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Joseph Wild
b. 1834
A Methodist and Congregational preacher who became a well-known voice of British Israelism, he wrote popular religious works including The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882. His life carried him from Lancashire to Canada and the United States, where his sermons and books found a wide audience.
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The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882
by Joseph Wild
About the author
Born on November 16, 1834, near Littleborough, Lancashire, Joseph Wild grew up in England and later moved first to the United States and then to Upper Canada. He served as a Methodist Episcopal minister in places including Hamilton and Goderich before becoming a Congregational preacher.
Wild became especially known for promoting British Israelism, the belief that people of Anglo-Saxon descent were linked to the biblical tribes of Israel. That idea shaped much of his writing and preaching, and it is central to books such as The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882.
Over time he preached in Canada, England, and the United States, building a reputation as an energetic speaker and religious author. He died in Brooklyn, New York, on August 18, 1908.