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Volume=20 V            =    =20 Issue 42
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T H I S   W E E K   = I=20 N   Z I N D A
The=20 Lighthouse The Nimrud Lens
Good=20 Morning Bet-Nahrain Mid-East Churches Meet at the Synod in=20 Bethlehem
News=20 Digest Pope Pleads for End of Hatred in Lebanon=20
Children in Sicily Learn About Mesopotamian=20 History
Tukulti-Ninurta's Silver Plate, = Evidence=20 of a Tradition
Surfs=20 Up No Letters=20 Received
Surfers=20 Corner Gilgamesh Dance Group Auditioning for New = Talent=20
International Ecumenical Conference on Early=20 Christianity
Assyrian=20 Surfing Posts Assyrian Search Engine
Centre=20 for Early Christian Studies
Literatus Bau'tha of the Ninevites
Bravo Assyrian Forumathon
Milestones Johne Herghelian
Pump=20 Up the Volume Dream & Nightmare
Back=20 to the Future Malik Kambar and the Battle of = Qadesh
This=20 Week in History The 300 Tiari Warriors
Calendar=20 of Events Congress for Syriac=20 Studies

All blue=20 links throughout this issue are hyperlinks to other sections on this = page or=20 featured websites.=20

THE LIGHTHOUSE=20

THE NIMRUD = LENS

If one Italian scientist is correct then the = telescope was not=20 invented sometime in the 16th century by Dutch spectacle makers, but by = ancient=20 Assyrian astronomers nearly three thousand years earlier.=20

According to Professor Giovanni Pettinato of the = University of=20 Rome, a rock crystal lens, currently on show in the British museum, = could=20 rewrite the history of science. He believes that it could explain why = the=20 ancient Assyrians knew so much about astronomy.=20

But experts on Assyrian archaeology are unconvinced. = They say=20 that the lens is of such low quality that it would have been a poor aid = to=20 vision.=20

It is called the Nimrud lens and it was found in 1850 = by the=20 legendary archaeologist Sir John Layard, during an epic series of = excavations at=20 the palace of Nimrud in what is now Iraq.=20

Upon his return to England, he showed the lens to = physicist Sir=20 David Brewer who thought it could have been used as a magnifying glass = or to=20 concentrate the Sun's rays.=20

Used as a magnifying glass, it could have been useful = to=20 Assyrian craftsman who often made intricate seals and produced minuscule = texts=20 on clay tablets using a wedge-shaped script.=20

It is a theory many scientists might be prepared to = accept, but=20 the idea that the rock crystal was part of a telescope is something = else. To get=20 from a lens to a telescope, they say, is an enormous leap.=20

Professor Pettinato counters by asking for an = explanation of=20 how the ancient Assyrians regarded the planet Saturn as a god surrounded = by a=20 ring of serpents?=20

Could they not have seen Saturn's rings through their = telescope=20 and interpreted them as serpents? An unconvincing argument, say experts. = The=20 Assyrians saw serpents everywhere. And why is it in their many = astronomical=20 reports on clay tablets there is no mention of such a device?=20

The conventional understanding of the invention of = the=20 telescope is that it was developed in the 16th century by Dutch = spectacle-makers=20 who held one lens in front of another.=20

One thing is sure: Galileo did not invent it - a = common=20 misconception - although he was one of the first to turn it towards the = sky. By=20 then, lenses used as spectacles had been known for hundreds of years at = least,=20 and it has been a puzzle to historians why it took so long for the = telescope to=20 be invented.=20

It may have been developed and then forgotten, or = even kept=20 secret. However, experts regard this as unlikely given the commercial = and=20 military uses that a telescope could serve.=20

Whatever its origin, as ornament, as magnifying lens = or part of=20 a telescope, the Nimrud lens is the oldest lens in the world. Looking at = it=20 evokes mystery and wonder. It can be seen in room 55 of the British = Museum, in=20 case 9 of the Lower Mesopotamian Gallery=20

It may not be unique. Another, possibly 5th century = BC, lens=20 was found in a sacred cave on Mount Ida on Crete. It was more powerful = and of=20 far better quality than the Nimrud lens.=20

