Arabs in the Shadow of Israel: The Unfolding of God's Prophetic Plan for Ishmael's LineKregel 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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... further and evalu- ated in the following chapters . Interestingly enough , postbiblical his- tory yields similar conclusions . Unlike the anti - Semitic waves that characterized Europe in the Middle Ages and in recent centuries as well ...
... further alienation from God among the nations around it . In both cases Ishmaelite Arabs are con- sidered as a study case to prove this cause - effect principle . This parti- tion of Israel's history allows the scrutiny of the ...
... further . What can you tell us about Ishmael ? " I turned to my fellow student and challenged him to show me a Bible verse in the Old Testament that put Ishmael under curse . He was not ready to face that challenge and was embarrassed ...
... Further- more , the Jewish historian Josephus ( first century A.d. ) makes many references to Arabia and his contemporary Arabs , the Nabataeans . He constantly equates these Arabs with the children of Ishmael . 6 Whether or not there ...
... further in the New Testament and applied to salva- tion truths ( Gal . 4 ) . The second explanation accounts for the promise of multiplication of seed given to Hagar later in the narrative ( Gen. 16 : 9 ) . It is a fact that God not ...
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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 |