Evangelizing the chosen people : missions to the Jews in America, 1880-2000 / by Yaakov Ariel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ariel, Yaakov S. (Yaakov Shalom), 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions to Jews--United States--History.

Missions to Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With this book, Yaakov Ariel offers the first comprehensive history of Protestant evangelization of Jews in America to the present day. Based on unprecedented research in missionary archives as well as Jewish writings, the book analyzes the theology and activities of both the missions and the converts and describes the reactions of the Jewish community, which in turn helped to shape the evangelical activity directed toward it.Ariel delineates three successive waves of evangelism, the first directed toward poor Jewish immigrants, the second toward American-born Jews trying to assimilate

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Rise of the Movement to Evangelize the Jews; 1. Eschatology and Mission; 2. The Missionary Work; 3. The Converts; 4. The Jewish Reaction; 5. The Reputation of the Missions; Part II. Years of Quiet Growth; 6. Choosing Sides; 7. Getting Acquainted with the Jews; 8. The Yiddish Translation of the New Testament; 9. The Moody Bible Institute and the Training of Missionaries to the Jews; 10. The Rise of the American Board of Mission to the Jews; 11. Tension and Rivalry; 12. The Rise and Fall of the Presbyterian Mission to the Jews

13. The Chicago Hebrew Mission; 14. American Missionary Work in Israel; 15. The Converts' Community; 16. The Missionary Impulse; 17. A Less Heated Reaction; Part III. The Coming of Age; 18. The Changing Times; 19. Jews for Jesus and the Evangelization of a New Generation; 20. The Rise of Mesianic Judaism; 21. The Missionaries Become Real; 22. The New Face of the Missionary Movement; Conclusion; Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-353) and index.

ISBN:

9798890871114

9780807860533

0807860530

OCLC:

476268338