The Missionary Herald: Reports from Syria 1819- 1870

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Author: Kamal Salibi & Yusuf K. Khoury

Publisher/Publication: Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies

DOI/ISBN: ISBN 9781897750513

This sourcebook, which consists of 5 volumes, with an average of 450 pages per volume and an index, contains eyewitness reports that are considered fundamental to the study of the history of Ottoman Syria in the nineteenth century. The history of Christianity in the Middle East and American missionaries is covered in the book from a different angle, during a crucial period. Τhe journal provides access about American Protestant missionaries and their relationship with other denominations, as personal correspondences reproducing firsthand accounts about their activity in Ottoman Syria, were gathered in five volumes. The edition offers interesting details about the daily life of the missionaries and the people. However, some information is not proof checked, as in some occasions it is acquired from biased sources.