Bible and Sword
England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
From early times, the British have been drawn to the Holy Land through two major influences: the translation of the Bible into English, and later, the imperial need to control the road to India and access to the oil of the Middle East. Under these influences, one cultural and the other political-military, countless Englishmen have made their way to the land of the ancient Hebrews.
With lucidity and vivid writing, Barbara Tuchman brings to life the development of these twin motives–the Bible and the sword–in the consciousness of the British people, until they were finally brought together at the end of WWI. Tuchman demonstrates that the seeds of today’s troubles were planted long before the first efforts at founding a modern state of Israel were implemented.
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Anglo-Saxons: Lost Tribe of Israel? ... ? ... ? ...
British Israelism (also called Anglo-Israelism) is the belief that people of Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
The concept often includes the belief that the British Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David.[1][2] There has never been a single head or an organisational structure to the movement. Adherents may hold a diverse set of beliefs and claims that are ancillary to the core genealogical theory.
The concept and theory details have been thoroughly criticized. ...
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