Also, Roman writers Pliny and Seneca refer to a lens = used by an=20 engraver in Pompeii. So perhaps the ancients knew more about lenses than = we give=20 them credit for.=20

Dr David = Whitehouse
BBC News Online Science = Editor=20
=20

GOOD MORNING = BET-NAHRAIN=20

MID-EAST CHURCHES MEET AT = CATHOLIC SYNOD IN=20 HOLY LAND

(ZNRU:  = Bethlehem)   The=20 head of the Roman Catholic Church in Jerusalem convened an assembly of = the=20 Catholic Church's first synod in the Holy Land last Tuesday to set a new = agenda=20 for the next decade. The general assembly in Palestinian-ruled Bethlehem = was=20 attended by 300 bishops, clerics and lay people.  "This is the = first time=20 we have this synod since the beginning of our existence as Christians in = this=20 land ... since 2,000 years of our history,''  Latin Patriarch = Michel Sabbah=20 told reporters shortly before an opening ceremony.=20

All branches of the Catholic = church,=20 including the Maronite, Syrian, and Chaldean were represented at the = conference=20 due to produce a pastoral plan of church activity for the next decade or = two,=20 said Father Rafiq Khoury, secretary-general of the synod.  "This is = the=20 first time that all the sectors of the church are gathered ... and = people from=20 Jordan, Palestine and Israel, so it is really an important event,'' = Khoury=20 said.=20

The synod's conclusion = coincides with=20 church preparations for the visit of Pope John Paul to the Holy Land in = late=20 March.  The synod began in 1995 with a study of Catholic life in = the Holy=20 Land addressing issues of faith, religious education, health care and = communal=20 relations.
=20

NEWS DIGEST=20

POPE PLEADS FOR END TO HATRED = IN=20 LEBANON

(ZNZT: Rome)   Pope John Paul II, on = Sunday, asked=20 five hundred Maronite Lebanese pilgrims in St. Mary Major's = Basilica,  to=20 help put to an end to hatred and intolerance in Lebanon.  He = reminded them=20 of the important Maronite religious figures such as the hermit, Charbel = Maklouf,=20 canonized by Paul VI on October 9, 1977; of blessed Rafqa, a Maronite = nun=20 beatified by John Paul II himself, on November 17, 1987; and of = Nimatullah=20 Al-Hardini, a Maronite monk and priest whom he beatified eleven years=20 later.=20

Making reference to the Apostolic Exhortation written = at the=20 conclusion of the special Synod for Lebanon held in Rome, he expressed = his joy=20 at seeing its prompt implementation. This was made tangible in the = recent=20 Assembly of Patriarchs and Catholic Bishops of Lebanon, organized last=20 November.=20

After long years of closure due to the Second World = War Pope=20 John Paul has now officially reopened the doors of the Pontifical = Maronite=20 College, an institution created by Pope Gregory XIII in the sixteenth=20 century.=20

In the Basilica of St. Mary Major, Cardinal Nasrallah = Sfeir,=20 Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, presided the Mass in the = Syro-Antiochian=20 Maronite rite. Among those present were hundreds of Maronites, many from = Lebanon.   In his homily, the Patriarch insisted upon the = historical=20 relations that unite the Maronite Church with the See of Peter.=20

The Maronite Church takes its name from the = hermit St.=20 Maron, who died around the year 410 and whose liturgical feast is = celebrated on=20 the ninth of February. The liturgical language of the Church is Aramaic. = Following the Arab invasions, the Maronites began to use Arabic, = especially from=20 the fourteenth century on. They now use the language of the country in = which=20 they live, although the most sacred part of the Liturgy, the = Consecration of the=20 Eucharist, is conserved in Aramaic.  The total number of Maronite = faithful=20 in the world was given as 3,580,000 in the official 1999 statistics. = However,=20 the actual number is much higher, perhaps 6 million, since in many parts = of the=20 world, given that they cannot find a local Maronite Church, many = register=20 themselves in parishes of the Latin Rite. After Lebanon, the largest = Maronite=20 communities are to be found in the United States, Cyprus, Egypt, Mexico, = and=20 other countries on the American continents.=20

