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The Mountains of Israel
Acclaimed on five continents as the book about the Arab-Israeli conflict that every believer should read, some 60,000 copies of The Mountains of Israel have been sold in English, Norwegian, Spanish, and Telagu. German and Hebrew translations are yet to be printed.
120 pages, Paperback
First published August 20, 1993
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September 2, 2022
I would urge everyone to read this book. Norma Parrish Archbold , in this fascinating and truly eye-opening work , confronts head on the popular prejudices against Israel, and ignorance of the truth behind the Arab-Israeli conflict today. Archbold tackles the issue from a Biblical perspective , and outlines the history of the Land of Israel, especially Judea and Samaria, the ancient Biblical Heartland of the Jewish people, which is wrongly reffered to as 'The West Bank' or 'the occupied Palestinian territories' . This area contains most of the mountains of the Land of Israel , hence the name of the book.
She deals the promises by G-D to restore the Jewish people to their homeland, the Land of Israel , which are being fulfilled , quoting from the Bible directly.
With the use of maps and illustrations , the book is a short and economical read , using just enough words to clarify the truth as it is , while remaining fascinating and inciteful.
While Archbold is a commited Christian , the book is written in such a way , that it can be equally useful and relevant to people of the Jewish faith or indeed anyone who believes in G-D and who honestly seeks the truth free of hate and politically correct bigotry. As an Orthodox Jew, I reccomend it wholheartedly.
"The mountains of Israel , is the heart of the Land promised by G-D to the children of Israel. It is Judea and Samaria , the inheritance of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Joseph" Archbold points out. She deals with the deep and ancient signifficance , to the Jewish people , of such towns and cities in Judea and Samaria as Bethel, Ai , Shilo, Schechem , Bethany and Jerusalem.
Thye boundaries of the Land promised to Abraham include all of modern day Israel, the disputed territories and much more. This promise was UNCONDITIONAL!
" The Lord made a covenant with Abram , saying 'To your descendants I have given this Land , from the river of Egypt, to the great river , the River Euphrates..." (Genesis 15:18).
Proofs are presented about the desolation of the Land of Israel before the return of the Jewish people in the 20th century. Quotes from such luminaries as Mark Twain and WM Thomas , who visited the Holy Land in the 19th century, as well as documented charts and statistics from the time prove that 'Palestine' was a blighted and empty land until the return of the Jews in the late 19th and the 20th centuries. The Jews returned to the Land of Israel because it was their ancient homeland.
Although there where always Jewish communities in Israel between the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD and 1948 AD. There was a Jewish majority in Jerusalem since the 1840's and for hundreds of years there have been large Jewish communities in Safed and Tiberius.
Political facts and events of the 20th centuries are also covered , such as the fact that in 1922 , 77% of the Palestine Mandate was cut off by the British to create the Arab State of Transjordan from which Jews where banned from living in. Hence there has been an Arab Palestinian State since 1922 on the vast majority of land covered by the colony called Palestine , and the fact that 10% of the earth's surface is covered by Arab states, while the State of Israel barely registers on the map. Is it fair that tiny Israel must give up yet more land to the Arabs? The PLO and Arab States have continually vowed to destroy Israel and anihilate it's people, meaning a second holocaust of Jews. They have vowed to use any Palestinian State in Judea, Samaria and Gaza as a staging ground to destroy the whole of Israel and all of it's people. Quotes are used , from LIbyan President Muammar Gadaffi, leader of the PFLP terrorist organization George Habash , and arch-terrorist and head of the PLO's Political department Farouk Kadoummi , vowing to use any Palestinian State on 'the West Bank' and Gaza to destroy Israel, and anihilate all of it's Jews.
The Biblical relevance of places in Israel are covered, and it is traced how the Arabs of today are descendants of nations such as the Ishmailites , Edomites, Moabites , Ammonites , Midianites and Amalekites , among others. Reading this book, it is mind blowing to see how the prophecies of the Bible are being fulfilled. The prophecies of Ezekiel and Isaiah that are happening before our eyes are well covered in this book.
Also mentioned is the Biblical references to the slander and Hitleresque propaganda against Israel that is so prevalent today in the media, universities , the United Nations etc , as epitomized by that hideous hatefest in Durban in 2001 , the so-called 'UN Conference Against Racism', which turned out to be nothing other than a global festival of racist hate against Israel and it's people:
"G-D said
'you (mountains of Israel) are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people.'
