Christian Zionism and English National Identity, 1600-1850

• Main Author: Crome, Andrew (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Religion-History.; History, Modern.; Civilization-History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Religion.; Modern History.; Cultural History.

This book explores why English Christians, from the early modern period onwards, believed that their nation had a special mission to restore the Jews to Palestine. It examines English support for Jewish restoration from the Whitehall Conference in 1655 through to public debates on the Jerusalem Bish...