Wouter van kempen biography of abraham

It was a pleasure to read Abraham van Kempen’s recent book, bearing the striking title of, Christian Zionism: Enraptured Around a Golden Calf (Fast Pencil, 2019). Here is a brief review:

I certainly agree with the author that peace and justice between Jews, Christians and Muslims, in and outside ‘the Land’ is a prime necessity.

Israelis and Palestinians have to learn to trust and respect one another. The essential thrust of the book is that they would find such a rapprochement in following Jesus Christ, professed by Christians as God the Son in the Flesh.

Above all, the book is instructive for Christians, who are looking for valid arguments against the enthusiastic appreciations among many Evangelicals of the phenomenon of Zionism in its pagan and judaistic forms.

I particularly like Van Kempen’s discussion of the position of Israeli historian Shlomo Sand, who fundamentally criticizes the idea that present day Jews are the genetic heirs of the Jews in