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'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

'The book's great strength is its ready availability and concise coverage. The book is clear, useful and therefore recommended.' - Sobornost, Incorporating Eastern Churches Review 'This volume is very useful indeed. The authors have been able to present a complex history in readable narrative and to summarise much of the literature from recent centuries.' - Asia Journal of Theology

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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.

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