Arabs in the Shadow of Israel: The Unfolding of God's Prophetic Plan for Ishmael's LineKregel Academic, 2003 - 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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... Persians led a successful con- quest aimed at controlling the crucial seaports of the southern part of the peninsula in A.d. 575.12 Jewish presence , whether by conversion or from the diaspora , was significant in central and south ...
... Persia in the East . Both peoples adopted Christianity as a state religion , though the first fol- lowed Monophysitism23 and the second adopted Nestorianism . 24 The Ghassanids claim to have descended from a south Arabian tribe that ...
... Persia ( 639-643 ) . Gradually North Africa fell under Ara- bian domination too . Thus both Byzantine and Persian realms yielded quickly to the newly rising Arab Muslim power.45 Whereas Ali left Medina and made Kufa in Iraq his capital ...
... Persian rulers . This , according to Lewis , led a Jewish apocalyptic writer of the early Islamic period to communicate an angelic message of gratitude to God for raising Arab Muslims : “ ARABS YESTERDAY AND TODAY 29.
... northern kingdom in 722 B.c. , followed by the exile of the southern kingdom in 586 B.c. to Babylon . Though a remnant of Israel returned to the land at the decree of the Persian emperor Cyrus ( 539 B.c. ) ARABS YESTERDAY AND TODAY 37.
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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 |