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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Recapping History | |
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| The Birth of Sabeel | |
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| Two Pivotal Events | |
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| The Emergence of Hamas | |
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| The Birth of Sabeel | |
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| The Generous Offer of the Palestinians | |
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| The Demands for Justice | |
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| Give Me Justice! | |
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| The Context of Oppression and Description of the Oppressors | |
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| The Action of the Oppressed | |
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| The Obstructers of Justice in Our World | |
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| Justice and the Peace Process | |
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| Israel, an Unwilling Partner for Peace | |
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| The Palestinian Offer for Peace | |
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| The Breeding of Violence | |
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| Speaking the Truth about Violence in Palestine | |
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| The Evolution of Violence in Palestine | |
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| The Role of Terror Leading to the State of Israel | |
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| Palestinian Liberation Theology in the Service Of Nonviolence and Peace | |
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| The Bible and the Land | |
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| Exclusive Theologies of the Land | |
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| Reading the Bible as a Palestinian Christian | |
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| The Land Issue at the Heart of the Conflict | |
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| New Testament Passages | |
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| Jonah, the First Palestinian Liberation Theologian | |
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| Jonah and the Book | |
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| The Story | |
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| The Theological Message of Jonah | |
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| What Is the Relevance of Jonah to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? | |
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| The Theology and Politics of Christian Zionism | |
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| The Basic Theological Question | |
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| The Early Major Players | |
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| Important Milestones in Zionism | |
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| Christian and Jewish Zionists Unite | |
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| Challenging Christian Zionism | |
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| Son of David or Suffering Servant? | |
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| Biblical Context | |
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| The New Way of Jesus | |
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| Two Messianic Strands | |
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| Saddam, Sodom, and the Cross | |
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| The First Intifada | |
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| The First Gulf War | |
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| The Second Iraq War | |
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| The Iraq Study Group | |
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| The Destruction of Sodom | |
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| Four Paradigms | |
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| The Way of Empire | |
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| Samson, the First Suicide Bomber | |
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| The Background | |
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| The Underlying Causes: An Attempt to Understand but Not to Justify | |
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| Muslim Perspectives | |
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| Palestinian Condemnation of Suicide Bombings | |
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| Israeli Reaction | |
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| A Christian Response | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Daniel or Judah Maccabeus? | |
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| Four Responses | |
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| Inclusive versus Exclusive | |
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| Daniel versus Judah | |
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| Jesus and Nonviolence | |
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| The Conflict over Palestine | |
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| Whose Jerusalem? | |
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| Guidance from the Scriptures | |
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| Four Biblical Texts on Jerusalem | |
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| Moving toward the "New Jerusalem" | |
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| The Peace We Dream of | |
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| Israel's Predicament | |
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| Israel as a Jewish State | |
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| The Absence of a Constitution | |
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| Ethnic Nationalism | |
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| Three Jewish Testimonies | |
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| The ACRI Report | |
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| South African Testimonials | |
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| The Way of Racism | |
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| Is Transformation Possible? | |
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| The Two-State Solution Is Not Enough | |
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| Nationalism and the Constitution of Modern States | |
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| The Two-State Solution | |
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| The Major Aspects of the Conflict | |
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| A Middle East Federation of the Holy Land | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| From Justice to Forgiveness | |
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| Justice, Nonviolence, and Peace | |
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| Peace Is Not Enough | |
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| Applying the Human Paradigm | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Zionist Plan for Palestine 1919 | |
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| Balfour Declaration | |
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| Palestinian Loss of Land 1946 to 2005 | |
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| West Bank Barrier Route-June 2007 | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |