Arabs in the Shadow of Israel: The Unfolding of God's Prophetic Plan for Ishmael's Line

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Kregel Academic - 367 من الصفحات

A thoughtful and well-documented call to rethink the role of Arabs in the plan of God. Western Christianity's long-standing support of Israel has, perhaps unintentionally, nurtured a prejudice against Arab people--the descendants of Abraham's first son, Ishmael. Author Tony Maalouf contends that this bias differs dramatically from the biblical portrayal of Ishmael and the nations that have sprung from him.

With meticulous research and theological astuteness, Maalouf surfaces the positive portrayal of the Arab people in ancient and prophetic history, clearly showing that the Israeli-Arab conflict is a recent development in history. By bringing to light the nature of relationships that have prevailed among the Jews and Arabs throughout history, Maalouf strives to change the thinking of Bible believers to a more accurate understanding of this crucial contemporary issue. He traces the Abrahamic heritage of the Arab people and majors on the positive Arab-Israeli relationships in biblical history. The descendants of Ishmael have an important role in the sovereign plan of God--right up to the final moments of history. Provides a challenge to Christianity's interpretation of current events Outlines a thoroughly biblical view of the Arab people Meticulously researched and accessibly written Author is a Christian Arab with substantial theological training

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المحتوى

The Unfortunate Beginning Gen 1616
43
Hagars Song in the Night Gen 16716
61
The Pursuit of Destiny Gen 17 21121
80
The Jewish Ishmael Gal 42131
97
Sunrise of Abrahams Children
109
Job Son of the Arabian Desert
120
Agur and Lemuel Wise Men from Arabia
136
What Became of Ishmael
149
The Nabataeans Ishmael Finally Settled
171
Arab Messianic Expectations
183
The MagiArab Worshipers of Christ Part 1
193
The MagiArab Worshipers of Christ Part 2
205
Arab in the Shadow of Israel
219
Endnotes
225
Bibliography
337
General Index
356

Arabs Haunted by World Powers
157

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الصفحة 184 - I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
الصفحة 184 - Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
الصفحة 174 - They live in the open air, claiming as native land a wilderness that has neither rivers nor abundant springs from which it is possible for a hostile army to obtain water. It is their custom neither to plant grain, set out any fruit-bearing tree, use wine, nor construct any house; and if anyone is found acting contrary to this, death is his penalty.
الصفحة 184 - Then you shall see and be radiant, your heart shall thrill and rejoice...
الصفحة 14 - JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament JSS Journal of Semitic Studies JTS Journal of Theological Studies KTU Die keilaphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit einschliesslich der keilaphabetischen Texts ausserhalb Ugarit 1 : Transkription: M.
الصفحة 184 - Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar* and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants.
الصفحة 185 - He will raise an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah, from the four corners of the earth.
الصفحة 278 - Biblical critics seem agreed that our own Book of Job was written in that region of the world. I call that, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with pen. One feels, indeed, as if it were not Hebrew; such a noble universality, different from noble patriotism or sectarianism, reigns in it.

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