourselves "Assyrian"? > >Are you refering to the 'we' as members of the ACOE or the people of Mesopotamia? >If the former then yes, we did have a few individuals, writers and priests who declared their Assyrian identity much like Khalil Gibran did, BUT we were always known as Suraye a word that became synonamous with Christian. Our ancient Assyrian ancestors were meanwhile viewed with hostility with Psalm137:8-9 read out in our churches right til this very day. ****************************** Tiglath, I have his anthology but I don't recall any self-identification as 'Assyrian' per se. When did he say/write something to this effect? --------------------- |
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