The Balfour Declaration: Scottish Presbyterian Eschatology and British Policy Towards Palestine

This article considers the theological influences on the Balfour Declaration which was made on the 2 November 1917 and for the first time gave British governmental support to the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. It explores the principal personalities and political workings behind th...

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Main Author: Black, Alasdair (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sciendo, De Gruyter 2018
In: Perichoresis
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 35-59
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
CG Christianity and Politics
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBF British Isles
KDD Protestant Church
Further subjects:B premillenianism postmillennialism Scottish Presbyterianism restorationism
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