God's Great Week. The Devine Plan of the Ages, Revealing the Birthright and Destiny of The Anglo-Saxon Race.
- Title:
- God's Great Week. The Devine Plan of the Ages, Revealing the Birthright and Destiny of The Anglo-Saxon Race.
- Alternate Title:
- God's Great Week
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Hall, J.J.
- Other Creators:
- Fox, John S., "compiler."
- Date:
- 1947
- Posted Date:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2397.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2397_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1940 - 1959
- Subject:
- Ethnocentrism
Religion
Unusual Graphics/Text - Measurement:
- 87 x 41 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This large and detailed timeline supports the views of the British Israelite movement. The movement has been described as a melange of "Protestant apocalypticism, British nationalism, New Age belief, and racial pseudo-science." Cottrell-Boyce 2021. According to the British Israelites, the white, Protestant people of Britain - including the British royal family - are directly descended from the Lost Tribes of Israel, specifically the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. As such, these Protestant "Anglo Saxons," including Americans and others from the British Colonies, are divinely blessed and the inheritors of the biblical prophecies and promises bestowed on the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. From the end of the 19th century until World War II, the movement flourished in Britain and spread to the United States and Canada. See generally Kidd 2006, 43-44 & ch. 7. In the view of many historians and religious scholars, British Israelites "propagated a religious justification for white superiority," and "served to sanctify the British imperialist enterprise," as well as American Manifest Destiny and sometimes virulent anti-Semitism. Ibid 213-14, 220.
The timeline is accompanied by a detailed description of “How to Read the Chart,” ID #2397.02. According to the text, the left-center section of the chart in red (“the redemption color”) “illustrates the story of the Ten-Tribed House of Israel (as distinct from the Two-Tribed House of Judah).” The prophets are said to portray them “as a Redeemed People in the latter days, restored and planted in a new ‘Appointed Place’ described by Isaiah as the ‘Isles of the Sea’” and foretell “that they should expand and colonise, finally gaining dominion of the Holy Land again becoming re-united with Judah . . . through which all nations eventually shall be blessed.” The heart of British Israelite theology is reflected in the red map of Britain on the timeline, and the accompanying references to “New Covenant - Israel/Anglo Saxon Wanderers/The Appointed Place” and “Israel in the Isles.”
The map was “compiled” by John S. Fox and “drawn” by J.J. Hall, an illustrator who belonged to the movement. Verschuur 2015, 40.
For a 1947 version of this chart, see ID #2557, Reeve, "History Fulfilling Prophecy."
The collection includes other British Israelite materials: Search > "Israelite."
For other examples of geographic and cartographic pseudo-science in the collection, Search > "pseudo*".
For other religious charts and timelines in the collection, Search > "Religious Charts."
Cornell University Library is pleased to present this digital collection of Persuasive Maps, the originals of which have been collected and described by the private collector PJ Mode. The descriptive information in the “Collector’s Notes” has been supplied by Mr. Mode and does not necessarily reflect the views of Cornell University. - Source:
- Fox, John S. [1947] God's Great Week. The Story of the Ages From the creation of Adamic man until the rapidly-approaching Millennial Reign on Earth of our Lord Jesus Christ. London: Covenant Books.
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.