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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This divine commission was given first to Adam and Eve ( 1:28 ) and renewed after the flood to Noah and his descendants ( 9 : 1 ) . However , the nations ' rebellion appeared in their intention to prosper independently from God by ...
This problem hindering the fulfillment of the seed promise leaves the door wide open for expectations of supernatural divine intervention as opposed to natural human reasoning . Having received the promises of God and his calling to ...
Nevertheless , human ways of appropriating God's blessings will always fall short of divine supernatural provisions , and may generate complications that only a sovereign God is able to use for his decreed purposes .
54 However , as Wenham puts it , " To disdain Abram was to bring oneself under the divine curse ( cf. 12 : 3 ) , and there is no evidence that Hagar is looked on this way in this story . " 55 Furthermore , neither context nor grammar ...
There she becomes the recipient of special divine attention . If fallen humans cannot help but sympathize with the helpless , how much more would a holy and gracious God do to comfort a young woman by herself in a barren wilderness ...
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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 |