CHILDREN IN SICILY LEARN = ABOUT=20 BABYLONIAN HISTORY

(ZNAP:  Sicily)  Soon = the=20 students in the small Sicilian town of Santa Maria di Licodia will be = attending=20 shows at Don Bosco School's new "Saddam Hussein Auditorium''.  The = gift was=20 made by a group promoting ties between Italy and Iraq.  Saddam's = name will=20 be on the 500-seat auditorium when it opens in April.=20

The founder of the group, = Salvatore=20 Nicotra, described it as an offer the Sicilian officials couldn't=20 refuse.
Nicotra = travels=20 regularly to Iraq on business and wishes to raise awareness of what he = considers=20 the unjust U.N. sanctions forced upon the people of Iraq.  Italy, = France,=20 and Russia are among the nations taking part in the international=20 effort.=20

Angered by the Italian = government's=20 acceptance of this gift, a group of Assyrian activists led by Mary = Younan of=20 Canada have begun circulating a letter of protest.  The = introduction reads:=20 "We would like to express our concern and deception with the Sicilian = officials=20 regarding the new auditorium inauguration. The world has witnessed = atrocities=20 committed by Saddam Hussein and his Ba'ath government on the Iraqi = population.=20 We must not forget the Government of Iraq has violated provisions of=20 international law including the International Covenant on Civil and = Political=20 Rights (ICCPR), to which Iraq is a party, and also violates Iraq's = interim=20 Constitution. The sanctions imposed on Iraqi people are very sad, and = Saddam=20 Hussein must not be considered as a heroic persona."=20

According to Rome's La = Repubblica daily=20 newspaper, in response to the gift, the school's 350 students are now = learning=20 about Babylonian history.   "By now, they'll know the Tigris = and=20 Euphrates better than the Po and the Tiber,'' the newspaper=20 predicted.=20


TUKULTI-NINURTA SILVER PLATE, = EVIDENCE OF=20 A TRADITION

(ZNDA: Rome)  In an effort = to=20 re-classify and document the findings of a museum in Germany, a German=20 archeological crew has found a small silver plate belonging to the = Assyrian King=20 Tukulti-Ninurta I (1243-1207B.C.) buried under the stone foundation of a = building.  This silver plate was thought to be lost among what had=20 disappeared during WWII.  It is of pure silver and gold found at = the=20 museum. The plate was first found in the city of Ashur in Northern Iraq = in 1935=20 by a German excavation team.  It was then transferred to Germany to = be=20 housed in the Near Eastern section of the Berlin Museum.  It had = been=20 missing since 1945.  The plate was still in poor condition when it = was=20 re-discovered much later.  After a thorough cleaning, beginning in = December=20 1996, it was put on display to be admired by all.  The ancient = Assyrians,=20 based on this discovery, may have been the oldest people to have begun = the=20 tradition of burying documents along with the stone foundation of a new=20 building.  This tradition is followed to this day.=20

The plate is 52 millimeters in=20 length,  28 millimeters in width, and 1.3 millimeters in = density.  The=20 cuneiform writing is between 0.4-0.6 ml. in length of lines, while the = depth of=20 the writing does not surpass one tenth of a millimeter. Mr. H. Borne, an = expert=20 at the Ancient History Museum, had used Roentgen rays to learn more = about the=20 plate before it was cleaned using a process employing special chemicals = and=20 manual work, and mechanical equipment.=20

Translated from Arabic by Mary C., Al-Sharq = al-Awsat,=20 September 1999.=20

=20

SURF'S UP!

No Letters Received in the Past = Week.
 =20

=20

SURFERS CORNER=20

 GILGAMESH DANCE GROUP = AUDITIONING FOR=20 NEW TALENT

Dear Fellow Assyrians:=20

We are writing this statement to all of you so that = you may be=20 aware of an
Assyrian folklore dance=20 demonstration/exhibition in the Chicagoland area on
February 20th, 2000.=20

The Assyrian Gilgamesh Dance Group will be holding an = exhibition with great
hopes that many = attending=20 Assyrians will join the group. This group has been
together for over 7 years and has participated in many = cultural and=20 ethnic
events--both Assyrian and non-Assyrian = functions--demonstrating the brilliant
Assyrian=20 traditional costumes as well as the various energetic Assyrian =
dances.=20

