precis: There are many political and historical studies of Christian Zionism. However, scholars have largely ignored the religious writings of Christian Zionists, and especially their biblical interpretations, though these contain the most explicit presentations of their views. I analyze writings by prominent contemporary Christian Zionists in order to understand their arguments and their hermeneutical and theological assumptions. I show that, despite expressing strong opposition to supersessionism, these writers have all sharply circumscribed the biblical covenant(s) with the Jews. They value the continuing existence of Jews as Jews (against supersessionism) and employ a so-called literal hermeneutic (reading biblical references to "Israel" not as allegorical references to the Christian church). However, they are narrowly and almost exclusively interested in the Abrahamic covenant and its land promise. They effectively negate other aspects of Jewish identity because of their aversion to the Mosaic covenant, their universalization (and effective abrogation) of the biblical promises, and their endorsement of the Jews' conversion. These authors resist any reckoning with traditional Christian theologies that encouraged negative perceptions of Jews and Judaism, despite their claims to have done that.
Adam Gregerman (Thu,) studied this question.