A Scottish Millennial Mission to Jews: The Conversion, Work, Theological views, and Hungarian Connections of Adolph Saphir (1831–91)

This paper investigates how the missionaries of the Church of Scotland sought to convert the Jews in Hungary. The research studies carefully Adolph Saphir's change of faith, his theological views, and his work. His family was the first “fruit” of Scottish missionary activity among the Hungarian...

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Published in:International review of mission
Main Author: Kovács, Abrahám (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: International review of mission
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBF British Isles
KBK Europe (East)
KDG Free church
NBQ Eschatology
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Jewish mission
B Reformed
B Hungary
B Scottish evangelicalism
B Millennialism
B Conversion
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Summary:This paper investigates how the missionaries of the Church of Scotland sought to convert the Jews in Hungary. The research studies carefully Adolph Saphir's change of faith, his theological views, and his work. His family was the first “fruit” of Scottish missionary activity among the Hungarian Jews in 1843. After scrutinizing his conversion, the study proceeds to map his sphere of work as a missionary. In particular, it examines his millennial views, which gave the impetus to his missionary activity. Finally, the paper demonstrates that he became an ardent supporter of mission to the Jews not only in Britain but also in Central Europe.
ISSN:1758-6631
Contains:Enthalten in: International review of mission
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/irom.12335