The Assyrian Gilgamesh Dance Group is a = non-for-profit=20 organization comprised
of dedicated committee = members,=20 some of whom are also the talented performers.=20

It is a rather new and exciting group that has room = for very=20 much potential.
It is important that we get = exposure so=20 that we can recruit new members. The
greater = the number=20 of members who enjoy dancing, live audiences and
traveling, the greater the livelihood and success of the = Gilgamesh=20 Dance
Group!=20

Needless to say, displaying our tradition and culture = is vital=20 to the
recognition and success of the = Assyrian people=20 not only in the Chicagoland
area, but all = over the=20 world as well.=20

If you or anyone you know is interested in visiting = the=20 exhibition, please
note the following=20 information:=20

*The Assyrian Gilgamesh Dance Group Exhibition =

*Sunday, February 20, 2000; 5:00 P.M. =
*Devonshire Cultural Center
4400 = Greenwood=20 Street
Skokie, Illinois 60076=20

For more information, please call toll free (888) = 531-9197 or=20 e-mail
sherokeen@aol.com (or e-mail = me).=20

We strongly urge parents to attend. Everyone is = welcome to the=20 folklore
exhibition, but you must be at least = 16 years=20 or older to join the Group.
Once again, if = you are in=20 this area please let everyone know. Thank you very
much=20 for your time.=20

With much love from Chicago,=20

The Assyrian Gilgamesh Dance Group (TM)

INTERNTL ECUMENICAL CONF. = ON EARLY=20 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

The Antiochian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New = Zealand,=20 the Melkite Greek-Catholic Eparchy of St. Michael, the Centre for Early=20 Christian Studies and the Faculty of Theology of Australian Catholic = University,=20 jointly announce a popular and scholarly conference for lay men and = women,=20 religious and clergy entitled Orientale Lumen: Australasia and Oceania, = an=20 International Ecumenical Conference. The conference will be held from = Sunday=20 afternoon 9 July up to and including the evening of Wednesday 12 July = 2000 at=20 Ormond College, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria.=20

The conference is under the co-patronage of His = Holiness=20 Ignatius IV, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and His Holiness Maximos V, = Melkite=20 Greek-Catholic Patriarch of Antioch. The conference will provide an = opportunity=20 for Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholic and Oriental = Orthodox=20 Christians to gather and discuss the quest for unity from their various=20 perspectives, and with an eye to the Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen = and the=20 Encyclical Ut Unum Sint, both of 1995. The conference warmly welcomes = the=20 participation of all interested Christians. It will include = presentations by=20 eminent scholars and theologians from Australia and abroad, liturgical=20 celebrations of many kinds, and opportunities for everyone to learn from = each=20 other and to participate in a "dialogue of love and = understanding."=20

Rev Professor Robert Gribben of the United Faculty of = Theology,=20 Melbourne, formerly General Secretary of the Victorian Council of = Churches, will=20 serve as moderator for the entire conference.=20

All inquiries and proposals for papers to: =
Rev Lawrence Cross, Convenor-Secretary
Australian Catholic University
115 = Victoria=20 Parade Fitzroy 3065, Victoria, Australia.
Email:=20 L.Cross@patrick.acu.edu.au=20


MILESTONES=20

Johne = Herghelian

Passed on Wednesday, 9 February 2000--  Mr. = Herghelian was=20 born in Tehran, Iran on 1 October 1951; son of Awner and Catherine=20 Khezqeel.  He lost his parents at an early age.  A = highly-skilled=20 soccer player, Johne played for two Iranian soccer league clubs, = Rahe-Ahan and=20 Paas.  He emigrated to the United States in 1979 and with his = family=20 settled in Turlock, California.  Here he played in the Bet-Nahrain=20 Organization's soccer team and later for the Assyrian American Civic = Club of=20 Turlock, where he coached the soccer teams until his move to Fresno, = California=20 in 1989.  Mr. Herghelian is survived by his wife, Janet; son = Richard and a=20 daughter, Rita.=20

