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In America, Christian Zionism was popularized by the hugely popular book ''Jesus is Coming'' (1878), a Dispensationalist account by William E. Blackstone. Among Jews, the Zionism movement began with the First Aliyah of 1882 to 1903. In 1917, ''The Scofield Reference Bible'' by Cyrus I. Scofield was published. This is perhaps the most influential Zionist work.

In America, Christian Zionism was popularized by the hugely popular book ''Jesus is Coming'' (1878), a Dispensationalist account by William E. Blackstone. Among Jews, the Zionism movement began with the First Aliyah of 1882 to 1903. In 1917, ''The Scofield Reference Bible'' by Cyrus I. Scofield was published. This is perhaps the most influential Zionist work.

One specific Christian restoration plan was Laurence Oliphant's 1882 "Gilead Plan" for a large Jewish colony under British auspices in eastern Palestine. The Christian proposals seem to have had little coordination with or influence on the Jewish plans.

In 1882, Laurence Oliphant proposed the "Gilead Plan" for a large Jewish colony under British auspices in eastern Palestine.  

From the early 1940s to the late 1960s American theologian [[Reinhold Niebuhr]] was the most eloquent of American Christian Zionists.

From the early 1940s to the late 1960s American theologian [[Reinhold Niebuhr]] was the most eloquent of American Christian Zionists.