The Establishment of the Free Church of Scotland’s Mission to the Conversion of the Constantinople Jews in the 19th Century

Recent studies and dissertations have explored the history of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission (ABCFM) in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. However, research on the religious missionary work of Scottish Protestant missionaries in the Ottoman lands is still lacking. This...

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Autor: Martín González, Daniel
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/98886
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98886
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Protestant missionaries
Ottoman Empire
Sephardic Jews
Alexander Thomson
Proselytism
Humanidades
57 Lingüística
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Resumo:Recent studies and dissertations have explored the history of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission (ABCFM) in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. However, research on the religious missionary work of Scottish Protestant missionaries in the Ottoman lands is still lacking. This article describes the history of the Free Church of Scotland’s Mission in Constantinople after the famous Kirk Disruption of 1843 with the Established Church of Scotland. This investigation presents both the origin of the main two stations, located in Galata and Hasköy, devoted to the conversion of Constantinople Jews, mainly Sephardim, as well as the missionaries’ strategies for proselytization and the results of their work. Finally, this study will present the results of the mission in terms of possible conversions and their outreach in the Jewish community.