Mighty In the Scripture - A Memoir of Adolph Saphir by Gavin Carlyle and published by Classics.
Adolph Saphir (1831-1891) was a converted Jew, a fruit of the Church of Scotland's Mission to the large Jewish population in Budapest in the 1840s. He eventually became a great preacher in England, of course very well versed in Hebrew, but like the Apostle Paul, determined to preach nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified.
The life of Dr. Saphir was one of remarkable interest, not so much in its variety of incidents, as in its early associations, and in the striking personnel of the man. This is seen in his thorough Jewish type of mind and intellect, intensified by the genius of the Saphir family, in the freshness and originality of his ideas and expressions, and above all, in his spiritual power - his deep insight into the meaning of Scripture and the relations of its different parts. This full biography also contains some of his pithy sayings, and three sermons.