(Ezekiel 36:3)
An interesting proof mentioned of the modern day miracles that have taken place in the favour of the Jews of Israel is from the 1948 War of Independence, when the Arabs prevented food from reaching the hungry Jewish population of Jerusalem . In April, a month before the war started , a weed called khubeize provided miraculous relief to the Jews of Jerusalem. The spinachlike nutritious plant
sprang up wild , and a few weeks later an unseasonable three day rain pushed up a new crop of khubeize.
"'Ah' said the people of Jerusalem 'The Lord is with us, the last time when we left Egypr , He sent us manna. This time he sent us rain for the cisterns and the khubeiza."
The basic message of this book is that the Lord is sovereign and no one can keep him from fulfilling his promises to the Children of Israel. Trying to divide and destroy Israel may cause pain and suffering , but ultimately Israel will prevail and those who try to consume it will themselves be consumed.
G-D promised that those who blesss Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed, amen to that. I believe that one's attitude to Israel is the defining moral issue of today. Those who are well disposed to Israel are righteous ,and those who hate Israel are evil. It is certainly the moral litmus test that I use
Merged review:
I would urge everyone to read this book. Norma Parrish Archbold , in this fascinating and truly eye-opening work , confronts head on the popular prejudices against Israel, and ignorance of the truth behind the Arab-Israeli conflict today. Archbold tackles the issue from a Biblical perspective , and outlines the history of the Land of Israel, especially Judea and Samaria, the ancient Biblical Heartland of the Jewish people, which is wrongly reffered to as 'The West Bank' or 'the occupied Palestinian territories' . This area contains most of the mountains of the Land of Israel , hence the name of the book.
She deals the promises by G-D to restore the Jewish people to their homeland, the Land of Israel , which are being fulfilled , quoting from the Bible directly.
With the use of maps and illustrations , the book is a short and economical read , using just enough words to clarify the truth as it is , while remaining fascinating and inciteful.
While Archbold is a commited Christian , the book is written in such a way , that it can be equally useful and relevant to people of the Jewish faith or indeed anyone who believes in G-D and who honestly seeks the truth free of hate and politically correct bigotry. As an Orthodox Jew, I reccomend it wholheartedly.
"The mountains of Israel , is the heart of the Land promised by G-D to the children of Israel. It is Judea and Samaria , the inheritance of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Joseph" Archbold points out. She deals with the deep and ancient signifficance , to the Jewish people , of such towns and cities in Judea and Samaria as Bethel, Ai , Shilo, Schechem , Bethany and Jerusalem.
Thye boundaries of the Land promised to Abraham include all of modern day Israel, the disputed territories and much more. This promise was UNCONDITIONAL!
" The Lord made a covenant with Abram , saying 'To your descendants I have given this Land , from the river of Egypt, to the great river , the River Euphrates..." (Genesis 15:18).
Proofs are presented about the desolation of the Land of Israel before the return of the Jewish people in the 20th century. Quotes from such luminaries as Mark Twain and WM Thomas , who visited the Holy Land in the 19th century, as well as documented charts and statistics from the time prove that 'Palestine' was a blighted and empty land until the return of the Jews in the late 19th and the 20th centuries. The Jews returned to the Land of Israel because it was their ancient homeland.
Although there where always Jewish communities in Israel between the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD and 1948 AD. There was a Jewish majority in Jerusalem since the 1840's and for hundreds of years there have been large Jewish communities in Safed and Tiberius.
Political facts and events of the 20th centuries are also covered , such as the fact that in 1922 , 77% of the Palestine Mandate was cut off by the British to create the Arab State of Transjordan from which Jews where banned from living in. Hence there has been an Arab Palestinian State since 1922 on the vast majority of land covered by the colony called Palestine , and the fact that 10% of the earth's surface is covered by Arab states, while the State of Israel barely registers on the map. Is it fair that tiny Israel must give up yet more land to the Arabs? The PLO and Arab States have continually vowed to destroy Israel and anihilate it's people, meaning a second holocaust of Jews. They have vowed to use any Palestinian State in Judea, Samaria and Gaza as a staging ground to destroy the whole of Israel and all of it's people. Quotes are used , from LIbyan President Muammar Gadaffi, leader of the PFLP terrorist organization George Habash , and arch-terrorist and head of the PLO's Political department Farouk Kadoummi , vowing to use any Palestinian State on 'the West Bank' and Gaza to destroy Israel, and anihilate all of it's Jews.
