Table of Contents

The 'Apostolic Church of the East': A Brief Introduction to the Writing of Church History and to Terminology 1. The Age of the Sassanians (Until 651) 2. The Age of the Arabs (650-1258) 3. The Age of the Mongols (13th and 14th Centuries) 4. The Age of the Ottomans (15th to 19th Centuries) 5. The Twentieth Century 6. Language and Literature of the Church of the East

About the Author

Wilhelm Baum is Associate Professor and teaches Medieval History at the Universities of Graz and Klagenfurt, Austria. He is author of of The Transformation of the Myth of Prester John (1999) and Ethiopia and Europe in the Middle Ages (2001).
Dietmar W. Winkler is Associate Professor and teaches Patristics and Ecumenical Theology at the Universities of Graz and Salzburg and the Cistercian School of Theology, Heilogenkreuz, Austria.

Reviews

'There has long been a need for a reliable book in English on the history of the Church of the East which also gives good coverage to the position of this ancient Syriac Church in the context of modern ecumenical discussion. It is most welcome that this need is now met by Baum and Winkler in this translation of their German book.' - Sebastian Brock, University of Oxford; 'This is an important book. It tells the story concisely of the 'Church of the East' established in east Syria but principally in Parthia beyond Rome's eastern frontier. It was associated with the doctrinal view of the deposed patriarch of Constantinople, Nestorius and was known as the Nestorian Church. Today, it has survived as a small minority in parts of Persia and Iraq, and it has more adherents in the US than in its ancient homeland. This is the best short history of the Church of the East to date a fine, scholarly work, bringing to the notice of students the wealth of the spiritual and theological legacy as well as the sheer missionary drive of his now half-forgotten Church. As a book it will not easily be replaced, and it is a credit to its authors and publishers alike.' -W. H. Frend, University of Cambridge; 'Drs Baum and Winkler have done us good service in providing this easily accessible account of the Church of the East the first full history of the Church of the East since the work of Cardinal Tisserant.' - Stuart Munro-Hay