British mission to the Jews in nineteenth-century Palestine / Yaron Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Yaron.

Standardized Title:

Neśiʼim ṿe-ruaḥ ṿe-geshem ayin. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews.

Missions to Jews--Palestine--History--19th century.

Missions to Jews.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity--History--19th century.

Judaism.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism--History--19th century.

Christianity and other religions.

History.

Relations.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

xiii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2003.

Language Note:

Translated from the Hebrew.

Contents:

Political and Ideological Background 1

Worldwide Activities of the London Society 7

1. 1809-1841 12

Birth of a Society 12

Exploratory Expeditions 16

Striking Root 22

Efflorescence of a Church 30

Medical Mission 40

2. 1842-1845 52

The Anglo-Prussian Bishopric 52

The Alexander Period 57

The Church in Jerusalem 66

The Hospital in Jerusalem 71

Safed 78

Jaffa 80

Hebron 81

Tiberias 82

Christian von Bunsen 84

3. 1846-1881 92

The Gobat Period 92

Decline 98

The Hospital in Jerusalem 104

The Church in Jerusalem 107

Educational Institutions in Jerusalem 109

Jaffa 113

Safed 114

The Barclay Period 116

Resurgence 119

4. 1882-1896 126

High Hopes 126

The Blyth Period 131

The New Hospital in Jerusalem 133

Other Institutions in Jerusalem 139

Safed 142

Jaffa 149

Hebron 155

The Agricultural Settlement of Artouf 156

Visits to the Jewish Settlements 165

The Response to Jewish Immigration 166

5. 1897-1914 175

The Zionist Period 175

Institutions in Jerusalem 179

The Safed Hospital 185

The Safed Church 190

Haifa 193

World War One 197

Opposition 198.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-225) and index.

ISBN:

0714654167

071468385X

OCLC:

51265129