Whose promised land? : the continuing crisis over Israel and Palestine / Colin Chapman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316) and indexes.

Understanding the History -- The Land in History: Basic Facts and Their Interpretation -- The patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (c. 2000-1700 BC) -- The exodus and the conquest of the land under Joshua (c. 1280-1050 BC) -- The kingdom under Saul, David and Solomon (1050-931 BC) -- The kingdoms of Israel and Judah (931-587 BC) -- The Babylonian exile (597-539 BC) -- Palestine under the Babylonians, Persians and Greeks (597-63 BC) -- Palestine under the Romans (63 BC-AD 330) -- Palestine under the Byzantine empire (AD 330-634) -- Palestine under the Arabs and Seljuk Turks (634-1096) -- Palestine under the Crusaders and the Mamluks (1096-1517) -- Palestine under the Ottoman Turks (1517-1918) -- Palestine under the Mandate (1922-48) -- The UN Partition Plan (1947) -- The founding of the State of Israel (1948) -- Conflicts since 1948 -- The peace process since Madrid (1991) and Oslo (1993) -- Jerusalem and the West Bank since 1967 -- Different interpretations of the facts -- The Seeds of Conflict: Call the Next Witness -- Anti-Semitism -- Zionism -- Jewish settlement in the land -- Arab reactions to Jewish settlement -- The role of Britain -- The role of the United Nations -- Partition and war (1948-49) -- The voice of Israel -- Other Jewish/Israeli voices -- The different voices of the Palestinians --

Interpreting the Bible -- The Land Before Christ:'A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey' - The promise of the land -- The boundaries of the land -- The conquest of the land -- The land and the temple -- Exile from the land -- The return to the land -- The land and the hopes of Israel -- The Land After Christ:'The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth' -- The birth of Jesus the Messiah -- Jesus and the land -- Jesus and Jerusalem -- The redemption of Israel -- The land in the teaching of the apostles -- John's vision of the final fulfilment of the covenant -- The land and the millennium -- Other Biblical Themes: 'Is There Any Word from the Lord?' - A passion for truth -- The problem of prejudice -- The demands of the law -- The prophetic concern for justice -- God's judgment in history -- Suffering injustice -- Rethinking and repentance through disaster -- Jew and Gentile in the Old Testament -- Jew and Gentile after Jesus the Messiah -- The condemnation of anti-Semitism -- The possibility of reconciliation -- Appreciating the Issues Today -- Realities Today: Is There any Hope of Resolving the Conflict? -- A crisis for Zionism -- The power equation in the world today -- Christian Zionism and Dispensationalism -- Zionism and Islam -- Conclusions: The options for Israel and questions for the Palestinians -- Conclusion: Whose Land? -- Principles of Christian Interpretation of Old Testament Prophecy -- Examples of Christian Interpretation of Old Testament Prophecy -- The Covenant of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement.