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100 1 $aGeniesse, Jane Fletcher.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99002936
245 10 $aAmerican priestess :$bthe extraordinary story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem /$cJane Fletcher Geniesse.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bNan A. Talese/Doubleday,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $axv, 378 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]-364) and index.
505 00 $tPrincipal Characters -- $g1.$tA Beginning -- $g2.$tAnna -- $g3.$tSpafford -- $g4.$tThrilling Ideas -- $g5.$tThe Calamity of the Age -- $g6.$tCollision at Sea -- $g7.$t"You Must Give Yourself to My Work" -- $g8.$tReturn to Chicago -- $g9.$tThe Overcomers -- $g10.$t"Amelikans" in Yerushalayim -- $g11.$tThe Gadites -- $g12.$tBad News and Good Works -- $g13.$tFriends and a Foe -- $g14.$tOvercoming Temptation and the Dangers of Attachment -- $g15.$tStruggling On -- $g16.$tThe Whiting Affair -- $g17.$tThe Trial -- $g18.$tThe Chicago Swedes -- $g19.$tThe Swedes from Nas -- $g20.$tA Cemetery War Begins -- $g21.$tThe Sultan, the Emperor, the Zionist-and Buried Bodies -- $g22.$tThe Novelist -- $g23.$tThe New Dispensation -- $g24.$tTriumph -- $g25.$tWar -- $g26.$tSuffering -- $g27.$tSurrender -- $g28.$tThe Lion and the Lamb -- $g29.$tDeath -- $g30.$tEpitaph.
520 1 $a"For generations in Jerusalem, a fabled mansion has been the retreat for foreign correspondents, diplomats, pilgrims and spies - but until now, few have known the true story of the house that became the American Colony Hotel or its bizarre history of tragedy, religious extremism, emotional blackmail, and peculiar sexual practices." "During the boom years following the Civil War, in the country's heartland capital, Chicago, a prominent lawyer Horatio Spafford and his blue-eyed wife Anna rode the mighty wave of Protestant evangelicalism deluging the nation. When suddenly tragedy struck, the charismatic Spaffords, grieving, attracted followers eager to believe their prophecy that the Second Coming was at hand and in 1881 sailed with them to Jerusalem to see the Messiah alight on the Mount of Olives." "No sooner had they settled into the Holy City than the U. S. Consul and the established Christian missionaries declared them heretics and whispered of sexual deviance. Yet Muslims and Jews admired their unflagging care of the sick and the needy, and Jews were intrigued with their advocacy of a Jewish Return to Zion. When Horatio died, Anna assumed leadership, shocking even her adherents by abolishing marriage and established a dictatorship that was not always benevolent. Ever dogged by controversy, she and her credulous followers lived through and closely participated in the titanic upheavals that eventually formed the modern Middle East." "Written with flair and insight, American Priestess provides a fascinating exploration of the seductive power of evangelicalism and raises questions about the manipulation of religion to serve personal goals." "A powerful narrative, the story sweeps through the dramatic collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the establishment of the British Mandate, and finally the founding of Israel, where Anna's house in east Jerusalem, now the American Colony Hotel, stands as an exemplar of beauty and comfort despite its turbulent history."--BOOK JACKET.
610 20 $aAmerican Colony (Jerusalem)$xHistory.
650 0 $aChristian communities$zPalestine.
600 10 $aSpafford, Anna T.,$d1842-1923.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001030611
650 0 $aAmericans$zJerusalem$xHistory.
650 0 $aLay missionaries$zJerusalem$xHistory.
651 0 $aJerusalem$xChurch history.
852 00 $bbar$hBV4406.9$i.G46 2008
852 00 $buts$hBV4406.9$i.G46 2008