The Assyrians: The Oldest Christian People

Dr. Missick brings the world of the first Assyrian Christians to life in this fun and easy to read illustrated book. Dr. Missick is one of the foremost experts in the history and traditions of the Assyrian Church of the East.

My great grandparents were assyrian

A very simple and easy to read ( and enjoy ) book. Adults and young people will find common ground and learn a lot of info from this book

Didn't care for comic book style, but there was some helpful information. Good book for a kid who likes history and comics.

I loved the book. I learned some interesting things about the Assyrian people from this little book.

Seems like a composite of other books on the subject. Not worth the money. Disappointing.

Very intersting

Stephen Missick should be commended for shedding light on a minority seldom addressed by Western writers. However, I would like to comment on the previous reviews appearing here, one by "Scholar", the other by Jeremiah Aramon. Missick's title reference to "The Assyrians" cannot be allowed to stand when it speaks of only a fraction of this "Syriac-speaking" people. This early Christian community consists of 5 populations, and due to historical and ecclesiastical disputes, each has gone its own way, to the detriment of all five. In the order of their population size, these are (1) the so-called Chaldeans (or Chaldean Catholics); the Syriac Orthodox (aka Jacobites); the Church of the East (aka, Nestorians), the Syrian Catholic, and the Protestants (converts after the arrival of Western Missionaries). In that context, Missick's "The Assyrians" speaks only to a small minority of this community.