References to Israel in Arabia

Academic and other References

to Kamal Salibi's Idea of Israel in Arabia

Salibi's Own Books

Salibi, Kamal, The Bible Came from Arabia, London, Jonathan Cape, Ltd., 1985.


Salibi, Kamal, Secrets of the Bible People, Brooklyn, N.Y., Interlink Books, 1988.


Salibi, Kamal, The Historicity of Biblical Israel, London, NABU Publications, 1998.



Academic and other References


Beeston, A.F.L., Review of Salibi's The Bible Came from Arabia, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1988, pp. 389-93)



Cardinal, P., "La Bible et L'Arabie", Revue des Etudes Palestiniennes 26 (1986, pp. 63-70)



Dahlberg, Bruce. "Comments" in the Ancient Near East Digest, 1994.                             Click to read Dahlberg's ANE comments



Greenfield, Jonas. "Comments" in the Ancient Near East Digest, 1994.                             Click to read Greenfield's ANE comments



Hammond, Philip C. "Review of The Bible Came from Arabia" in The International Journal of Middle East Studies (August, 1990: 343-4) "a scathing review".                         Click to read Hammond's review



Hammond, Philip C. "Reply to Joseph on his Comments on Hammond's Review of The Bible Came from Arabia" in The International Journal of Middle East Studies (November, 1991: 705-6) "a scathing review".                                                                                            Click to read Hammond's reply



Joseph, John, "Comments on Hammond's Review of Salibi's The Bible Came from Arabia" in The International Journal of Middle East Studies (November, 1991: p704-5)Click to read Joseph's Comments on Hammond's review



Salibi, Kamal, "Comments on Tell Dan Discoveries," in The Ancient Near East Digest
(15 December, 1993, Volume 01: Number 038)         

Click to read Salibi's comments



Salame-Sarkis, H., "Et si la Bible venait d'Arabie? A propos du livre de Kamal Salibi", Berytus XXXIII (1985, pp. 143 to 165)



Towner, W. Sibley, " The Bible Came from Arabia: Radical Reinterpretations of Old Testament Geography" in The Middle East Journal (Summer 1988, 42: 511-513)          Click to read Towner's review



Woodward, James Pringle, "Jerusalem in Arabia?", Newsweek (September 10, 1984; V104: p 74) "James Sauer, Professor of the University of Pennsylvania and President of the American Schools of Oriental Research was quoted in Newsweek as saying brilliantly, 'Jerusalem and Hebron are exactly where the Bible says they are'."