The Biblical relevance of places in Israel are covered, and it is traced how the Arabs of today are descendants of nations such as the Ishmailites , Edomites, Moabites , Ammonites , Midianites and Amalekites , among others. Reading this book, it is mind blowing to see how the prophecies of the Bible are being fulfilled. The prophecies of Ezekiel and Isaiah that are happening before our eyes are well covered in this book.
Also mentioned is the Biblical references to the slander and Hitleresque propaganda against Israel that is so prevalent today in the media, universities , the United Nations etc , as epitomized by that hideous hatefest in Durban in 2001 , the so-called 'UN Conference Against Racism', which turned out to be nothing other than a global festival of racist hate against Israel and it's people:
"G-D said
'you (mountains of Israel) are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people.'
(Ezekiel 36:3)
An interesting proof mentioned of the modern day miracles that have taken place in the favour of the Jews of Israel is from the 1948 War of Independence, when the Arabs prevented food from reaching the hungry Jewish population of Jerusalem . In April, a month before the war started , a weed called khubeize provided miraculous relief to the Jews of Jerusalem. The spinachlike nutritious plant
sprang up wild , and a few weeks later an unseasonable three day rain pushed up a new crop of khubeize.
"'Ah' said the people of Jerusalem 'The Lord is with us, the last time when we left Egypr , He sent us manna. This time he sent us rain for the cisterns and the khubeiza."
The basic message of this book is that the Lord is sovereign and no one can keep him from fulfilling his promises to the Children of Israel. Trying to divide and destroy Israel may cause pain and suffering , but ultimately Israel will prevail and those who try to consume it will themselves be consumed.
G-D promised that those who blesss Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed, amen to that. I believe that one's attitude to Israel is the defining moral issue of today. Those who are well disposed to Israel are righteous ,and those who hate Israel are evil. It is certainly the moral litmus test that I use
She deals the promises by G-D to restore the Jewish people to their homeland, the Land of Israel , which are being fulfilled , quoting from the Bible directly.
With the use of maps and illustrations , the book is a short and economical read , using just enough words to clarify the truth as it is , while remaining fascinating and inciteful.
While Archbold is a commited Christian , the book is written in such a way , that it can be equally useful and relevant to people of the Jewish faith or indeed anyone who believes in G-D and who honestly seeks the truth free of hate and politically correct bigotry. As an Orthodox Jew, I reccomend it wholheartedly.
"The mountains of Israel , is the heart of the Land promised by G-D to the children of Israel. It is Judea and Samaria , the inheritance of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Joseph" Archbold points out. She deals with the deep and ancient signifficance , to the Jewish people , of such towns and cities in Judea and Samaria as Bethel, Ai , Shilo, Schechem , Bethany and Jerusalem.
Thye boundaries of the Land promised to Abraham include all of modern day Israel, the disputed territories and much more. This promise was UNCONDITIONAL!
" The Lord made a covenant with Abram , saying 'To your descendants I have given this Land , from the river of Egypt, to the great river , the River Euphrates..." (Genesis 15:18).
Proofs are presented about the desolation of the Land of Israel before the return of the Jewish people in the 20th century. Quotes from such luminaries as Mark Twain and WM Thomas , who visited the Holy Land in the 19th century, as well as documented charts and statistics from the time prove that 'Palestine' was a blighted and empty land until the return of the Jews in the late 19th and the 20th centuries. The Jews returned to the Land of Israel because it was their ancient homeland.
Although there where always Jewish communities in Israel between the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD and 1948 AD. There was a Jewish majority in Jerusalem since the 1840's and for hundreds of years there have been large Jewish communities in Safed and Tiberius.
