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- ↑ Cyclopædia of Christian Missions - Page 195:- John Logan Aikman - 1860 THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE JEWS. This Society was established in 1842, in London, and draws its chief support from the various dissenting communities in England. Its object is identical with that of ...
- ↑ Ellen Spolsky Iconotropism: turning toward pictures - Page 126 - 2004 London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews (founded 1809) and the Presbyterian British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews (founded 1842).30 The former, founded by Anglicans, was then also known as the London Jews' Society and ...
- ↑ Jacobs, Joseph; Lipkind, Goodman. "Herschell, Ridley Haim". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. 2011. pp. 126–127. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- Dunlop, John (1894). Memories of gospel triumphs among the Jews during the Victorian era. London: S.W. Partridge & Co.