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Contributing Institution:
California State University Stanislaus Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Rabi Yulius Petros Assyrian Language collection
source:
Bet-Nahrain Inc. (Turlock, California)
Creator:
Petros, Yulius, Rabi
Identifier/Call Number: PETROS.001.CaTurCSU
Physical Description:
34 Digital Files
Date (bulk): 1999-2004
Language of Material:
English
, Semitic languages
.
Rabi Yulius Petros was born on April 26, 1932 in the village of Golpashan in Urmia, Iran. His father, Giwargis Sargis, was
a farmer, and his mother, Nanajan Youkhana, was a
graduate of the American Presbyterian Missionary school.
Rabi Yulius completed his primary education in Urmia and went on to pursue higher education in English literature and obtained
a Bachelors of Art degree from the University of Tabriz in 1952. He stated teaching English at the Ebne Sina and Ferdosi High
schools in Urmia. In 1959 he was nominated to participate in a national registry and was granted a scholarship by Point Four,
an educational endowment, which took him to University of Beirut in Lebanon.
The University of Tabriz, in conjunction with the Department of Education, granted Rabi Yulius an opportunity to come to the
United States and study at the University of Nebraska in 1962. He returned to his native country of Iran and continued to
teach in his hometown of Urmia until 1984.
Rabi Yulius grew up speaking and learning to read and write the Assyrian language at home, his mother being his first teacher.
His love for learning and teaching grew as he
attended Assyrian language classes offered at his church.
In 1984 Rabi Yulius and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in New Britton, Connecticut. He taught the
Assyrian language at the Assyrian Church of the East
until he moved to Turlock in 1996. He established and coordinated classes at the Assyrian American Civic Club of Turlock,
Turlock High School, Turlock Adult School and the Assyrian Church of the East.
Rabi Yulius Petros is currently teaching the Assyrian language at the Assyrian American Civic Club of Turlock and hosts a
radio program teaching Assyrian literature and history.
Collection is open for research.
This collection of 34 DVDs is comprised of a biography, an interview, and 32 individual video lessons taught by Rabi Petros
on the Assyrian language. The Assyrian language is spoken in parts of Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, the United States, and Europe.
Rabi Petros's pedagogy emphasizes teaching the sounds of vowels and the entire Assyrian alphabet. He explains that it is
easier to learn the Assyrian language when there is a clear understanding of the phonetic sounds of the letters. Rabi Petros
teaches both English and Assyrian.
The video lessons were converted from VHS to DVD, and later to MP4 files.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Akkadian language
Language courses
Syriac language, Modern
Bet-Nahrain Inc. (Turlock, California)