GB 0102 MS 380273 - Jerusalem Christians Correspondence

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GB 0102 MS 380273 1841-1904, 1979 Collection (fonds) 1 file Church of England , Archbishop of Canterbury

Church of England , Bishop of Jerusalem

Arabic Literary Club , Jerusalem

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).

Khalil Sakakini (1878-1953) was a Palestinian educationalist and Arab nationalist.

Isa Daoud Al-Isa (1878-1950) was a Palestinian journalist and poet, the co-founder (in 1911) and editor of the Arabic newspaper based in Jaffa, Filastin.

Donated in 1980.

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.

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Arabic and English

Database. Notes with the letters summarise their contents.

Some of the documents are discussed in the bibliography of A L Tibawi, British Interests in Palestine 1800-1901 (1961), and in Revue de l'academic arabe (Damas, 1974), pp 871-881.

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 Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jun 2002 Al-Isa , Isa Daoud , 1878-1950 , Palestinian journalist and poet Ancient religions Anglicanism Anglicans Arabic Literary Club , Jerusalem Arabs Associations Barclay , Joseph , d 1881 , Bishop in Jerusalem Blyth , George , d 1914 , Bishop in Jerusalem Christianity Christians Church Church Missionary Society Church of England , Archbishop of Canterbury Church of England , Bishop of Jerusalem Clergy Ethnic groups Howley , William , 1766-1848 , Archbishop of Canterbury Israel Jerusalem Learned societies Middle East Organizations Protestantism Protestants Religions Religious groups Religious institutions Religious leaders Sakakini , Khalil , 1878-1953 , Palestinian educationalist and Arab nationalist Tibawi , Abdul Latif , fl 1956-1980 , historian Catholicism Catholics

Donated in 1980.

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.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

Arabic and English

Database. Notes with the letters summarise their contents.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English