Palestine is Coming: The Revival of
Ancient Philistia

Intro - Synopsis - Table of Contents - Reviews - Order

Reviews

Miami Herald newspaper (September 28, 1990): "Demonstrates much historical and biblical research, contains excellent notes and indices."

The Bloomsbury Review (June, 1991): "The idea has merit, and this book may contribute to the peace process."

Watching and Waiting magazine (Chelmsford, England, January/February, 1991): "The book is an important one.. A timely antidote to misguided 'Christian Zionism" ... Faithful to the Scriptures, well presented, researched and referenced and deserves a wide circulation."

Criswell Theological Review (Spring, 1991; reviewer Paige Patterson, President of Criswell College at that time and later a President of the Southern Baptist Convention and now President of Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Forth Worth, Texas, whose adopted brother is a Palestinian, a U.S. citizen, successful businessman, and very close friend of Palestinian Authority Chairman, Yasser Arafat): "A fascinating book of history, eschatology and biblical studies.. worthy of serious contemplation ... makes several important contributions ... very accurate history of the conflict. Zarley's proposal for a Palestinian state is, in fact, just about the only workable solution imaginable."

Bibliotheca Sacra (Spring, 1991; reviewer John Walvoord, former long-time President of Dallas Theological Seminary and by that time its Chancellor): I knew Dr. Walvoord. He considerably misrepresents this book in his review and does not seem to understand the book very well. Walvoord is a Christian Zionist. For several years, as a layperson I was associated with Dallas Theological Seminary and some of its faculty.

Advent Christian Witness magazine (June, 1991; reviewer David A. Dean, former Professor of Theology at Berkshire Christian College): This review article represents a comparison of three books: Palestine Is Coming and the two most popular prophecy books in the U.S. at that time, which were John Walvoord's revised Armageddon, Oil and the Middle East Crisis and Charles Dyer's The Rise of Babylon. Dyer was and remains a Professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. Reviewer Dean rates Walvoord's book as "easily the poorest," Dyer's as second best, and mine as "more formidable" and "by far the best." He describes my book as "a carefully researched, well-documented and thoughtful examination of the Palestinian problem. Although also written for popular consideration, Palestine Is Coming displays more scholarship and is more informative than the other two books."  Dean concludes, "If you're going to try one of these books, this is definitely the one."