Used book – The Cure Of Nazareth. Emile Shoufani, Israeli Arab, Man Of Words In Galilee, Hubert Prolongeau

"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Nathanael, doubtful, asked in the Gospel of John. And today? Who could believe that, in this Galilean city mainly populated by Israeli Arabs, the experience of a humble Palestinian priest could rekindle hope against all supposedly hereditary hatreds? Yet, for over twenty years, Émile Shoufani has succeeded, in the very places where Jesus lived, in bringing the evangelical message of reconciliation back to life.

Hubert Prolongeau recounts the extraordinary journey of this man of his word, who has managed to unite seemingly contradictory loyalties within himself: Arab patriotism affirmed loud and clear; loyalty to the Israeli state of which he is a national and whose language he masters; attachment to Eastern Christian tradition and the Byzantine rite; fidelity to the Catholic Church, of which his Melkite community is a part; and a heartfelt affinity for France and its tradition of freedom.

In the villages of Galilee, as in the model school he runs, the priest of Nazareth has become a friend to Druze, Muslims, and Jews, and an untiring prophet of peace to the younger generations. Through his struggle, an entire spiritual adventure is told to us: that of concrete resistance to injustice and violence, founded on faith in the Gospel.