John Joseph (historian)

Joseph was born in Iraq in September 1923. He was the son of refugees from the Sayfo 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2007/03.31.07/index_sun.php#bravo |title=Zinda Magazine (2007): Franklin & Marshall College's John Joseph International Center |access-date=2024-03-23 |archive-date=2021-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204131811/http://zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2007/03.31.07/index_sun.php#bravo |url-status=live }}

He died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on his 97th birthday in September 2020.{{cite web |title=John Joseph obituary |url=https://www.snyderfuneralhome.com/obituary/john-joseph/ |publisher=Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home |access-date=1 April 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309193327/https://www.snyderfuneralhome.com/obituary/john-joseph/ |url-status=live }}

• {{Cite book|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|chapter=The Turko-Iraqi Frontier and the Assyrians|title=The World of Islam: Studies in Honour of Philip K. Hitti|year=1959|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|pages=255–270|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=htUeAAAAMAAJ}}
• {{Cite book|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|title=The Nestorians and Their Muslim Neighbors: A Study of Western Influence on Their Relations|year=1961|location=Princeton|publisher=Princeton University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gj1tAAAAMAAJ}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|title=The Assyrian Affair: A Historical Perspective|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|year=1975|volume=6|number=1|pages=115–117|doi=10.1017/S0020743800024351|jstor=162737|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/162737|url-access=subscription}}
• {{Cite book|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|title=Muslim-Christian Relations and Inter-Christian Rivalries in the Middle East: The Case of the Jacobites in an Age of Transition|year=1983|location=Albany|publisher=State University of New York Press|isbn=9780873956000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKaL3_dfFJAC}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|title=Assyria and Syria: Synonyms?|journal=Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies|year=1997|volume=11|number=2|pages=37–43|url=http://www.jaas.org/edocs/v11n2/JohnJoseph.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715002908/http://www.jaas.org/edocs/v11n2/JohnJoseph.pdf|archive-date=2020-07-15}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|title=The Bible and the Assyrians: It Kept their Memory Alive|journal=Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies|year=1998|volume=12|number=1|pages=70–76|url=http://www.jaas.org/edocs/v12n1/JohnJoseph.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715114112/http://www.jaas.org/edocs/v12n1/JohnJoseph.pdf|archive-date=2020-07-15}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|title=We seem to have an identity crisis and for no reason|journal=Zinda Magazine|year=1999|volume=5|number=17|url=http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/1999/june21_1999.htm}}
• {{Cite book|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|title=The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East: A History of Their Encounter with Western Christian Missions, Archaeologists, and Colonial Powers|year=2000|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill|isbn=9004116419|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79wj2hj4wKUC}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|title=Exploiting the Assyrian Presence in Iraq|journal=Zinda Magazine|year=2002|volume=7|number=43|url=http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2002/1.28.02/index.php}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|title=Response to J. F. Coakley's Review|journal=Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies|year=2002|volume=5|number=2|pages=272–276|url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Beth-Mardutho/hugoye-data/master/pdf/vol5/HV5N2PRJoseph.pdf}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Joseph|first=John B.|author-link=John Joseph (historian)|title=Selective reading deceives readers|journal=Zinda Magazine|year=2004|volume=10|number=35|url=http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2004/10.18.04/index_mon.php}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.fandm.edu/academics/academic-centers/joseph-international-center Franklin & Marshall College: John Joseph International Center]
• [http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2002/1.7.02/index.php Sargon R. Michael (2002): Opinion & Reflections on Prof. John Joseph's Latest Book]
• [http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2002/8.26.02/index.php Fred Aprim (2002): Personal Reflections on John Joseph's Hypothesis]
• [http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2004/10.20.04/index_wed.php Fred Aprim (2004): Prof. John Joseph: Selective or Objective]
• [http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2004/11.2.04/index_tue.php Johny Messo (2004): The Professor & the Nationalist]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=32HS_jUi4NEC George V. Yana (2008): Ancient and Modern Assyrians: A Scientific Analysis]
• [https://www.fandm.edu/magazine/magazine-issues/autumn-2013/autumn-2013-articles/2013/02/16/a-chance-for-life Julia Ferrante (2013): A Chance for Life - Former prisoners of war launched new beginnings at F&M after World War II]
• [https://www.aramnahrin.org/Yuhannon_Yusef.htm Arameans of Aram-Naharaim Organisation: Professor John Joseph (Yuhannon Yusef)]

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