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James Finn was a British Consul in Jerusalem, in the then Ottoman Empire (1846–1863).〔http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0006-0895(198509)48%3A3%3C181%3AEAF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W〕 He arrived in 1845 with his wife Elizabeth Anne Finn. Finn was a devout Christian, who belonged to the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews, but who did not engage in missionary work during his years in Jerusalem. Finn was a writer and philanthropist. He was a great believer in productivity, an ideology that was very much in vogue at the time, and in 1853 purchased for £250 Karm al-Khalil (Arabic for "Abraham's Vineyard", lit. "vineyard of the loved one", which in Hebrew became Kerem Avraham) a barren piece of land outside the walls of the Old City. Kerem Avraham was established as a training farm for Jews in agriculture and to become productive citizens. Finn employed Jewish laborers to build the first house there in 1855. Cisterns for water storage were built and a soap factory was established which produced high quality soap sold to tourists. He helped establish the experimental farm at the village of Artas outside Bethlehem. ==Books (partial list)== *James Finn, 1868: ''(Byeways in Palestine ),'' London 482pp. *James Finn: ''Byeways in Palestine,'' Adamant Media, Boston, 2002 reprint of the London 1868 original. 482pp. ISBN 1-4021-9272-X *James Finn: ''The Orphan Colony of Jews in China. Containing a letter received from themselves, with the latest information concerning them.'' London 1872. *Finn, James, (1878): ''(Stirring Times: Or Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1853 to 1856. )'', Edited by Elizabeth Anne Finn. vol. 1. London. The full text, archive.org, Original: Harvard. Can download PDF. * *alternative: ''(Stirring Times: Or Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1853 to 1856. )'', Edited by Elizabeth Anne Finn. vol. 1. London. The full text, archive.org, Original: University of Michigan. Can download PDF. *Finn, James, (1878): ''( Stirring Times: Or Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1853 to 1856. )'', Edited by Elizabeth Anne Finn. vol. 2. London. The full text, archive.org, Original: Harvard. Can download PDF. * *alternative: ''(Stirring Times: Or Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1853 to 1856. )'', Edited by Elizabeth Anne Finn. vol. 2. London. The full text, archive.org, Original: University of Michigan. Can download PDF. *Finn, James (1843). (The Jews in China ) London: Wertheim. -University of Hong Kong Libraries, Digital Initiatives, China Through Western Eyes *Finn, James (1872). ( The orphan colony of Jews in China ) London: Nisbet. -University of Hong Kong Libraries, Digital Initiatives, China Through Western Eyes *Elizabeth Anne McCaul Finn: ''A Home in the Holy Land. A tale illustrating customs and incidents in modern Jerusalem.'' Adamant Media, Boston, 2002 reprint of the London 1866 original. ISBN 978-1-4021-1768-8 *Elizabeth Anne McCaul Finn: ''A Third Year in Jerusalem. A tale illustrating customs and incidents of modern Jerusalem; or, a sequel to "Home in the Holy Land"''. Adamant Media, Boston, 2002 reprint of the London 1869 original. ISBN 978-1-4021-1053-5 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Finn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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