Back إسرائيلية بريطانية Arabic Angloisraelisme Catalan Anglo-Israelismus German Αγγλοϊσραηλίτικη θεωρία Greek Israelismo británico Spanish Anglo-israélisme French בני ישראל הבריטים HE アングロ・イスラエリズム Japanese Brits Israël Dutch Israelismo britânico Portuguese

British Israelism

Not to be confused with Israelis in the United Kingdom, British Jews, or Christian Zionism in the United Kingdom.

Israel in Britain, an 1890 book advocating British Israelism. According to the doctrine, the Ten Lost tribes of Israel found their way to Western Europe and Britain, becoming the ancestors of the British, the English, and related peoples.

British Israelism (also called Anglo-Israelism) is a pseudo-historical[1][2] belief that the people of Great Britain are "genetically, racially, and linguistically the direct descendants" of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel.[3] With roots in the 16th century, British Israelism was inspired by several 19th century English writings such as John Wilson's 1840 Our Israelitish Origin.[4] From the 1870s onward, numerous independent British Israelite organizations were set up throughout the British Empire as well as in the United States; as of the early 21st century, a number of these organizations are still active. In the United States, the idea gave rise to the Christian Identity movement.

The central tenets of British Israelism have been refuted by archaeological,[5] ethnological,[6] genetic,[7]: 181  and linguistic research.[8][9]: 33–34 

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  2. ^ Haynes, Jeffrey, ed. (2006). Politics of Religion: A Survey. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780429637582.
  3. ^ Brackney, William H. (3 May 2012). Historical Dictionary of Radical Christianity. Scarecrow Press. pp. 61–62. ISBN 9780810873650. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. ^ Eller, Jack David (2007). Introducing Anthropology of Religion: Culture to the Ultimate. Routledge. p. 291. ISBN 978-1138024915.
  5. ^ Melton, J. Gordon (2005). Encyclopedia of Protestantism. New York: Facts on File, Inc. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5.
  6. ^ Cross, Frank Leslie; Livingstone, Elizabeth A. (2005). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192802903.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hale2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Shapiro, Faydra L. (2015). Christian Zionism: Navigating the Jewish-Christian Border. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. p. 151. ISBN 9781625642929.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Quarles was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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