Israel

ABOUT THE BOOK:- A very bright and protentous star having arisen in the last making glad the hearts of Gods people and urging the friends of Zion to unusual and almost miraculous exertions in spreading the glad tiding of Salvation among the distant nations of the Earth, the compiler of the following sheets, Animated by the blessed eastern prospects can no longer with hold the small discovery that has been made of a rising star in the west, from the knowledge of this who and zealous and anxious to behold the returning Messiah coming in his own glory and the glory of the Father, attended by all the Saints, which Star may in the issue, turn out to be the star of Jacob, and became a guide to the long suffering and despised descendants of that eminent patriarch, to find the once humble babe of Bathelhem, as the wise men of the east were of old directed in their distant course, to discover in the stable and the manager, the great object of their adoration, joy and hope, even him who “was born king of the Jews”. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) was born in Philadelphia, his father was a merchant and silversmith, he was a neighbor and friend of Benjamin Franklin after studying and being tutored at home, Elias Boudinot went to Princeton, New Jersy to read the law as a legal apprentice to Richard Stockton. On May 5, 1777, General George Washington asked Boudinot to be appointed as commissary general for prisoners. Congress through the Board of war concerned. Boudinot was commissioned as a colonel in the continental army for this work .He served until July 1778, when competing responsibilities forced him to resign. In November 1777, the new Jersy Legislature named Boudinot as one of the delegates to the second continental congress. In October 1795, President George Washington appointed him as director of the United States Mint. The Title 'A Star in the West Or a Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, Preparatory to Their Return to Their Beloved City Jerusalem written/authored/edited by Elias Boudinot', published in the year 2017. The ISBN 9789351286080 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 318 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History / Middle East / Israel & Palestine / Religion & Spirituality / Judaism. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-