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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... Hebrew verb used to refer to Sarah's treatment of Hagar stems from the root c anah . The verb form used here ... Hebrews . " 72 The end of this first scene ( Gen. 16 : 1-6 ) is quite sad : " Hagar lost her home , Sarah her maid , and ...
... Hebrew Bible is significant here . In all parallel uses , when the subject of " find " is God and the direct object is impersonal , " the reference is normally to God's discovery of sin or evil in somebody " ( Gen. 44:16 ; Pss . 10:15 ...
... Hebrew root ( anah ) as the verb used in reference to Sarah's affliction of Hagar . The difference resides in the middle reflexive voice , yielding a meaning of " subjecting one- self voluntarily . " 10 The angel was exhorting Hagar ...
... Hebrew . Both of them are nominal clauses , the first functioning as an attributive predicate of the equative verb " will be , " and the second likely acting as a relative clause without a relative pronoun ( i.e. , an asyndetic relative ...
... Hebrew scholar Speiser that Gen- esis 49:22 portrays Joseph as " a wild colt by a spring . " 33 Consequently , it is not strange to portray Ishmael as " a wild don- key of a man . " In fact , the wild donkey was a valued and admired ...
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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 |