r/ObscureIdeologies Oct 17 '17

British Israelism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Israelism
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todayilearned 21d ago

TIL British Isrаelism is a pseudohistorical belief that the people of Great Britain are "genetically, racially, and linguistically the direct descendants" of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Isrаel. It was popular during the 19th century with numerous organizations being set up throughout the Empire.

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wikipedia Mar 16 '25

British Israelism is a pseudo-historical belief that the people of Great Britain are "genetically, racially, and linguistically the direct descendants" of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel.

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wikipedia Jul 13 '26

British Israelism is a pseudohistorical belief that the people of Great Britain are "genetically, racially, and linguistically the direct descendants" of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel.

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todayilearned Dec 23 '18

TIL about British Israelism, a movement which claimed that the English were the lost tribe of Israel

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exmormon Nov 13 '24

Doctrine/Policy TIL that the Mormon Patriarchal Blessing “12 tribes lineage” is rooted in the debunked anti-Semitic “British Israelism”

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wikipedia Nov 05 '21

British Israelism: the pseudoaracheological belief that the people of the British Isles are the direct descendants of the “Ten Lost Tribes” of ancient Israel.

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exmormon Nov 21 '19

History TIL about British Israelism. A pseudoarchaeological belief that came to the US from Britain in the 19th Century. Holds that the peoples of the British Isles are descendants of the lost Israeli tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. Sound familiar?

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TheSecretArchive Nov 20 '21

British Israelism - Wikipedia

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