On the Road to Armageddon: How Evangelicals Became Israel's Best Friend

by Timothy P. Weber

Why do evangelicals care so much about Israel? How did this special relationship develop? What has it produced? Certain understandings of Bible prophecy have profoundly shaped the way evangelicals and other Americans view Israel and the political policies that have supported the Jewish state. Now in paperback, this major work on an ever timely theme is for anyone interested in American-Israeli relations, history, theology, and politics. "Timothy Weber's important and timely book illuminates the end-times beliefs that shape millions of Americans' view of current events. Well-researched and historically grounded . . . This disturbing work deserves the widest possible readership."--Paul S. Boyer, author, When Time Shall Be No More

Genres: Israel, American History, Religion, History, Politics

336 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

Reviews

[Yasmine F-A]

Fascinating

[Shabeeh Haider]

No i have not bothered to finish this book, rather I wasted my precious time on reading first 60 pages of this book which seemed to be history of Dispentalism. This was a total waste of time, maybe I judged the book wrongly. I thought it would tell reasons why American support jewish state so much.

[Megan Lunsford]

This was a fun read that spends half its time following the history of dispensationalism - and the other half linking the Founding of the modern state of Israel with Evangelical leaders who ascribe dispensationalism. I thought the author presents a crisp and well researched defense, that was easy to understand.

[Kristin Vargas]

A solid, highly researched and detailed history of dispensationalism and Zionism. Confirmed and expanded on what I learned previously from a professor of Judaism and a rabbi.

[Kevin]

A generally good history of the Dispensationalist movement. The chapters on the early history of the movement and the related history of Messianic Judaism are particularly well-done.

The book's quality is ultimately compromised by trying too hard to make a point. While his chapter about the attempts of certain dispensationalists to provoke apocalyptic events in Israel/Palestine is distressingly accurate, his chapter on Dispensationalism and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a textbook example of pretending to have proven far more than one has. There is enough of the sensational in the history of dispensationalism that I wonder why he felt the need to embellish.

[Mark Sequeira]

Good, very interesting book! I borrowed it from the library and blew through it. Traces the history of Evangelical and/or Dispensational Christianity's relationship to the modern-day state of Israel and how their end time views reinforce thier views and America's foreign policy towards the sate of Israel. Worth the read.

[David]

This is a good introduction to current evangelical dispensationalist ("rapture") theology that cogently explains how the Israeli government and conservative American evangelicals have cultivated an ongoing relationship based on practicality for the former and apocalypticism for the latter.

[Mitch Mallary]

An exceptional overview of the highly complex interrelationship between dispensational theology, Zionism, and American politics.

[Harry]

Re-read pertinent chapters.