Olson, Stanley [Nordic Israelism] [Armstrongism]

NORTHERN EUROPE IN PROPHECY [Ambassador College Thesis]

Ambassador College, [1966]. Hardcover. Thesis for Ambassador College Master of Arts in Theology. Olson argues for the Israelite origin of Northern european peoples with special attention to the genetic makeup and prosopology of Lapplanders in Finland and Sweden. Connections are made between the mythology, folk religion, and cultural practices of Nordic and Israelite peoples. Olsen argues for the importance of maintaining of racial purity with numerous examples of Lapp and Nordice types contrasted with profiles of 'miscegenate' types. Ambassador College was the flagship school of the Worldwide Church of God whose leader, Herbert Armstrong, was a vigorous proponent of British Israelism and purported dispersement of other tribes of Israel throughout Europe. 202pp. + 4 foldout charts. Printed single-sided with numerous color and b/w illustrations tipped in. 4to, gray cloth with black leatherette title labels stamped in gilt. Ex-lib, covers moderately worn, text sound and unmarked. Quite scarce with only one copy noted in WorldCat now unaccounted for. GOOD. Item #513653

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