The phrase ‘state of Israel’ began as a Christian millenarian term in the 1600s

Evidence

The term “state of Israel” appeared in the seventeenth century, the same period in which the general political concept of the state became a focus of philosophical discussion and the discussion of the ancient Hebrew polity dominated the European political and philosophical discourse. The state of Israel was an exceptional state, in fact: the state of exception; the marker of the apocalypse, the global war that will accompany the Second Coming – an exception that emerged as a concept during the establishment of the rule – centralist state and colonial conquest. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 336

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian millenarians first described Jewish redemption in modern political terms; The State of Israel was a creation of East European nationalism; Modern nationalism first prompted the idea of a Jewish state — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 947 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian millenarians first described Jewish redemption in modern political terms #corroborates (0.92)
• Modern nationalism first prompted the idea of a Jewish state #complicates (0.78) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 947
• The State of Israel was a creation of East European nationalism #qualifies (0.75)