Synopsis: Today the "land of promise" is a spark in the tinder dry
atmosphere of Middle Eastern affairs. Events there continue to
wield influence among peoples and in places well beyond the region
itself. This raises for Christians the acute theological problem of
how to relate to the "land of promise" today and in light of the
land of the Bible. Our hope is that this volume of essays will
contribute to a more informed and theologically coherent response
to the "Land of Promise." It is offered here in the name of peace
for all peoples in that place and among those who continue to look
to her as a place of promise. Endorsements: "This volume is as
important as its topic is serious. We must think clearly and
Christianly about what the scriptures tell us concerning land, holy
land, the modern Middle East, and biblical promise in a world that
entertains enormous theological confusion. These able and
provocative essays will offer us skilled guidance in territory few
scholars are willing to enter." -Gary M. Burge Wheaton College "I
salute the brilliant scholarship, biblical integrity, and keen
commitment to justice that emanates from every chapter of The
Gospel and the Land of Promise. This book will be a valuable tool
in the hands of laypersons, teachers, pastors, and scholars who
seek to understand the political and theological realities in
Israel/Palestine in the light of God's word. From New Zealand, the
farthest country from the land of promise, comes this dynamic voice
of reason and compassion." -Alex Awad Bethlehem Bible College "In
these excellent essays, Christian scholars in New Zealand--where
indigenous land rights have long been at the center of public
discourse--reflect on 'land' in the Bible, and particularly the
notion of a 'holy land' or 'promised land' in the Middle East. In
the main, the book is a rejoinder to Christian Zionism. At the same
time, it invites further reflection on the irreducible significance
of place or landedness to human existence and Christian identity."
-Chris Marshall Victoria University of Wellington "The Christian
world remains split down the middle on the issue of how to relate
biblical teaching on the land to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Here is a serious attempt by scholars of several different
disciplines to wrestle with the question of how to read the Old
Testament through the eyes of the New and in the light of the
painful realities on the ground today. They have effectively thrown
down to gauntlet to Dispensationalists and Christian Zionists of
every kind: can they come up with equally detailed, heavy-weight
scholarship to support their case?" -Colin Chapman author of Whose
Promised Land? "This is an immensely important work of biblical
scholarship on the theology of the holy land . . . While Christian
Zionists invariably see the coming of Jesus as the postponement of
the land promises God made to Abraham, the authors demonstrate
conclusively from the Scriptures that these promises were fulfilled
in and through Jesus Christ." -Stephen Sizer Christ Church Vicarage
Editor Biographies: Philip Church teaches biblical studies in the
School of Theology, Laidlaw College, Auckland, NZ. Tim Bulkeley
teaches Old Testament at Carey Baptist College, Auckland, NZ. He is
the author of Amos: Hypertext Bible Commentary (2005). Tim
Meadowcroft teaches Old Testament and is Head of the School of
Theology, Mission, and Ministry, Laidlaw College, Auckland, NZ.and
is the Dean of the Laidlaw-Carey Graduate School, Auckland, NZ. He
is the author of Haggai (Readings: A New Biblical Commentary,
2006). Peter Walker is Associate Vice-Principal & Director of
Development at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, UK. He is the
author of Jesus and the Holy City: New Testament Perspectives on
Jerusalem (1996).
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