The Anglo - Saxon Israel Theory - Ten Lost Tribes of Israel | Genesis Bible Study
Yes. The teaching you are describing is called British Israelism , also known as Anglo-Israelism or the Anglo-Saxon Israel theory . It teaches that the British—and later many Americans—are the physical descendants of the so-called Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. However, Ezekiel 37:14 does not identify Britain or America as Israel. That identification was added many centuries later by British-Israel teachers. What British Israelism teaches The theory generally claims: The northern Kingdom of Israel was carried into Assyria around 722 BC. The ten tribes then migrated through regions associated with the Scythians, Cimmerians, and other European peoples. They eventually became the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic peoples. Britain supposedly represents Ephraim . The United States supposedly represents Manasseh . Therefore, the national promises given to Israel supposedly belong especially to Britain and America. These conclusions are not stated anywhere in Scripture. Where the modern teaching came...