Goldman, Shalom.

Zeal for Zion : Christians, Jews, and the idea of the Promised Land / Shalom Goldman. - Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, c2009. - 367 p. : illus. ; hbk ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The two Zionisms -- The Christian Zionists and the Hebrew poet : Laurence and Alice Oliphant's encounter with Naphtali Herz Imber (1882-1888) -- Theodor Herzl and his Christian associates (1883-1904) -- The Reverend Herbert Danby : scholar of Rabbinics, Zionist, Christian missionary (1889-1953) -- Rome and Jerusalem : two Catholic thinkers on Judaism and two papal visits to Jerusalem, 1964 and 2000 -- Twentieth-century literary pilgrims to Zion : Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Graves, and Vladimir Nabokov -- Jewish settlers and Christian Zionists (1967-2007).

9780807833445 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Christian Zionism--History.
Zionism--History.
Jews--Restoration.


Israel--History--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Promised Land--theology.

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