-- Chapter I: The Land in History: -- Basic Facts and Their Interpretation -- 1.1 The patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (c. 2000-1700 BC) -- 1.2 The exodus and the conquest of the land -- under Joshua (c. 1280-1050 BC) -- 1.3 The kingdom under Saul, David and Solomon (1050-931 BC) -- 1.4 The kingdoms of Israel and Judah (931-587 BC) -- 1.5 The Babylonian exile (597-539 BC) -- 1.6 Palestine under the Babylonians, Persians and Greeks (597-63 BC) -- 1.7 Palestine under the Romans (63 BC-AD 330) -- 1.8 Palestine under the Byzantine empire (AD 330-634) -- 1.9 Palestine under the Arabs and Seljuk Turks (634-1096) -- 1.10 Palestine under the Crusaders and the Mamluks (1096-1517) -- 1.11 Palestine under the Ottoman Turks (1517-1918) -- 1.12 Palestine under the Mandate (1922-48) -- 1.13 The UN Partition Plan (1947) -- 1.14 The founding of the State of Israel (1948) -- 1.15 Conflicts since 1948 -- 1.16 The peace process since Madrid (1991) and Oslo (1993) -- 1.17 Jerusalem and the West Bank since 1967 -- 1.18 Different interpretations of the facts -- Chapter 2: The Seeds of Conflict: Call the Next Witness -- 2.1 Anti-Semitism -- 2.2 Zionism -- 2.3 Jewish settlement in the land -- 2.4 Arab reactions to Jewish settlement -- 2.5 The role of Britain -- 2.6 The role of the United Nations -- 2.7 Partition and war (1948-49) -- 2.8 The voice of Israel - - 2.9 Other Jewish/Israeli voices -- 2.10 The different voices of the Palestinians -- 2.11 Conclusions -- PART 2: INTERPRETING THE BIBLE III -- Chapter 3: The Land Before Christ: -- ’A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey’ -- 3.1 The promise of the land -- 3.2 The boundaries of the land -- 3.3 The conquest of the land -- 3.4 The land and the temple -- 3.5 Exile from the land -- 3.6 The return to the land -- 3.7 The land and the hopes of Israel -- 3.8 Conclusions -- Chapter 4: The Land After Christ: -- ’The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth’ -- 4.1 The birth of Jesus the Messiah -- 4.2 Jesus and the land -- 4.3 Jesus and Jerusalem -- 4.4 The. redemption of Israel -- 4.5 The land in the teaching of the apostles -- 4.6 John’s vision of the final fulfilment of the covenant -- 4.7 The land and the millennium -- 4.8 Conclusions -- Chapter 5: Other Biblical Themes: -- ’Is There Any Word from the Lord?’ -- 5.1 A passion for truth -- 5.2 The problem of prejudice -- 5.3 The demands of the law -- 5.4 The prophetic concern for justice -- 5.5 God’s judgment in history -- 5.6 Suffering injustice -- 5.7 Rethinking and repentance through disaster -- 5.8 Jew and Gentile in the Old Testament -- 5.9 Jew and Gentile after Jesus the Messiah -- 5.10 The condemnation of anti-Semitism -- 5.11 The possibility of reconciliation -- 5.12 Conclusions -- PART 3: APPRECIATING THE ISSUES TODAY -- Chapter 6: Realities Today: Is There -- Any Hope of Resolving the Conflict? -- 6.1 A crisis for Zionism -- 6.2 The power equation in the world today -- 6.3 Christian Zionism and Dispensationalism -- 6.4 Zionism and Islam -- 6.5 Conclusions: The options for Israel and questions -- for the Palestinians -- Conclusion: Whose Land? -- Appendix I: Principles of Christian -- Interpretation of Old Testament Prophecy -- Appendix 2: Examples of Christian -- Interpretation of Old Testament Prophecy -- Appendix 3: The Covenant of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement.