Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index.
Contents
Political and Ideological Background -- Worldwide Activities of the London Society -- 1809-1841 -- Birth of a Society -- Exploratory Expeditions -- Striking Root -- Efflorescence of a Church -- Medical Mission -- 1842-1845 -- Anglo-Prussian Bishopric -- Alexander Period -- Church in Jerusalem -- Hospital in Jerusalem -- Safed -- Jaffa -- Hebron -- Tiberias -- Christian von Bunsen -- 1846-1881 -- Gobat Period -- Decline -- Hospital in Jerusalem -- Church in Jerusalem -- Educational Institutions in Jerusalem -- Jaffa -- Safed -- Barclay Period -- Resurgence -- 1882-1896 -- High Hopes -- Blyth Period -- New Hospital in Jerusalem -- Other Institutions in Jerusalem -- Safed -- Jaffa -- Hebron -- Agricultural Settlement of Artouf -- Visits to the Jewish Settlements -- Response to Jewish Immigration -- 1897-1914 -- Zionist Period -- Institutions in Jerusalem -- Safed Hospital -- Safed Church -- Haifa -- World War One -- Opposition.
Summary
Yaron Perry's account reveals, without bias or partiality, the story of the "London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews" and its unique contribution to the restoration of the Holy Land.
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