This year, Ms. Rita Herghelian, a high school = sophomore, was=20 awarded full athletic scholarship to Santa Clara University to join the = Santa=20 Clara women's soccer team ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA, Soccer America, = Soccer=20 Times, and Soccer Buzz Magazine's polls.=20

=20


ASSYRIAN SURFING = POSTS=20
Links to Other Assyrian=20 Websites
=20

LITERATUS=20

BA'UTHA (ROGATION) OF THE=20 NINEVITES

There are two reasons for the = observation=20 of this three-day fast in the church of the East: firstly the fast of = the people=20 of Nineveh at the time of Jorz, and secondly the influence of Mar = Savreesho,=20 metropolitan of Beth Slokh, in the sixth century.=20

The prayers are found in Hudra = volume 1,=20 pp. 359-468. They contain Madrashe, Qiryana, Tishbohta, Burqafna and = other=20 elements.=20

However, the prayers of Ba'utha = go beyond=20 the information recorded in the Bible, which says that Jonah was not = satisfied=20 by what God told him and was unhappy that the 120,000 people were not = destroyed=20 as predicted. When the people of Nineveh approached Jonah with the glad = news of=20 the grand civic reception they had arranged for him, he refused to = accept any=20 honour from them. Finally he acquiesced because the honour was accorded = to him=20 by Gentiles who they were expressing their gratitude to God for = listening to=20 their prayers and saving their lives. The king of Nineveh placed Jonah = on the=20 royal throne and the people of Nineveh, including the king, paid their = respects=20 to Jonah for warning them of the danger which led to their=20 repentance.=20

The Ba'utha of the Ninevites is = observed=20 nearly three weeks prior to the beginning of Lent, which often is in the = month=20 of January or February.=20

Mar Aprim =
Kerala, India=20

From the abstract of the paper presented by Mar = Aprim at=20 the "Prayer & Spirituality In The Early Church" Conference held in = Sydney,=20 Australia between January 8 and 11, 1999.=20

The Rogation of Ninevites To learn more about = the=20 Rogation of Ninevites CLICK = HERE=20


=20

BRAVO=20

ASSYRIAN = FORUMATHON

David Chibo of Assyrian Youth Group of Victoria in = Australia=20 and Dr. George Kiraz of the Syriac Computing Institute began a = "Forum-athon"=20 last month on the Assyrian Forum (click here) to collect = donations=20 for the development of Syriac fonts developed by SyrCom (see last week's = Zinda=20 Magazine or click=20 here).  The goal of raising $1500.00 was reached this week with = the=20 total contribution of $1580.=20

As is stated on the SyrCom website a leading = professional=20 typographer has agreed to work on each font which will cost $1500 to = produce.=20 The fonts will be distributed by SyrCOM to users free of charge through = its web=20 site. The fonts will be copyrighted by SyrCOM, and no commercial use of = them=20 will be allowed by any party including SyrCOM. The fonts will cover = Estrangelo,=20 Serto (West Syriac), and East Syriac.  In addition to supporting = Classical=20 Syriac, full support will be given for Turoyo, Swadaya (modern = Assyrian),=20 Garshuni, and Christian-Palestinian Aramaic. SyrCOM plans to have the = fonts=20 available to the public in the first quarter of 2000.=20

Zinda Magazine salutes the following contributors for = their=20 generous donations:=20

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PUMP UP THE = VOLUME=20
ENGLISH
MODERN=20 ASSYRIAN
GENDER
 Dream
khil/ma 
Masculine
 Nightmare
ka/voo/sha 
Masculine

 

BACK TO THE = FUTURE

BC (1285)=20

At the Battle of Qadesh, the Egyptian and Hittite = armies fight=20 for control of the Syrian territories.  Egypt long controlled = southern=20 Syria and the coast as far as Ugarit, while some northern Syrian = kingdoms became=20 vassals of the Hittites. At Qadesh (also Kadesh)  the Hittite = ruler,=20 Muwatallis, defeated the strong-man Ramses II.=20

Ebla to Damascus, Art & Archaeology of = Ancient=20 Syria


AD (1969)=20

Malik Kambar d'Jilu passes to eternity in Beirut,=20 Lebanon.   Malik Kambar led the Assyrian troops before WWII = and in=20 1935 commanded the Italian army in Ethiopia.
=20


THIS WEEK IN=20 HISTORY

February 15, 1915:   300 Assyrian Tiari warriors accompany Mar = Shimoun=20 Benyamin, Patriarch of the Church of the East, to the Tiari region in = northern=20 Bet-Nahrain.  His Holiness was being protected from the wrath of = the=20 Ottoman troops who had earlier declared a Jihad against the Christian=20 population.=20

CALENDAR OF = EVENTS
Feb=20 15-17
 SAN JOSE,=20 CALIFORNIA
ROGATION OF=20 NINEVITES
  • Tuesday, February 15th at 7:30 = p.m. =20
    • Prayer Service at the Assyrian Evangelical = Church

     

  • Wednesday, February 16th at 7:30 = p.m. =20
    • Prayer at Bet-Eil Assyrian Church =
  • Wednesday February 16th at 7:30 = p.m. =20
    • Holy Mass at Saint Mary Assyrian-Chaldean = Catholic=20 Church 
       
  • Thursday February 17th. at 7:30 p.m.=20
    • Holy Mass at Saint Joseph Assyrian Church = of the=20 Eas
Feb = 19
LONDON,=20 ENGLAND
LONDON CENTRE FOR = THE=20 ANCIENT NEAR EAST LECTURE

"Symbolism in Assyrian art"
Paul=20 Oakes
11.15 AM
British=20 Museum, Great Russell St. WC1. 
Gallery talk=20 in Room 19

Feb = 19-20
SYDNEY,=20 AUSTRALIA
TAAAS YOUTH=20 CONFERENCE

Sponsored by the Assyrian Australian Academic=20 Society
Members $120 and Non-members=20 $145 
Beachcomber Pacific = Resort=20
Toukley NSW (90 minutes North of = Sydney) =20
The buses will depart at 7am on the 19th and = return at=20 4:45 pm on the 20th
For more = information:=20
   Ramsin Jajoo - 0414 838 = 410=20
   Assyat David - 0419 469=20 076

Feb = 20
CHICAGO,=20 ILLINOIS
ASSYRIAN DANCE = GROUP=20 EXHIBITION

The Assyrian Gilgamesh Dance
Devonshire Cultural Center
4400 Greenwood=20 Street
Skokie
5:00=20 P.M.=20

For more information, call toll free (888) = 531-9197=20 or 
e-mail=20 sherokeen@aol.com

Feb = 28
BERKELEY,=20 CALIFORNIA
UC BERKELEY=20 LECTURE

"From the Dead Sea Scrolls to Arabic Birth = Magic: =20 The Fallen Angels & Gilgamesh Rise Again"=20

A lecture by Professor Martin Schwartz =
Contact:  510-642-8208

Mar = 28
LONDON,=20 ENGLAND
LONDON CENTRE FOR = THE=20 ANCIENT NEAR EAST LECTURE

"Reading and writing cuneiform past and = present"=20
Christopher Walker
6:30=20 PM
British Museum, Great Russell St. = WC1. Lecture=20 theatre.
Tickets 7.50 pounds =
Contact 020 7323 8566

Apr = 12
LONDON,=20 ENGLAND
LONDON CENTRE FOR = THE=20 ANCIENT NEAR EAST LECTURE

"Egypt through the Assyrian annals" =
Paul Collins
6:00 PM =
British Museum, Great Russell St. WC1. Lecture = Theatre=20
EES and BM Dept. of Egyptian = antiquities.=20
Non-EES members contact the EES 020 7242=20 1880

May = 27
MODESTO,=20 CALIFORNIA
FIRST ASSYRIAN MIDI COMPOSERS=20 CONFERENCE

Double Tree = Hotel=20
2:00 PM-10:00 PM = PST=20
Organized by: Nineveh On = Line
Click Here for more=20 information
What is=20 MIDI?  Click=20 Here

June = 26-30
SYDNEY,=20 AUSTRALIA
EIGHT=20 ANNUAL CONGRESS FOR SYRIAC STUDIES

Department of Semitic=20 Studies
University of=20 Sydney


 =20

THANK=20 YOU!
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Voice:      (408) = 918-9200=20
   = Fax:      (408)=20 918-9201

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