Arabs in the Shadow of Israel: The Unfolding of God's Prophetic Plan for Ishmael's LineA 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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A brief survey of the postbiblical history of Arabs follows , bypassing their legacy in biblical times since this will be developed more fully in the upcoming chapters . Arab peoples today are native citizens of twenty - two countries ...
( emphasis added ) 54 This positive view of Ishmael will be explored further and evaluated in the following chapters . Interestingly enough , postbiblical history yields similar conclusions . Unlike the anti - Semitic waves that ...
... which is crucial to any exploration of Ishmael in the Bible . It also covers Genesis 21 : 8-21 and its New Testament counterpart , Galatians 4 : 2131. The present chapter deals with the story from its beginning .
The Biblical Story ( chapter 16 ) The appropriation of Ishmael by Muslims starting from Muhammad's time has indirectly led the church to avoid this biblical figure and look at him with suspicion . As a result , any defense of Ishmael ...
In the context of the Abrahamic covenant , the Lord commits himself to making Abraham a great nation that would act as a channel for God's blessing to the world ( 12 : 2 ) .20 Thus , beginning with chapter 12 , the focus of the Genesis ...
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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 |