Political facts and events of the 20th centuries are also covered , such as the fact that in 1922 , 77% of the Palestine Mandate was cut off by the British to create the Arab State of Transjordan from which Jews where banned from living in. Hence there has been an Arab Palestinian State since 1922 on the vast majority of land covered by the colony called Palestine , and the fact that 10% of the earth's surface is covered by Arab states, while the State of Israel barely registers on the map. Is it fair that tiny Israel must give up yet more land to the Arabs? The PLO and Arab States have continually vowed to destroy Israel and anihilate it's people, meaning a second holocaust of Jews. They have vowed to use any Palestinian State in Judea, Samaria and Gaza as a staging ground to destroy the whole of Israel and all of it's people. Quotes are used , from LIbyan President Muammar Gadaffi, leader of the PFLP terrorist organization George Habash , and arch-terrorist and head of the PLO's Political department Farouk Kadoummi , vowing to use any Palestinian State on 'the West Bank' and Gaza to destroy Israel, and anihilate all of it's Jews.
The Biblical relevance of places in Israel are covered, and it is traced how the Arabs of today are descendants of nations such as the Ishmailites , Edomites, Moabites , Ammonites , Midianites and Amalekites , among others. Reading this book, it is mind blowing to see how the prophecies of the Bible are being fulfilled. The prophecies of Ezekiel and Isaiah that are happening before our eyes are well covered in this book.
Also mentioned is the Biblical references to the slander and Hitleresque propaganda against Israel that is so prevalent today in the media, universities , the United Nations etc , as epitomized by that hideous hatefest in Durban in 2001 , the so-called 'UN Conference Against Racism', which turned out to be nothing other than a global festival of racist hate against Israel and it's people:
"G-D said
'you (mountains of Israel) are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people.'
(Ezekiel 36:3)
An interesting proof mentioned of the modern day miracles that have taken place in the favour of the Jews of Israel is from the 1948 War of Independence, when the Arabs prevented food from reaching the hungry Jewish population of Jerusalem . In April, a month before the war started , a weed called khubeize provided miraculous relief to the Jews of Jerusalem. The spinachlike nutritious plant
sprang up wild , and a few weeks later an unseasonable three day rain pushed up a new crop of khubeize.
"'Ah' said the people of Jerusalem 'The Lord is with us, the last time when we left Egypr , He sent us manna. This time he sent us rain for the cisterns and the khubeiza."
The basic message of this book is that the Lord is sovereign and no one can keep him from fulfilling his promises to the Children of Israel. Trying to divide and destroy Israel may cause pain and suffering , but ultimately Israel will prevail and those who try to consume it will themselves be consumed.
G-D promised that those who blesss Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed, amen to that. I believe that one's attitude to Israel is the defining moral issue of today. Those who are well disposed to Israel are righteous ,and those who hate Israel are evil. It is certainly the moral litmus test that I use
Merged review:
I would urge everyone to read this book. Norma Parrish Archbold , in this fascinating and truly eye-opening work , confronts head on the popular prejudices against Israel, and ignorance of the truth behind the Arab-Israeli conflict today. Archbold tackles the issue from a Biblical perspective , and outlines the history of the Land of Israel, especially Judea and Samaria, the ancient Biblical Heartland of the Jewish people, which is wrongly reffered to as 'The West Bank' or 'the occupied Palestinian territories' . This area contains most of the mountains of the Land of Israel , hence the name of the book.
She deals the promises by G-D to restore the Jewish people to their homeland, the Land of Israel , which are being fulfilled , quoting from the Bible directly.
With the use of maps and illustrations , the book is a short and economical read , using just enough words to clarify the truth as it is , while remaining fascinating and inciteful.
While Archbold is a commited Christian , the book is written in such a way , that it can be equally useful and relevant to people of the Jewish faith or indeed anyone who believes in G-D and who honestly seeks the truth free of hate and politically correct bigotry. As an Orthodox Jew, I reccomend it wholheartedly.
"The mountains of Israel , is the heart of the Land promised by G-D to the children of Israel. It is Judea and Samaria , the inheritance of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Joseph" Archbold points out. She deals with the deep and ancient signifficance , to the Jewish people , of such towns and cities in Judea and Samaria as Bethel, Ai , Shilo, Schechem , Bethany and Jerusalem.
Thye boundaries of the Land promised to Abraham include all of modern day Israel, the disputed territories and much more. This promise was UNCONDITIONAL!
" The Lord made a covenant with Abram , saying 'To your descendants I have given this Land , from the river of Egypt, to the great river , the River Euphrates..." (Genesis 15:18).
