Colin Chapman - Whose Promised Land: The Continuing Conflict Over Israel and Palestine

When first published, this book influenced thousands with its balanced, thoughtful, and Bible-based assessment of the situation in IsraelPalestine. Sadly, occupation and settlement have continued and deepened in Palestine over the last dozen years, and talks about a just peace have stumbled. So an update is long overdue. With this brand new edition Colin Chapman does not disappoint. This remains the go-to text for those wanting to understand what is really happening in the Middle East.

Jeremy Moodey , Chief Executive, Embrace the Middle East

In this book, Colin Chapman presents a clear and emphatic response to Christian Zionism, presenting a well-researched and clearly set out Christian interpretation of relevant passages both from the New Testament and the Hebrew scriptures. The historical background of the opening chapter in particular, while presenting the tragedies and despair, is a good and honest attempt at balance, even though, as he himself admits, it is impossible to reconcile two distinct historical narratives to all satisfactions.

Some of his theological conclusions in particular are contentious, and there are some who will want to interrogate the implications further. However, Colin Chapman has long been acknowledged as providing a strong intellectual voice to Christian concern for Palestinians, and this book will undoubtedly reinforce that.

Dr Jane Clements , Director, Council of Christians and Jews

For a more than a generation, Colin Chapmans Whose Promised Land? has been the premier volume for Christians who are trying to think Christianly about the conflict in IsraelPalestine. And this new edition is a helpful update and improvement in his already-outstanding presentation.

The strength of Chapmans work is not only in its comprehensiveness, but in its fairness. Unlike most scholars, he sites his sources extensively, letting political leaders and theologians speak for themselves, so that the reader can make his or her own judgments about the meaning of their words.

This is simply an essential book that ought to be in the hands of every thoughtful Christian who cares about the world, the Middle East, and the Bible.

Gary M. Burge , PhD, Wheaton College & Graduate School, author of Jesus and the Land: The New Testament Challenge to Holy Land Theology (SPCK)

I am delighted that Whose Promised Land? has been brought up to date in this new edition. For over thirty years this one book has stood out as the seminal work on this highly contested issue. Not only does it bring together all the essential documents from recent history but it also keeps posing the necessary, hard questions which can help would-be followers of Jesus use the Bible appropriately applying biblical truth to the Land of the Bible. Let this book challenge your pre-conceptions and move you to pray, as Jesus did, for the peace of Jerusalem his peace his land.

This really is the must-have book on one of the worlds hottest topics.

Dr Peter Walker , Professor of Biblical Studies, Trinity School for Ministry, USA, and author of In the Steps of Jesus and The Story of the Holy Land (both Lion Hudson)