Beth Nahrain
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Beth Nahrain (Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ; "the house/land of the two rivers") is the Syriac name for Mesopotamia (a Greek-derived word which translates to "the land between the rivers"). It refers to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in and around the modern-day countries of Iraq and Syria. The Syriac name loosely describes the area of the rivers, not between like the literal Greek term; however both names refer to the same region. The name Bayn Nahrayn is also found in Arabic (Arabic: بين نهرين; "between two rivers").
This area roughly encompasses much of Iraq, eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and western Iran. The Assyrians and Syriacs consider themselves to be indigenous inhabitants of Beth Nahrain.[1]
"Nahrainean" or "Nahrainian" is the Anglicized name for "Nahraya", which is the Syriac equivalent of the Greek-derived term "Mesopotamian".[2]
[edit] See also
- Assyrian people
- Aram-Naharaim
- Mesopotamia
- Canaan
- Philistia
- Phoenicia
- Aramaea
- Assyria
- Babylonia
- Akkad
- Sumer
- Chaldea
- Gabo d’Hirutho d’Bethnahrin
- Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party
[edit] References
- ^ Simo Parpola, Assyrian Identity in Ancient Times and Today, Lecture given at the March 27, 2004 historical seminar of the Assyrian Youth Federation in Sweden (AUF)
- ^ Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies Past and Present, Perceptions of Syriac Literary Tradition by Lucas VAN ROMPAY
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