Perley, David Barsum
Perley, David Barsum
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Perley, David Barsum (1901–1979)
大卫·巴尔苏姆·佩尔利 (David Barsum Perley) (1901–1979)
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Assyrian nationalist writer and activist.
亚述民族主义作家和活动家。
Assyrian nationalist writer and activist. Perley was born to Syr. Orth. parents in Kharput. Fleeing the persecution of Christians in eastern Turkey during World War I, he came to the USA, lived with relatives in Massachusetts, and graduated from Boston University in 1926. He practiced law in Paterson, New Jersey, specializing in immigration cases, from ca. 1935. He was one of the founders of the Assyrian National Federation in 1933. The theme of Perley’s writing, which was in English and mostly polemical, was the unity of Assyrians as one single nation transcending church membership and including people of E.- and W.-Syr. origin. In 1935 he advocated union ‘under the banner of our Ethnarch, Mar Eshai Shemʿon ’.
亚述 (Assyrian) 民族主义作家和活动家。珀利 (Perley) 出生于哈尔普特 (Kharput) 的叙利亚正教 (Syr. Orth.) 家庭。第一次世界大战 (World War I) 期间，为躲避土耳其 (Turkey) 东部对基督徒的迫害，他来到美国 (USA)，与马萨诸塞州 (Massachusetts) 的亲属同住，并于 1926 年毕业于波士顿大学 (Boston University)。自 1935 年左右起，他在新泽西州 (New Jersey) 帕特森 (Paterson) 从事法律工作，专攻移民案件。他是 1933 年成立的亚述民族联合会 (Assyrian National Federation) 的创始人之一。珀利 (Perley) 的著作多用英文 (English) 写成，且大多具有论战性，其主题是强调亚述人 (Assyrians) 作为一个单一民族的团结，超越教会成员身份，包容东叙利亚 (E.-Syr.) 和西叙利亚 (W.-Syr.) 渊源的人士。1935 年，他主张“在我们的民族长 (Ethnarch) 马尔·埃沙伊·谢蒙 (Mar Eshai Shemʿon) 的旗帜下”实现联合。
Citation
James F. Coakley. 2011. “Perley, David Barsum.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Beth Mardutho. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Perley-David-Barsum.