George Moore (physician)
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Dr. George Moore MD
(1803 - 1880) was a physician
and British Isrealite
.
and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
in the 1830's. He published several successful books on medicine, but after reading John Wilson
's Our Israelitish Origin (1840) became an early proponent of British Israelism
and turned to writing on history and religion.
's works. Moore in his work was the first to propose that Gautama Buddha
was an Israelite
, an idiosyncratic view not held by many other British Israelites at the time. Later he worked on attempting to deciphere the Newton Stone
.
was written in Hebrew-Bactrian
by an ancient "Hebrew Buddhist missionary to Scotland". His decipherment was not popular with most scholars at the time who considered the unknown script to be Latin or Greek, but other academics had proposed the script was Phoenician
.
Health, disease and remedy : familiarly & practically considered, in a few of their relations to the blood (1850)
The use of the body in relation to the mind (1852)
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
(1803 - 1880) was a physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and British Isrealite
British Israelism
British Israelism is the belief that people of Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The concept often includes the belief that the British Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David...
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Career
Moore became a Doctor of MedicineDoctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
in the 1830's. He published several successful books on medicine, but after reading John Wilson
John Wilson (historian)
John Wilson was one of the ideological architects of British Israelism alongside Richard Brothers....
's Our Israelitish Origin (1840) became an early proponent of British Israelism
British Israelism
British Israelism is the belief that people of Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The concept often includes the belief that the British Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David...
and turned to writing on history and religion.
British Israelism
In 1861 Moore published The Lost Tribes and the Saxons of the East and of the West with new Views of Buddhism, and Translations of Rock-Records in India which was one of the earlier works on British Israelism, alongside John Wilson's and Charles Piazzi SmythCharles Piazzi Smyth
Charles Piazzi Smyth , was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888, well-known for many innovations in astronomy and his pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza....
's works. Moore in his work was the first to propose that Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha
Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...
was an Israelite
Israelite
According to the Bible the Israelites were a Hebrew-speaking people of the Ancient Near East who inhabited the Land of Canaan during the monarchic period .The word "Israelite" derives from the Biblical Hebrew ישראל...
, an idiosyncratic view not held by many other British Israelites at the time. Later he worked on attempting to deciphere the Newton Stone
Newton Stone
The Newton Stone is an ancient pillar stone, found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The stone contains two inscriptions, one identified as Ogham, but the second script has never been positively identified and many different decipherments or theories have been proposed since the 1850's.-Discovery and...
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Newton Stone
In Ancient Pillar Stones of Scotland, their Significance and Bearing on Ethnology (1865) Moore proposed that the "unknown script" on the Newton StoneNewton Stone
The Newton Stone is an ancient pillar stone, found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The stone contains two inscriptions, one identified as Ogham, but the second script has never been positively identified and many different decipherments or theories have been proposed since the 1850's.-Discovery and...
was written in Hebrew-Bactrian
Bactrian language
The Bactrian language is an extinct Eastern Iranian language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria. Linguistically, it is classified as belonging to the middle period of the East Iranian branch...
by an ancient "Hebrew Buddhist missionary to Scotland". His decipherment was not popular with most scholars at the time who considered the unknown script to be Latin or Greek, but other academics had proposed the script was Phoenician
Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet, called by convention the Proto-Canaanite alphabet for inscriptions older than around 1050 BC, was a non-pictographic consonantal alphabet, or abjad. It was used for the writing of Phoenician, a Northern Semitic language, used by the civilization of Phoenicia...
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Medicine
The power of the soul over the body, considered in relation to health and morals (1847)Health, disease and remedy : familiarly & practically considered, in a few of their relations to the blood (1850)
The use of the body in relation to the mind (1852)