Proofs are presented about the desolation of the Land of Israel before the return of the Jewish people in the 20th century. Quotes from such luminaries as Mark Twain and WM Thomas , who visited the Holy Land in the 19th century, as well as documented charts and statistics from the time prove that 'Palestine' was a blighted and empty land until the return of the Jews in the late 19th and the 20th centuries. The Jews returned to the Land of Israel because it was their ancient homeland.
Although there where always Jewish communities in Israel between the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD and 1948 AD. There was a Jewish majority in Jerusalem since the 1840's and for hundreds of years there have been large Jewish communities in Safed and Tiberius.
Political facts and events of the 20th centuries are also covered , such as the fact that in 1922 , 77% of the Palestine Mandate was cut off by the British to create the Arab State of Transjordan from which Jews where banned from living in. Hence there has been an Arab Palestinian State since 1922 on the vast majority of land covered by the colony called Palestine , and the fact that 10% of the earth's surface is covered by Arab states, while the State of Israel barely registers on the map. Is it fair that tiny Israel must give up yet more land to the Arabs? The PLO and Arab States have continually vowed to destroy Israel and anihilate it's people, meaning a second holocaust of Jews. They have vowed to use any Palestinian State in Judea, Samaria and Gaza as a staging ground to destroy the whole of Israel and all of it's people. Quotes are used , from LIbyan President Muammar Gadaffi, leader of the PFLP terrorist organization George Habash , and arch-terrorist and head of the PLO's Political department Farouk Kadoummi , vowing to use any Palestinian State on 'the West Bank' and Gaza to destroy Israel, and anihilate all of it's Jews.
The Biblical relevance of places in Israel are covered, and it is traced how the Arabs of today are descendants of nations such as the Ishmailites , Edomites, Moabites , Ammonites , Midianites and Amalekites , among others. Reading this book, it is mind blowing to see how the prophecies of the Bible are being fulfilled. The prophecies of Ezekiel and Isaiah that are happening before our eyes are well covered in this book.
Also mentioned is the Biblical references to the slander and Hitleresque propaganda against Israel that is so prevalent today in the media, universities , the United Nations etc , as epitomized by that hideous hatefest in Durban in 2001 , the so-called 'UN Conference Against Racism', which turned out to be nothing other than a global festival of racist hate against Israel and it's people:
"G-D said
'you (mountains of Israel) are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people.'
(Ezekiel 36:3)
An interesting proof mentioned of the modern day miracles that have taken place in the favour of the Jews of Israel is from the 1948 War of Independence, when the Arabs prevented food from reaching the hungry Jewish population of Jerusalem . In April, a month before the war started , a weed called khubeize provided miraculous relief to the Jews of Jerusalem. The spinachlike nutritious plant
sprang up wild , and a few weeks later an unseasonable three day rain pushed up a new crop of khubeize.
"'Ah' said the people of Jerusalem 'The Lord is with us, the last time when we left Egypr , He sent us manna. This time he sent us rain for the cisterns and the khubeiza."
The basic message of this book is that the Lord is sovereign and no one can keep him from fulfilling his promises to the Children of Israel. Trying to divide and destroy Israel may cause pain and suffering , but ultimately Israel will prevail and those who try to consume it will themselves be consumed.
G-D promised that those who blesss Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed, amen to that. I believe that one's attitude to Israel is the defining moral issue of today. Those who are well disposed to Israel are righteous ,and those who hate Israel are evil. It is certainly the moral litmus test that I use
February 7, 2010
A must read for anyone who wants to understand Israel's position in the Middle East/world.
January 17, 2014
Really helps sort through the media hype.
November 20, 2025
A Zionist defense for Israel’s control of the West Bank. Archibold’s arguments are painfully two-dimensional and simplistic readings of the biblical text. She doesn’t even attempt to deal with other theological viewpoints other than a few straw men arguments hastily assembled to be quickly dispensed with.
March 10, 2022
Good compiled account of present day Israel prophecy pinpointing to scripture.
January 24, 2023
A specific topic.
March 27, 2010
This book gives an excellent account of Archbold's views on the conflict based on a Judaic influence.
While I don't agree with much of it, the book was an enlightening read.
While I don't agree with much of it, the book was an enlightening read.
October 17, 2011
Decent historical read about Israel.
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