| The Restoration of Israel: Christian Zionism in Religion, Literature, and Politics Contributor(s): Falk, Gerhard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820488623 ISBN-13: 9780820488622 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $112.58 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 231.76 |
| LCCN: 2006024805 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 224 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
