Those That Bless You, I Will Bless: Christian Zionism in Historical Perspective

ISBN: 0986941417

Author: Merkley, Paul C.

Condition: New

Why do some Christians vilify Israel, yet some are amongst Israels strongest supporters? Why does Christianity have such divergent views on Jews and Israel? What is the basis of the quarrel between some of the older denominations and the newer evangelical or fundamentalist denominations? On what exactly are the Christian Zionists basing their support for Israel? "Those That Bless You, I Will Bless: Christian Zionism in Historical Perspective" by Professor Paul C. Merkley attempts to answer these and other fascinating questions. Merkley examines the origins of Christian Zionism and recalls the story of Christian attitudes towards the Jews over the two millennia since the destruction of the Second Temple and provides a scholarly overview of Christian Zionism and a deeper understanding of Christian attitudes towards Israel. In Several books and many more articles and public lectures, Professor Paul Merkley has described the part that Christian friends of Israel played in bringing about the creation of the State in 1948 and sustaining it against its enemies ever since. Now he takes us back to the origins of Christian Zionism in exegesis of Scripture. Confronting the historical distortions of the anti-Zionists, he provides a calm, proud and scholarly defense of Christian Zionism. For readers seeking a deeper understanding of Christian attitudes towards Israel, this is a must read.