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Dr. Grant and the Mountain Nestorians

Drawing extensively from Dr. Grant's own letters and journals, Laurie's narrative provides a lively account of the life and work of a little-known nineteenth-century missionary.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 1-59333-181-9
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Jun 1,2005
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 424
ISBN: 1-59333-181-9
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Dr. Grant and the Mountain Nestorians by Thomas Laurie relates the biography of the eminent American missionary physician, Dr. Asahel Grant. Born in 1807, he studied medicine as a young man and became a Presbyterian missionary in 1834. Grant lived in Persia for ten years making a number of expeditions into the mountains of Kurdistan and establishing a mission at Ashitha intended to serve the needs of the people he identified as "Nestorians". In 1843, in the wake of Turkish and Kurdish violence against the Christians of the Church of the East, Grant and the people to whom he ministered were displaced to refugee camps near Mosul. Grant died shortly thereafter, in April of 1844.

Drawing extensively from Dr. Grant’s own letters and journals, Laurie’s narrative provides a lively account of the life and work of a little-known nineteenth-century missionary and opens windows on the intertwined histories of the Church of the East and American Protestantism in the cultural milieu of the Middle East of the nineteenth century.

Dr. Grant and the Mountain Nestorians by Thomas Laurie relates the biography of the eminent American missionary physician, Dr. Asahel Grant. Born in 1807, he studied medicine as a young man and became a Presbyterian missionary in 1834. Grant lived in Persia for ten years making a number of expeditions into the mountains of Kurdistan and establishing a mission at Ashitha intended to serve the needs of the people he identified as "Nestorians". In 1843, in the wake of Turkish and Kurdish violence against the Christians of the Church of the East, Grant and the people to whom he ministered were displaced to refugee camps near Mosul. Grant died shortly thereafter, in April of 1844.

Drawing extensively from Dr. Grant’s own letters and journals, Laurie’s narrative provides a lively account of the life and work of a little-known nineteenth-century missionary and opens windows on the intertwined histories of the Church of the East and American Protestantism in the cultural milieu of the Middle East of the nineteenth century.

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  • Preface
  • Parentage
  • Decision to be a Missionary
  • Smyrna
  • The Nestorians
  • Arrival at Oroomiah
  • Interest in the Mountains
  • Journey to Mesopotamia and Assyria
  • First Journey in the Mountains
  • Mr. Ainsworth
  • Third Visit to the Mountains
  • Journey of Messrs. Hinsdale and Mitchell
  • Journey to Oroomiah
  • Fourth Journey Through the Mountains
  • Visit of Mr. Hinsdale to the Mountains
  • Fifth Visit to the Mountains
  • Visit to Badir Khan Bey
  • Commencement of the Storm
  • Courtesy Between Missionary Societies
  • Plan to Return to America