Joseph Barclay
Joseph Barclay (* 1831 with Strabane ; † October 23, 1881 in Jerusalem ) was a British theologian , missionary and Anglican bishop in Jerusalem .
Life
Barclay's family had Scottish roots. He first attended Trinity College in Dublin. Upon graduation, he accepted a vicarage in Bagnelstown, County Carlow ; here he developed a great interest in the London Society for the Promotion of Christianity.
As a missionary of this society, he went to Constantinople until 1861 . Mission trips took him to the Danube provinces, Rhodes and other districts. He learned the Sephardic language and studied Hebrew . In 1861 he became chairman of the Christian Church in Jerusalem, a position that required energy and tact to neutralize the dispute between the parties whose rivalries Barclay describes in his diary entries.
In 1865 he visited England and Ireland, received a doctorate from his university, and married. On his return he asked for a raise and resigned in 1870 because London society refused to grant his request. He returned to England and served as vicariate at Howe, Lincolnshire and St. Margaret , Westminster, until 1873 when he became Rector at Stapleford in the Diocese of St Albans . He used his free time in 1877 to publish translations of individual treatises of the Talmud with prolegomena and notes.
Barclay delivered his sermons in Spanish, French and German. He also spoke Turkish and learned the Arabic language. In 1880 he received the degree of Dr. Dr. from Dublin University.
Bishop of Jerusalem
In 1879 Samuel Gobat , the Anglican bishop of Jerusalem, died . Of Lord Beaconsfield Joseph Barclay was Queen Victoria proposed as a candidate to succeed. Archbishop Archibald Campbell Tait consecrated Barclay bishop in St. Paul . On January 15, 1880, he traveled to Jerusalem.
On April 5, 1880, he called a conference of all European missionaries. He went to Beirut and inspected the British schools in Syria donated by Mrs. Bowen Thompson , which he found in good condition. He went to Egypt in November 1880 to provide pastoral care and worship for the seafarers in Suez and Port Said . But on October 23, 1881, he died in Jerusalem. His wife, née Andrew, returned with the children to their parents, and she died four months after her husband.
literature
- Samuel Gobat, Protestant bishop in Jerusalem (mostly recorded by himself), Basel, 1884, CS Spittler publishing house
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Samuel Gobat, Protestant Bishop in Jerusalem (mostly recorded by himself), pp. 414 and 540
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barclay, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | (third) Protestant (Anglican) Bishop of Jerusalem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | at Strabane in County Tyrone, Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1881 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |