Research Catalog

Title

"Mighty in the Scriptures" : a memoir of Adolph Saphir / by Gavin Carlyle.

Author

Carlyle, Gavin.

Publication

London : J. F. Shaw, 1894.

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Details

Description

viii, 450 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Saphir, Adolph
• Saphir, Adolph, 1831-1891
• Theologians > Great Britain > Biography
• Jewish Christians > Great Britain > Biography
• Christian converts from Judaism > Great Britain > Biography
• Missions to Jews

Genre/Form

Biographies

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The call of God -- The Pesth Mission -- The Saphir family -- Baptism of the Saphir household -- Influence of the court -- Adolph's departure from Pesth -- Adolph's education in Berlin -- Philipp Saphir and his sister Elizabeth -- College career in Scotland -- Letters of student days -- Ordination to the Jewish work -- Ministry to Germans in Glasgow -- Beginning of life-work in England -- Settlement at Greenwich -- Literary activity -- Fame in London -- "Christ and the Scriptures" -- Close of ministry at Greenwich -- Beginning of ministry in West London -- Lectures on the Hebrews and the divinity of Christ -- Letters of his later life -- Ministry in West London from 1875-1880 -- Ministry in Belgravia -- Devotion to the Jews and Jewish mission -- Closing days -- Pithy sayings and short extracts.

OCLC

• 6035501
• SCSB-10677944

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library