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One of the best way to begin to help the Christian communities in the Holy Land is to learn about them, to learn about the Holy Land, to learn about your religion and then to think about what they all mean, and can mean, to you.

And if you were to do all that, then you will find that that path is also one of the best ways to learn about yourself.

The following books have been selected with this in mind.  Return often to explore new additions to the list.  We believe the books selected are both informative and non-offensive to any person or believer.  But if we are wrong, on either score, or if you have suggestions for additions to the list, please
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And by the way, your purchase of any books from this page will result in a contribution being made to help us in our work. (And if you would like to help us in our work in preserving the Christian presence in the Holy Land, please consider a small donation and click here.)


Instructions on using our Bookstore: Clicking on a picture of a book below will take you to a description of that book (and an opportunity to purchase it, if you wish).  This will open in a new window.   To return to this page simply click on the X on the upper right hand corner of that new window or click on "File" (on the upper left hand corner of that new window) and then "Close."

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Christians in the Holy Land Today The Holy Land Through Different Lenses
Christians in the Holy Land Yesterday Holy Land Travel Guides
Holy Land Fiction Photographs of the Holy Land
The Israeli-Palestinian Dispute

 
Christians in the Holy Land Today  
         
The Boston Globe's Middle East bureau chief uses the path traveled by Jesus to structure a vivid sketch of the often-overlooked Christian communities in the Holy Land sharing the stories of people he encounters in his travels and work. Chronicles the history and current state of Christianity in the Holy Land, describing each Christian denomination there and providing a country-by-country report on the present situation of the church.      
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The Holy Land Through Different Lenses
   
A memoir from the Holy Land told from a Jewish perspective. A memoir from the Holy Land told from a Muslim perspective. A memoir from the Holy Land told from a Christian perspective    
     
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Christians in the Holy Land Yesterday/Travel Literature
         
 
Stories told by John Moshus of the Christian people and places he encountered on his travels through the Holy Land in the Late 6th Century Re-enacting John Moshus' travels, encountering today's Christians and what one reviewer called the "dying [Christian] culture."  An attempt at an easily readable, non-biased, non-denominational history of Christianity. Written by a Christian Arab, a history of the remnant Christian community which has miraculously survived in the Holy Land for 2,000 under hostile regimes and straitened conditions.  
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Holy Land Travel Guides
         
 
   
         
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Holy Land Fiction
         
Sweeping fiction offering an insider's look at the daily life of a biblical group of mothers and wives told in the voice of Jacob's daughter Dinah, who offers stories of her four mothers, Rachel, Leah, Zilpah, and Bilhah, all wives to Jacob. A woman's mid-life flight to the Holy Land as she questions her marriage and her life. Not the typical inspirational novel, but part travelogue, part history lesson, part Bible study, blending a wonderful story with empathetic characters.   In the words of reviewers: "one of those rare, absorbing novels that grabs you from the first page and simply doesn't let go."  "In the same caliber as "The Red Tent". " "No longer am I an observer reading [Bible] stories from afar. I am now a participant, living the stories with the characters that experienced them." Fiction covering the history of the Holy Land, from Roman times to the present day by putting you right into the lives of three women: Leah, one of the early Christians; Hannah, an archeologist; and Rachel, Hannah's daughter. A semi-autobiographical "elaborate tapestry" by an Israeli Christian Arab that  interweaves the 150-year history of the author's clan in Fassuta, a village in northern Israel. In the words of one reviewer: "It is highly poetic prose and a magical exploration of childhood."
         
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Photographs of the Holy Land
     
 
     
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The Israeli-Palestinian Dispute
         
     
"A book of extraordinary power and integrity written [that] takes that great tale of flight and conquest and tells it . . . with precision and moral economy, with awesome detail and honesty." The Washington Post Book World The story of Lebanon and Israel in the 1980s that, in the words of one reviewer, "greatly broaden my perspective and empathy for people on all sides of the Middle East conflicts."      
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