Christianity and Israel Islam in the Holy Land

Table of Contents

	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	XI
	FOREWORD	XV
	PROLOGUE: FROM SULEIMAN'S WALL	XVII

	PART I THE PRESENT: TURMOIL IN THE HOLY LAND	1
1.	BIRTH OF A JEWISH STATE	7
2.	OCCUPIED TERRITORIES	15
3.	ARAFAT’S ISLANDS	25
4.	SYRIA AND THE GOLAN HEIGHTS	35
5.	PALESTINIAN REFUGEES	39
6.	PEOPLE OF THE HOLY LAND	45
7.	A LONGING FOR PEACE	61

	PART II THE PAST AS PROLOGUE: FROM ABRAHAM TO ARAFAT	63
8.	THE PATRIARCHS	67
9.	THE EXODUS	71
10.	THE PROMISED LAND	83
11.	KINGDOMS AND POWER	87
12.	IN THE WAKE OF EMPIRES	93

13.	GREEKS AND ROMANS	103
14.	SOURCES AND EVIDENCE	109
15.	JESUS CHRIST	115
16.	THE NEW FAITH SPREADS	133
17.	SITES OF PILGRIMAGE	137
18.	THE JEWISH REVOLTS AND THE DIASPORA	141
19.	THE HIGH POINT OF EMPIRE	149
20.	THE BYZANTINES	155
21.	THE COMING OF ISLAM	159
22.	THE CRUSADERS	169
23.	THE TURKS	175
24.	THE MANDATE YEARS AND AFTER: ROOTS OF ARAB ANGER	179
25.	THE ROOTS OF MODERN ISRAEL	187
26.	SHARON AND ARAFAT: ANTAGONISTS AT SEVENTY	197

	PART III TODAY: IN THE VORTEX	203
27.	A SHATTERING OF DREAMS	207
28.	THE WIDER CONFLICT	209
29.	THE ONLY WAY OUT	221

	EPILOGUE: FROM SULEIMAN’S WALL	225
	GLOSSARY	227
	PEOPLE IN THE HOLY LAND	251
	PLACE NAMES	269
	SOURCES	293
	INDEX	297