كتاب ، بصيغة pdf ، وهو من أبرز الدراسات الجادة والرصينة التي تتناول الإسلام والمسيحية ونظرة كل منهما إلى دولة إسرائيل، وهنا يسلط الضوء كذلك على النبوءة القديمة والتي يتخذونها مرجعًا إلى وجود إسرائيل في هذا المكان تحديدًا. فيفصل لنا المؤلف موقف كلا من الديانتين، ويحدثنا عن نظرة كل ديانة، وفي نفس الوقت يتناول بالحديث دولة إسرائيل وعلى ماذا تستند في وجودها، وما دور المسلمين، وكيف يمكن الرد على استنادهم على بعض نصوص الكتب المقدسة. Perhaps no pre-Christian tradition has had such prolonged and exten- sive influence in history as the MESSIANIC tradition that finds expres- sion in both the Old Thstament and subsequent Jewish writings. Christianit y, with its tremendous influence in the past twenty centu- ries, and now comprising one-fifth of mankind, was originally inspired by that tradition; what is generally not known is that Islam, an even more influential religious movement, also relates with that tradition, though it cannot in any sense be said to be inspired by it. The influence of the messianic tradition is a continuing one. In our times, the creation of the State of Israel, which is clearly an event of far-reaching political significance for the entire world, was directly inspired by Old Thstament messianic promises that one day all Jews would return to the land of Palestine and re-establish a kingdom ruled by the descendants of David. In the Christian world new sects continue to emerge on the basis of claims that the Old Thstament messianic prophe- cies, as understood by Christians, will soon find their final and complete fulfillment in the second coming of Jesus. The Jehovah's Witnesses, Mor- mons, and Moonies are examples of such sects. As widely circulated predictions about the future made in the ancient past, Jewish messianic writings acquire influential authority to suggest and support a social or political course of action in the present, espe- cially in times when men have extreme difficulty finding fulfillment by conceiving unaided and actualizing a vision of a better future. The course of action suggested and supported by messianic expectations can be very positive. Jesus used these expectations to revive his people's spirit and lead them to true religious commitment.