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Born in Franconia, the son of a rabbi, Joseph Wolff (1795 1862) was
baptised in 1812. Educated in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, he later
studied Arabic, Syriac and Aramaic in Vienna, and Christian
theology in Rome before being expelled from the city for his
heretical views. He came to England, became a member of the Church
of England, and then embarked on his missionary work. Though he met
with limited evangelical success, the books he went on to publish
made him well known at home. Reissued here is his 1835 account of
travels in the early 1830s through the Middle East and Asia, during
which he experienced robbery and disease, journeyed through the
Himalayas, and was hosted by numerous royal courts. This tale,
exotic and extraordinary, is a remarkable source for those
interested in nineteenth-century orientalism and Christian
missionary zeal."
Born in Franconia, the son of a rabbi, Joseph Wolff (1795 1862) was
baptised in 1812, moved to England in 1819, and became a Christian
missionary. He travelled widely in the Near East, Middle East and
Central Asia, enduring shipwreck, robbery and disease. His
Researches and Missionary Labours among the Jews, Mohammedans, and
Other Sects (1835) and the miscellaneous Travels and Adventures
(1861) are also reissued in this series. First published in 1845
and reissued here in the revised second edition of that year, this
two-volume work records Wolff's journey to the Emirate of Bukhara
(in present-day Uzbekistan) to investigate the disappearance of two
British officers. Volume 1 begins with chapters covering Wolff's
background and previous travels, before focusing on his mission to
find the missing men, his initial investigations in Persia, and his
arrival in Bukhara, noting details of the people and culture."
Born in Franconia, the son of a rabbi, Joseph Wolff (1795 1862) was
baptised in 1812, moved to England in 1819, and became a Christian
missionary. He travelled widely in the Near East, Middle East and
Central Asia, enduring shipwreck, robbery and disease. His
Researches and Missionary Labours among the Jews, Mohammedans, and
Other Sects (1835) and the miscellaneous Travels and Adventures
(1861) are also reissued in this series. First published in 1845
and reissued here in the revised second edition of that year, this
two-volume work records Wolff's journey to the Emirate of Bukhara
(in present-day Uzbekistan) to investigate the disappearance of two
British officers. In Volume 2, Wolff offers further observations on
the region's culture, religion and military history. He discovers
that the missing men had been executed by one of the Emir's
subordinates, Abdul Samut Khan, who also attempted to kill Wolff,
though he narrowly escaped."
Published in 1861, this work in the third person, dictated by
Joseph Wolff (1795-1862) to friends, is an epic miscellany of
stories. Wolff, the son of a rabbi, had a peripatetic Middle
European childhood. He converted to Christianity in 1812, studying
Near Eastern languages in Vienna and Tubingen, and theology in Rome
- until he was expelled by the Inquisition for heretical views. He
eventually moved to England, working for the London Society for
Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews. Beginning his mission in
the Middle East, he later travelled to Afghanistan, Ethiopia,
India, and the United States, where he preached to Congress. His
eventful career saw him variously shipwrecked, enslaved, and forced
to walk without clothes for 600 miles following a robbery. In 1847
he settled more quietly in a Somerset vicarage. Though
characteristically orientalist (and with possible embellishments),
this work remains an invigorating depiction of a lifetime's
adventure.
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