{"product_id":"those-who-refuse-their-assyrian-johnny-shiba-9798278622727","title":"Those Who Refuse Their Assyrian Name: The Assyrian Dilemma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne ancient people. One unbroken language. One stolen name. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book equips the average Assyrian with the knowledge needed to understand and confront identity fragmentation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThose Who Refuse Their Assyrian Name\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you'll discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Vatican Hypothetical\" that ends the identity debate before it begins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy 1552 changed a church affiliation, not anyone's bloodline or ancestry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirect quotes from Patriarch Raphael Bidawid and Archbishop Mar Toma Audo affirming Assyrian ethnicity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Alep-Beth alphabet proves cultural and ethnic continuity across all Eastern Christian communities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Isaiah 19 prophecy and why Assyrian identity carries divine and geopolitical significance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoint-by-point refutations of every common argument for separate \"Chaldean\" or \"Syriac\" ethnicities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Assyrian name is the key to the future. This book is the map.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johnny Shiba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798278622727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.08d","brand":"Johnny Shiba","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454317146367,"sku":"9798278622727","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d4bb9b9-af24-46f1-a3b0-f27e9308a0d3.jpg?v=1777305477","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/those-who-refuse-their-assyrian-johnny-shiba-9798278622727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}