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# Build a Church, Build a Library
- URL: https://www.assyriapost.com/build-a-church-build-a-library/
- Published: 2026-10-28T20:35:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-28T20:35:12.000Z
- Description: The life and deed of an Assyrian scribe is described in this text by a curator from the hill museum & manuscript library in the USA.
- Author: The Assyria Post
- Tags: Curated stories

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"If you want to establish a new church, you’re likely going to need some books. Liturgical, biblical, and theological books have been important parts of most church collections. Before the era of widespread access to printed books, this meant that most churches needed someone to write their books by hand, and for many early Assyrian Catholics in 18th- and 19th-century Mosul, Iraq, that person was named Ibrāhīm ibn Khidr."

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