The Restoration of Israel
Christian Zionism in Religion, Literature, and Politics
©2006
Monographs
XII,
224 Pages
Series:
American University Studies , Volume 257
Summary
The restoration of Israel to the Holy Land was originally an English, Protestant idea. Jewish Zionism came later and succeeded only because of the Holocaust. The principal impetus for the promotion of a Jewish return to Zion was religious and began with the translation of the Bible from the Hebrew to English by Tindale.
Because literature in the English language depicted Jews almost always in an unfavorable light, both British and American religious and political leaders were ambivalent about Jews. Nevertheless, the religious impulse to restore Israel became political in the twentieth century and succeeded with the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948.
Because literature in the English language depicted Jews almost always in an unfavorable light, both British and American religious and political leaders were ambivalent about Jews. Nevertheless, the religious impulse to restore Israel became political in the twentieth century and succeeded with the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948.
Details
- Pages
- XII, 224
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820488622
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Restauration Zionismus Christliche Literatur Geschichte Christianity Israel Jewish Zionism Israel (Altertum) English Protestantism
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2006. XII, 224 pp.
