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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... bedouin territory expanded to the south and bedouins took over the land belonging to the sedentary population . Consequently the term started to be applied to the southern sections of the peninsula also.14 Thus it would be hard to ...
... Bedouin character which is to be manifested in Ishmael's descen- dants , " 38 and of " individualistic lifestyle untrammeled by social con- vention . " 39 Based on the use of the imagery of a wild donkey in nomadic culture , M. Seale ...
... bedouin life , and " the unceasing tension existing between the sedentary and nomadic populations in the Near East . " 44 Constant roaming of the bedouin tribes in the desert , with no established legal system and clear civil law code ...
... Bedouins , ' who in 880 B.c. interfered in the affairs of Bet- Zamani on the upper Euphrates and helped to overthrow the local vassal of the Assyrian king Assur Nasirpal , were predecessors of the Arabs . " 17 Rosmarin , who classified ...
... bedouin encampment in Ezekiel 25 : 4 , 10 associates them with the sons of Ishmael , of whom the same term is used.24 Reference is made to their proverbial wisdom in 1 Kings 4:30 and Isaiah 19:11 , and the Old Testament figure of Job is ...
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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 |