Metadata : Jerusalem Christians Correspondence
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding institution (official language):
- SOAS University of London
- Postal address:
- Archives and Special Collections, SOAS Library, Thornhaugh Street, Russell SquareLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC1H 0XG
- Phone number:
- Telephone: 020 7898 4180
- Web address:
- http://archives.soas.ac.uk/CalmView/Default.aspx?
- Email:
- Email: docenquiry@soas.ac.uk
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding institution (official language):
- SOAS University of London
- Postal address:
- Archives and Special Collections, SOAS Library, Thornhaugh Street, Russell SquareLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC1H 0XG
- Phone number:
- Telephone: 020 7898 4180
- Web address:
- http://archives.soas.ac.uk/CalmView/Default.aspx?
- Email:
- Email: docenquiry@soas.ac.uk
- Reference number:
- MS 380273
- Title:
- Jerusalem Christians Correspondence
- Title (official language):
- Jerusalem Christians Correspondence
- Date(s):
- 1841/1979
- Language:
- English
- Arabic
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Scope and content:
- Correspondence of Christians in Jerusalem, 1828-1904, comprising a printed letter from William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Prelates of the Eastern Churches, concerning the new Anglican Bishopric in Jerusalem, 1841, and article by A L Tibawi (_The Muslim World_, lxxix, no 1, 1979) concerning the letter; manuscript letter from the Agent of the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, 1868; manuscript letters from Arab Protestants, one to the Church Missionary Society and one to Bishop Barclay, 1880; correspondence and papers exchanged between George Blyth, Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, and Khalil Sakakini, and Isa al-Isa, discussing activities of the Arabic Literary Club and various educational matters, 1903-1904.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.
- From at least 1821 the Church Missionary Society advocated the establishment of a permanent post in Jerusalem. The London Jewish Society, which aimed to convert Jews to Christianity, also took an interest in the city. The first permanent station was established in Jerusalem in 1833 and the first Bishop, Michael Solomon Alexander (a converted Jewish Rabbi), arrived in 1841 with the aim of converting Jews and Palestinians to Christianity. The Bishopric started as an Anglo-Prussian union, for Anglicans and Lutherans. In 1845, the first Anglican Church (Christ Church, Jaffa Gate) was dedicated. The second Bishop (1845-1879) was Samuel Gobat von Cremines. After the death of the third Bishop (1879-1881), Joseph Barclay, the Bishopric became a solely Anglican Bishopric, centred on the Cathedral Church of St George, which was built and dedicated in 1898 under the fourth Bishop, George Blyth (d 1914).
- Access points: locations:
- Jerusalem
- Subject terms:
- Christianity
- Access, restrictions:
- Open
- Finding aids:
-
Online catalogue.
Notes with the letters summarise their contents.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb102-ms380273
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Author of the description:
- Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: website of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: http://www.jerusalem.anglican.org/history.htm Further information on Jerusalem: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08364a.htm Information on Khalil Sakakini: http://www.sakakini.org/khalil/sakakini.htm Information on Isa Al-Isa: http://www.passia.org
- School of Oriental and African Studies
- Reference number:
- MS 380273
- Title:
- Jerusalem Christians Correspondence
- Title (official language):
- Jerusalem Christians Correspondence
- Date(s):
- 1841/1979
- Language:
- English
- Arabic
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Scope and content:
- Correspondence of Christians in Jerusalem, 1828-1904, comprising a printed letter from William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Prelates of the Eastern Churches, concerning the new Anglican Bishopric in Jerusalem, 1841, and article by A L Tibawi (_The Muslim World_, lxxix, no 1, 1979) concerning the letter; manuscript letter from the Agent of the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, 1868; manuscript letters from Arab Protestants, one to the Church Missionary Society and one to Bishop Barclay, 1880; correspondence and papers exchanged between George Blyth, Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, and Khalil Sakakini, and Isa al-Isa, discussing activities of the Arabic Literary Club and various educational matters, 1903-1904.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.
- From at least 1821 the Church Missionary Society advocated the establishment of a permanent post in Jerusalem. The London Jewish Society, which aimed to convert Jews to Christianity, also took an interest in the city. The first permanent station was established in Jerusalem in 1833 and the first Bishop, Michael Solomon Alexander (a converted Jewish Rabbi), arrived in 1841 with the aim of converting Jews and Palestinians to Christianity. The Bishopric started as an Anglo-Prussian union, for Anglicans and Lutherans. In 1845, the first Anglican Church (Christ Church, Jaffa Gate) was dedicated. The second Bishop (1845-1879) was Samuel Gobat von Cremines. After the death of the third Bishop (1879-1881), Joseph Barclay, the Bishopric became a solely Anglican Bishopric, centred on the Cathedral Church of St George, which was built and dedicated in 1898 under the fourth Bishop, George Blyth (d 1914).
- Access points: locations:
- Jerusalem
- Subject terms:
- Christianity
- Access, restrictions:
- Open
- Finding aids:
-
Online catalogue.
Notes with the letters summarise their contents.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb102-ms380273
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Author of the description:
- Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: website of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: http://www.jerusalem.anglican.org/history.htm Further information on Jerusalem: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08364a.htm Information on Khalil Sakakini: http://www.sakakini.org/khalil/sakakini.htm Information on Isa Al-Isa: http://www.passia.org
- School of Oriental and African Studies
