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...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: "Shall they return to Jerusalem againe?": Jewish Restoration in Early Modern English Thought
• Chapter 3: "Honor them whom God Honoreth": The Whitehall Conference on Jewish Readmission, 1655
• Chapter 4: "See with your own Eyes, and Believe your Bibles": The Jew Bill Controversy of 1753
• Chapter 5: "Ignorance, Infatuation, and, perhaps, Insanity!": Jewish Restoration and National Crisis, 1793-1795
• Chapter 6: "Direct the Eyes of the Jews to England": The Jerusalem Bishopric Controversy, 1840-1841
• Chapter 7: Conclusion.