Divine Expectations: An American Woman In Nineteenth-Century Palestine

by Barbara Kreiger

Book Overview

Barbara Kreiger's intriguing narrative presents the account of Clorinda Minor, a charismatic American Christian woman whose belief in the Second Coming prompted her to leave a comfortable life in Philadelphia in 1851 and take up agriculture in Palestine.

After her disappointment in a failed prophecy that the End of Days would take place in October 1844, Mrs. Minor determined that the Holy Land was not yet adequately prepared for such an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821412949
• ISBN13: 9780821412947
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A Gripping Tale of Determination and Forebearance

Barbara Kreiger's well researched account of a 19th century American Christian woman who went to Palestine where she hoped to teach impoverished Jews of Palestine to farm is a little known but compelling story that heralds the agricultural development of Palestine in the century to come. It is terse, dramatic, moving in parts -- a must for anyone interested in the history of America's early involvement with the Holy Land.