The University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosted its Robert E. Knoll lecture Thursday, hosting speaker Achsah Guibbory, who is an Ann Whitney Olin professor of English at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Guibbory spoke about Christian identity and Israel in England in the 17th century. 
In England, after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, England was spoken of being protected under God, she said in the lecture.

“Some English people, some of the time, found themselves relating to Jewish people,” Guibbory said.

This led to the belief that England may actually be Israel, she said.

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