Background
He was the son of George Skene Keith of Keith-hall and Kinkell, where he was born at the manse on 13 November 1792.
He was the son of George Skene Keith of Keith-hall and Kinkell, where he was born at the manse on 13 November 1792.
He graduated Master of Arts
At Marischal College, in 1809. From 1816 to 1840 he was minister of the parish of Saint Cyrus, Scotland. Keith is probably best remembered for his book, Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion Derived from the Literal Fulfillment of Prophecy, which has gone through numerous revisions and many editions.
lieutenant is still in print in a 2005 edition from Kessinger Publishing.
The group traveled through France, Greece, and Egypt then overland to Gaza. The route home led through Syria, the Austrian Empire and some of the German States.
The group sought Jewish communities along the route to inquire about the readiness of these communities to accept Christ and, separately, their preparedness to return to Israel as prophesied in the Bible. lieutenant was also in that book that Keith used the slogan that became popular with other Christian Restorationists, A land without a people for a people without a land.
In 1844 he wrote: "Greece was given to the Greeks, and in seeking any government for Syria, may not a confederacy of kings - give Judea to the Jews?".
