Those Who Refuse Their Assyrian Name: The Assyrian Dilemma (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798278622727)

One ancient people. One unbroken language. One stolen name.

This book equips the average Assyrian with the knowledge needed to understand and confront identity fragmentation.

The enemy is not people or churches, but the forces of fragmentation and misinformation that divide one people into weaker parts and erase their shared Assyrian identity over time.

For over 7,000 years, the Assyrian people have preserved their identity against empires, genocides, and forced conversions. Today, they face a new threat, not from foreign conquerors, but from within: the fracturing of one nation into competing church labels mistaken for separate ethnicities.

Those Who Refuse Their Assyrian Name is the definitive case for Assyrian unity. Drawing on testimony from Chaldean Catholic patriarchs themselves, ancient linguistic evidence, and biblical prophecy, this book dismantles every argument used to divide the Assyrian nation and provides readers with the tools to restore the truth.

What you'll discover:

• The "Vatican Hypothetical" that ends the identity debate before it begins
• Why 1552 changed a church affiliation, not anyone's bloodline or ancestry
• Direct quotes from Patriarch Raphael Bidawid and Archbishop Mar Toma Audo affirming Assyrian ethnicity
• How the Alep-Beth alphabet proves cultural and ethnic continuity across all Eastern Christian communities
• The Isaiah 19 prophecy and why Assyrian identity carries divine and geopolitical significance
• Point-by-point refutations of every common argument for separate "Chaldean" or "Syriac" ethnicities

This is not an attack on the Chaldean Catholic Church, it is a defense of a 7,000-year heritage. The Chaldean church identity is real, valid, and beautiful. But it is not, and has never been, an ethnic identity.

Whether you're Assyrian seeking clarity, a scholar of Middle Eastern history, or anyone interested in how identity shapes the fate of indigenous peoples, this book offers an unflinching look at one of the most misunderstood questions in modern ethnic politics.

The Assyrian people are the only ancient Mesopotamian nation still alive. The only people whose alphabet never died. The only nation whose biblical prophecy remains unfulfilled.

The Assyrian name is the key to the future. This book is the map.

Author: Johnny Shiba
ISBN-13: 9798278622727
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 12/21/2025
Pages: 40
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.08d