Israel, God's servant
Subtitle: God's key to the redemption of the world
By: David W. Torrance, George Taylor
Contributors: Taylor, George
Publisher: Handsel Press; Paternoster
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London; Colorado Springs
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781842275542
Subjects: Israel (Christian theology); Antisemitism; Jews; History; Doctrine of Election; Auserwähltes Volk; Vorsehung; Christentum
Description: Historically anti-Semitism has been ingrained in much Christian theology and practice. Is this the result of New Testament teaching or an alien intrusion into Christianity? What is a Christian attitude towards the Jewish people and towards the State of Israel? What is currently going on in the Middle East and does Israel still play a role in God's purposes for the redemption of the world? This book seeks to set out a biblical and theological case for the ongoing importance of the Jewish people in God's plans for creation and to explain something of the complex and controversial situation in the modern day Israeli state.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding the Middle East conflict; title: Turmoil in the Middle East : Israel and the other nations; title: People, land, and covenant; title: Understanding anti-semitism; title: Is the New Testament the source of anti-semitism?; title: Anti-semitism in the history of the church; title: Islam and other worldviews; title: Discerning the signs of the times; title: The mystery of Israel; title: The church is not the new Israel!; title: Israel today in the light of Romans 9-11; title: To the Jew first; title: The refugee question; title: The Intifada and the PLO; title: What the land means to me / Henry Tankel; title: Ancient Israel's conquest of Canaan; title: Jihad and suicide bombers; title: Messianic congregations in Israel today / Kai Kjaer-Hansen; title: Para-church organizations in Israel working with Messianic believers and Palestinian Christians / Bodil F. Skjøtt.