Grace Aguilar (1818 1847), a prolific nineteenth-century novelist and Jewish historian of Sephardic descent, was better known for her works of fiction, but in this 1845 publication she addresses Jewish history from a female perspective. These two volumes consist of a series of biographical essays on Old Testament, Talmudic and modern Jewish women. Aguilar identifies a need for more female biography of scripture, postulating a continuity between the biblical matriarchs and the Jewish women of her generation. Addressing a female readership, Aguilar writes in a didactic and highly evangelical...
Grace Aguilar (1818 1847), a prolific nineteenth-century novelist and Jewish historian of Sephardic descent, was better known for her works of fiction...
Grace Aguilar (1818 1847), a prolific nineteenth-century novelist and Jewish historian of Sephardic descent, was known for her works of fiction, but in this 1845 publication she addresses Jewish history from a female perspective. These two volumes consist of a series of biographical essays on Old Testament, Talmudic and modern Jewish women. Aguilar identifies a need for more female biography of scripture, postulating a continuity between the biblical matriarchs and the Jewish women of her generation. Addressing a female readership, Aguilar writes in a didactic and highly evangelical tone...
Grace Aguilar (1818 1847), a prolific nineteenth-century novelist and Jewish historian of Sephardic descent, was known for her works of fiction, but i...
Reginald Heber (1783 1826), second bishop of Calcutta, was appointed to the role in 1823, and had for a long time been interested in the Church of England's overseas missions. His diocese in the subcontinent had been established less than a decade before, in 1814, and included India, southern Africa and Australia. Heber travelled extensively throughout, visiting remote Anglican communities and later publishing journals about his travels. In addition, he was well-known as a hymn-writer. Sermons Preached in India, however, was published posthumously in 1829, and edited by his widow, Amelia....
Reginald Heber (1783 1826), second bishop of Calcutta, was appointed to the role in 1823, and had for a long time been interested in the Church of Eng...
The Reverend John Furniss Ogle (1823 65) was an academic, a Church of England clergyman and a committed missionary. Born into a wealthy religious family and educated at Cambridge, he worked as a tutor and minister before undertaking missions in the Falkland Islands, Europe and Africa. First published in 1873, this collection of Ogle's letters was compiled shortly after his death at sea during a mission to Algeria. Interspersed with detailed commentary by the book's editor, the Reverend James Aitken Wylie (1808 90), the letters trace Ogle's early childhood, his studies at Cambridge, his...
The Reverend John Furniss Ogle (1823 65) was an academic, a Church of England clergyman and a committed missionary. Born into a wealthy religious fami...
