Divine Expectations: An American Woman in Nineteenth Century Palestine
Barbara Kreiger's compelling narrative is 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.\ Following a failed prophecy that the End of Days would take place in October 1844, Mrs. Minor turned her attention to the Holy Land and announced that her mission was to teach the poverty-stricken Jews of Palestine to work the soil. In this very...
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Barbara Kreiger's compelling narrative is 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. Following a failed prophecy that the End of Days would take place in October 1844, Mrs. Minor turned her attention to the Holy Land and announced that her mission was to teach the poverty-stricken Jews of Palestine to work the soil. In this very American story, Mrs. Minor, like so many other pioneers of her day, looked to the land as her future. Although Clorinda Minor's motivation was distinctly religious, her daily efforts were in the social realm. Her small farm was a unique settlement where Christians, Muslims, and Jews labored alongside one another. But the events detailed in Divine Expectations had tragic individual consequences and complex international repercussions. This is a piece of history with keen modern resonances and, in Barbara Kreiger's hands, it is eminently readable.
List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsNote to the ReaderNote on SpellingIntroduction1Pt. IArtas1Clorinda Minor, and Arrivals in Palestine132The Battle for Artas55Pt. IIJaffa3The Move to Jaffa1094The Aftermath147Sources and Chapter Notes175Index195
