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The Other Side of the Wall

A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope

by Munther Isaac
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A Palestinian Pastor's Invitation to Lament and Hope

Christians have lived in Palestine since the earliest days of the Jesus movement. The Palestinian church predates Islam. Yet Palestinian Christians find themselves marginalized and ostracized. In the heated tensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the voices of Palestinian Christians are often unheard and ignored.

This book provides an opportunity to hear the realities of life on the ground from a leading Palestinian pastor and theologian. In The Other Side of the Wall Munther Isaac

  • Gives the perspective of Palestinian Christians on the other side of the separation wall surrounding most Palestinian West Bank cities today
  • Laments the injustices suffered by the Palestinian people yet holds out hope for a just peace and ways to befriend and love his Jewish and Muslim neighbors, and
  • Offers a theology of the land and a vision for a shared land that belongs to God, where there are no second-class citizens of any kind, in stark contrast to the dominant religious and nationalistic ideologies and agendas for the region.

    • "This book is my invitation to you," Isaac writes, "to step into the other side of the wall and listen to our stories and perspective. It is my humble request to you to allow me to share how Palestinians experience God, read the Bible, and have been touched and liberated by Jesus—a fellow Bethlehemite who has challenged us to see others as neighbors and love them as ourselves. . . . This book paints a picture of our story of faith, lament, and hope. And I invite you to join and listen, on our side of the wall."

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      June 16, 2020

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        • ISBN: 9780830832200

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        • ISBN: 9780830832200
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      • English

    • Reviews

      • Library Journal

        June 1, 2020

        Isaac (Bethlehem Bible Coll.; From Land to Lands, from Eden to the Renewed Earth) provides a unique perspective on faith. As a Palestinian Christian, he has witnessed firsthand the frustrations of his dwindling religious-cultural group. As more and more Palestinians leave the Holy Land for better prospects elsewhere, Isaac asks his fellow Christians around the world to reconsider their theological and political views regarding Palestine. Too many Christians romanticize Israel in God's plan for humanity, Isaac maintains. The notion that Israel will one day be brought to Christ needs serious revaluation, he continues, as it belittles the Jewish religion and harms Palestinian Christians. Global Christianity must rethink both its moral and financial support of an Israeli state that in many ways acts un-Christianly to its minority populations. VERDICT The book is a plea for love and understanding among all those interested in peace in the Holy Land. Isaac's deepest wish is that the land be shared by all and that all treat their neighbor, understood broadly, as precious and worthy of love.--Denis Frias, Mississauga Lib. Syst., Ont.

        Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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