Watchmen on the Walls
Subtitle: extracts from the diary of Hannah Hurnard, a missionary in Jerusalem, before and during the Arab-Jewish War, May-December, 1948
Publisher: Church Missions to Jews
Published: 1950
Place of publication: Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Notes: Publisher statement from page [10].
The London Society for the Promotion of the Gospel Amongst the Jews is also called the London Jews Society (LJS) and the Church Missions to Jews, and later the Church's Ministry Among the Jews (CMJ). - Mitchell Leslie Glaser.
Miss Hannah Hurnard played a major role in Jerusalem in the first stage of Operation Mercy. She was in CMJ's (Church Missions to Jews) employ and remained in Jerusalem in 1948 together with other Protestant missionaries. She has provided an eyewitness account about the time before and after May 15, 1948. - Kai Kjaer-Hansen.
A date is not printed on this item. A cataloger estimated 1950.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Table of dates; title: Part one : The end of a chapter.; title: A city divided against itself; title: Barricades and outrages; title: Closing the hospital; title: The battle of the roads; title: Easter; title: The end of the Mandate; title: Part two : A new chapter begins : "The State of Israel".; title: The siege of Jerusalem; title: The narrow plain of ease; title: Resumed fighting and Second Truce; title: A moment of peace; title: The State of Israel; title: Watchmen on the walls