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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... became known as the Arabs and Ishmaelites . 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 ...
... became very thirsty . So Hagar started running back and forth between the hill of al - Marwa and al - Safa looking for water , a tradition that gave rise to the rite of Sacy . 4. Ishmael was ordered by the angel Gabriel to dig in the ...
... became Abraham's wife , though in a secondary sense . Reflecting Jewish rabbinical interpretations , Kasher notes that Abraham took Hagar " to be his wife , not his concubine .... She was to enjoy the full rights of a wife . " 43 ...
... became fully aware of her privi- lege , as " she saw " that she had conceived . Therefore , not only her so- cial status changed but also her role , for now she prided herself in bearing the child who would become Abram's firstborn and ...
... became little in her eyes , " where the subject of the verb " became little " 57 is Sarah rather than Hagar.58 Thus Sarah " became little in Hagar's eyes , " that is , decreased in status in comparison with her previous position . This ...
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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 |