Trying to identify Bible prophecy guy

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Does anyone remember the name of a particular Bible prophecy author who wrote a number of books, probably in or around the 1980s, including a study Bible that bore his name? All I can remember was that his name wasn't Western: as I recall, it was possibly Arabic or Middle Eastern, perhaps. I would know it if I saw it.

No particular axe to grind with the guy; I'm just trying to remember who he was.

Update: Never mind. Salem Kirban. As usually happens with this kind of thing, it came to me within about 30 seconds of posting. :)
 
Ransom said:
Does anyone remember the name of a particular Bible prophecy author who wrote a number of books, probably in or around the 1980s, including a study Bible that bore his name? All I can remember was that his name wasn't Western: as I recall, it was possibly Arabic or Middle Eastern, perhaps. I would know it if I saw it.

No particular axe to grind with the guy; I'm just trying to remember who he was.

Update: Never mind. Salem Kirban. As usually happens with this kind of thing, it came to me within about 30 seconds of posting. :)
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I have Salem's cartoon book on 666.  It's great.
 
Twisted said:
I have Salem's cartoon book on 666.  It's great.
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Is it the chewable kind of picture book, or has your mommy decided you're old enough for board books now?
 
Ransom said:
Twisted said:
I have Salem's cartoon book on 666.  It's great.
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Is it the chewable kind of picture book, or has your mommy decided you're old enough for board books now?
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LOL!
 
Ransom said:
Is it the chewable kind of picture book, or has your mommy decided you're old enough for board books now?
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Yeah, I remember back in the 1970s there was a lady in my church who was teaching the kiddies out of Kirban's books, "666" and "1000."  His books were an earlier, and very popular, version of the "Left Behind" malarkey.

Manfred Kober, in "Baptist Bulletin" (GARBC), 2007:
"Predictions about the future that are void of clear Biblical support are useless and impossible. Salem Kirban, a lifelong student of prophecy, wrote a book in 1970 titled I Predict.  He clearly stated that his predictions are not to be considered inspired but simply prognostications based on his understanding of the Scriptures and signs of the times. The predictions included a human head transplant on a well-known individual,  the discovery of a cure for cancer, the extinction of denominations,  and the landing of a U.S. space team on Mars.
"One writer, George Zeller, correctly notes the total inability of even informed believers to make accurate predictions:
'Salem Kirban, a student of prophecy and a student of current events, tried to predict what the world would be like in ten years. Thirty years later we are now able to look back on these predictions and clearly see that most of his predictions were totally inaccurate. This serves to illustrate the fact that man, by himself, is totally unable to predict future events.'
Hardly any of Kirban?s hundreds of predictions have come to pass. One can be a lifelong student of prophecy, with a detailed knowledge of current events, and still be unable to make accurate predictions. Only God knows what will come to pass."
 
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