The land cries out
Subtitle: theology of the land in the Israeli-Palestinian context
By: edited by Salim J. Munayer and Lisa Loden
Publisher: CASCADE Books; Cascade Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9781610973359
Subjects: Religious aspects; Arab-Israeli conflict; Biblical teaching; Land tenure
Description: Our theology does not exist in a vacuum but must relate to the world we inhabit and must influence our moral and ethical actions. This is especially true when discussing theology of "the land" in the context of a violent territorial conflict. The Holy Land has seen so much bloodshed that the earth itself is crying out to God. The chapters presented in this book form a unique collection of voices speaking from different perspectives on the issue of the theology of the land. These voices include Messianic Jewish and Palestinian Christian theologians and scholars who live in the Holy Land, as well as others from around the world. The various chapters reflect a wide spectrum of opinion and reveal how much disagreement still exists among followers of Christ. However, the dialogue generated by having these opposing voices side by side, speaking to each other rather than past each other, is encouraging. This book is both challenging and inspirational, and contributes in an innovative way to this important discussion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An overview of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Ambreen Tour Ben-Shmuel; title: Where do we begin? : the hermeneutical questions and their effect on the theology of the land / Lisa Loden; title: A Messianic Jew looks at the land promises / Daniel C. Juster; title: Towards a Messianic Jewish theology of reconciliation in light of the Arab-Israeli conflict : neither dispensationalist nor supersessionist? / Richard Harvey; title: Dispensationalism and support for the state of Israel / John S. Feinberg; title: The biblical concept of inheritance / Joseph Shulam; title: Hagshama : a theology for an alternate Messianic Jewish Zionism / Phillip D. Ben-Shmuel; title: The earth is the Lord's : Land, theology, and the Bible / Naim Ateek; title: Jerusalem is the city of God : a Palestinian reading of Psalm 87 / Yohanna Katanacho; title: A Palestinian theology of the land / Alex Awad; title: Reading the Old Testament in a Palestinian church today : a case study of Joshua 6 / Munther Isaac; title: Theology of the land : from a land of strife to a land of reconciliation / Salim J. Munayer; title: Towards a theology of land : a Christian answer to the Israeli-Arab conflict / Manfred Waldemar Kohl; title: A biblical perspective on Israel/Palestine / Colin Chapman; title: Israel : land and people / Malcolm Hedding; title: Where is the promised land? : a covenantal perspective / Stephen R. Sizer; title: Jesus and the land / Gary M. Burge; title: Summarizing the points of dispute / Peter Walker.