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Anti-Semitism and Early Christianity: Issues of Polemic and Faith. Craig Evans and Donald Hagner, editors. Fortress Press, 1993. Helpful to parish pastors, in part because it is comprised of series of articles.
The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite. Robert Kaplan, Free Press, 1993.

This is an insightful resource on American relations with the Arab Middle East going back to the earlier turn of the century, 1900. The author, who became a foreign correspondent, then a scholar and historian of global affairs, carries the Middle East story up to the late 1980s, early 90s. Very readable, very interesting.
Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Hope in Times of Trouble by Mitri Raheb, 2005.
The Charge of Distortion of Jewish and Christian Scriptures by Abdullah Saeed, 2002.
Christian and a Land Called Holy by Charles P. Lutz and Robert O. Smith, 2006.
Contested Holiness: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian perspective on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem by Rivka Gonen, 2003.
From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman, Anchor Book paperback by Doubleday, 1989. This book has become the standard for some. It includes a Middle East chronology and provides an overview. Good, accessible resource. It addresses both sides, Beirut and Jerusalem.
How Long O Lord: Christian, Jewish and Muslim voices from the ground and visions for the future in Israel/Palestine by Maurine Tobin and Robert Tobin, 2002.
I am a Palestinian Christian by Mitri Raheb, 1995.
Israel: A History. Martin Gilbert, William Morrow and Company, 1998. Martin Gilbert is a respected British historian. The book has an extensive glossary, maps, and is over 600 pages long. It also provides an overview of Zionism and the World Zionist Conference. The table of contents and introduction are user-friendly.
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Responses to the Hebrew Bible by B. Barry Levy, 1999.
Living Traditions of the Bible: Scripture in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Practice by Joel Kaminsky, 2001.
The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation by Barbara R. Rossing, 2005.
Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist -- Arab Conflict, 1881 - 2001. By Benny Morries. Excellent historical chronology. This is a pretty dense text, lots of details, 700 pages.
Sharing the Land of Canaan by Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, 2004.
Still Believing: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Women Affirm Their Faith by Victoria Lee Erickson; Susan A. Farrell, 2005.
Water from the Rock: Lutheran Voices from Palestine by Ann Hafften, 2003.
Who Are the Christians in the Middle East? by Betty Jane Bailey and J. Martin Bailey, 2003.
Witnessing for Peace: In Jerusalem and the World by Munib Younan, 2003.