Language:
English
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
Durham University Journal
Angaben zur Quelle:
82,1 (1990) 29-44
Keywords:
London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews
;
Jews History 18th century
;
Judaism Relations 18th century
;
Christianity
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism 18th century
;
History
;
Philosemitism
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Conversion Christianity 18th century
;
History
Abstract:
Traces the development of the Restoration movement (i.e. the return of the Jews to Palestine) between 1754-1809. Historians attribute growth of the movement to philosemitism. Argues, though, that external factors were also important: the effects of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars, British imperialism, and unrest in Britain. The failure of the Jews' Naturalization Bill in 1753 was seen as proof that they were aliens and that the only solution was settlement in Zion. Xenophobia, due to the influx of refugees, was also a factor. Another view saw restoration as a fulfillment of the Christian prophecy of the conversion of the Jews before Christ's Second Coming. However, the failure of the movement to "restore" the Jews led to the formation of the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews in 1809, which aimed at converting the Jewish communities, especially in Palestine, and "restoring" them to Anglicanism.
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