Henry Martyn, Saint and Scholar (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. First Modern Missionary to the Mohammedans, 1781-1812By George Smith
Length16h 16m
About this audiobook
Henry Martyn, Saint and Scholar is a Victorian missionary biography that presents its subject as both exemplary Christian ascetic and formidable Orientalist. George Smith traces Martyn's Cambridge brilliance, evangelical conversion, chaplaincy in India, linguistic labors, and arduous journey toward Persia, where his translation work and theological disputations gave enduring shape to Protestant engagement with Islam. Written in the elevated, documentary style of nineteenth-century religious life-writing, the book combines edifying narrative, travel history, and imperial-era scholarship. George Smith, a Scottish journalist, editor, and historian of missions, was especially equipped to interpret Martyn's career. Known for his biographies of William Carey and other missionary figures, Smith understood the intellectual networks of British evangelicalism, the East India Company world, and the philological ambitions that often accompanied missionary enterprise. His admiration for Martyn is devotional, yet it is also informed by a historian's concern for sources, chronology, and institutional context. Readers interested in missionary history, Anglican evangelicalism, translation studies, or Britain's encounter with South Asia and Persia will find this volume rewarding. Though shaped by assumptions of its age, it remains a vivid account of a remarkable life devoted to learning, faith, and sacrificial service.
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- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length16 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 1, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Miles Standish, the Puritan Captain (Annotated)
9CHAPTER IX
2CHAPTER I
10CHAPTER X
3CHAPTER II
11CHAPTER XI (pt. 1)
4CHAPTER III
12CHAPTER XI (pt. 2)
5CHAPTER V
13CHAPTER XIII
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6CHAPTER VI
14CHAPTER XIV
7CHAPTER VII (pt. 1)
15CHAPTER XV
8CHAPTER VII (pt. 2)
16Memorable Quotes
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