John Joseph (historian)

John B. Joseph (born January 9, 1923) is an Assyrian-American educator and historian of Middle Eastern studies. He taught courses on the history of the Middle East and its relationship with the West at Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1961 to 1988.

The son of refugees from the Assyrian Genocide in pre-Iran Persia, John B. (Benjamin) Joseph attended the American School for Boys in Baghdad. Pennsylvania missionary Calvin Staudt founded the school with his wife Ida. He occasionally sent students to his alma mater, F&M. Joseph arrived in 1946, received his degree from F&M in 1950, and subsequently earned a Ph.D from Princeton University. In his long teaching career at F&M, he inspired many students, including business executive Andrew Schindler, class of 1972, who contributed the leading sum for the construction of the "John Joseph International Center" at F&M, dedicated to the study of the world's languages, culture, history and politics. Following his retirement from full-time teaching, Joseph has held the title of Lewis Audenreid Professor Emeritus of History.

Bibliography

• Joseph, John B. (1959). "The Turko-Iraqi Frontier and the Assyrians". The World of Islam: Studies in Honour of Philip K. Hitti. London: Macmillan. pp. 255–270.
• Joseph, John B. (1961). The Nestorians and Their Muslim Neighbors: A Study of Western Influence on Their Relations. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
• Joseph, John B. (1975). "The Assyrian Affair: A Historical Perspective". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 6 (1): 115–117.
• Joseph, John B. (1983). Muslim-Christian Relations and Inter-Christian Rivalries in the Middle East: The Case of the Jacobites in an Age of Transition. Albany: State University of New York Press.
• Joseph, John B. (1997). "Assyria and Syria: Synonyms?" (PDF). Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies. 11 (2): 37–43.
• Joseph, John B. (1998). "The Bible and the Assyrians: It Kept their Memory Alive" (PDF). Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies. 12 (1): 70–76.
• Joseph, John B. (1999). "We seem to have an identity crisis and for no reason". Zinda Magazine. 5 (17).
• Joseph, John B. (2000). The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East: A History of Their Encounter with Western Christian Missions, Archaeologists, and Colonial Powers. Leiden: Brill.
• Joseph, John B. (2002). "Exploiting the Assyrian Presence in Iraq". Zinda Magazine. 7 (43).
• Joseph, John B. (2002). "Response to J. F. Coakley's Review" (PDF). Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies. 5 (2): 272–276.
• Joseph, John B. (2004). "Selective reading deceives readers". Zinda Magazine. 10 (35).

External links

• Franklin & Marshall College: John Joseph International Center
• Sargon R. Michael (2002): Opinion & Reflections on Prof. John Joseph's Latest Book
• Fred Aprim (2002): Personal Reflections on John Joseph's Hypothesis
• Fred Aprim (2004): Prof. John Joseph: Selective or Objective
• Johny Messo (2004): The Professor & the Nationalist
• George V. Yana (2008): Ancient and Modern Assyrians: A Scientific Analysis
• Julia Ferrante (2013): A Chance for Life - Former prisoners of war launched new beginnings at F&M after World War II
• Arameans of Aram-Naharaim Organisation: Professor John Joseph (Yuhannon Yusef)