Becker, Adam H.

Athanasius of Balad (d. 18 Rabīʿ II 67/11 November 686) was a West-Syrian (Jacobite) scholar, translator, and, eventually, Patriarch of Antioch. Originally from Balad (Eski Mawṣil), Athanasius studied under Severus of Sēbhōkht (d. 46/666–7) at the Monastery of Qenneshrē on the E…

Assyrian Christians (or Assyrians), as they have been known since the early twentieth century, are Syriac Christians, also known as “Nestorians,” East Syrians, and the Church of the East. They and the “Jacobite” Syrian Orthodox (known also as West Syrians) are the two Syriac ecc…