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'''Joel C. Rosenberg''' (born 1967) is an ] communications strategist, author of the ''Last Jihad'' series, and founder of ''The Joshua Fund''.<ref name=siegel-itzkovich20080129>{{cite news |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1201523780367&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull |title=Evangelicals 'adopt' Ashkelon hospital 'to bless Israel and her neighbors' |first=Judy |last=Siegel-Itzkovich |date=29 January 2008 |work=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref><ref name=JCRabout>{{cite web |url=http://www.joelrosenberg.com/about.asp |title=Joel's Bio |accessdate=30 May 2009 |last=Rosenberg |first=Joel C. |year=2007 |publisher=]}}</ref> An ] whose father had been raised in an Orthodox Jewish household,<ref name = JCRspiritual>{{cite web |url=http://www.joelrosenberg.com/spiritual.asp |title=Spiritual Journey |accessdate=17 March 2010 |last=Rosenberg |first=Joel C. |year=2007 |publisher=]}}</ref> he has written five ]s about terrorism and how it relates to Bible Prophecy, including ] winner ''],''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/cba2006.php |title=2006 Christian Book Awards Winners |publisher=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> along with two nonfiction books, '']'' and '']'', on the alleged resemblance of biblical prophecies and current events. Rosenberg serves as a political columnist for '']'' and he has also had his work published by the '']'', '']'', and '']''. He and his wife, Lynn, have four sons and reside near ] |
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==Early life== |
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Joel was born in 1967 near ], ] to ] parents who became ] when he was a child. At the age of 17, he became a born-again ] and now identifies as a ].<ref name=JCRspiritual/> After graduating in 1988 from ],<ref name=JCRabout/> he worked for ] as a research assistant. Later he worked for U.S. Presidential candidate ] as a campaign advisor. Rosenberg opened a political consultancy business, which he ran until 2000, advising former ]i Deputy Prime Minister ] and then-former Prime Minister ] where he garnered much of his information on the Middle East that he would later use in his books.<ref name=rosenbaum20031115/><ref>{{cite news |first=Joel |last=Rosenberg |date=29 January 2003 |title=Elections in Israel: Israeli Perspective |url=http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/03/sp_world_rosenberg012903.htm |work=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> |
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==Writing career== |
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Following ], Joel decided to retire from politics altogether and begin a new career in writing.<ref name=beck20080425>{{cite web |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0804/25/gb.01.html |title=Honest Questions about the End of Days |first=Glenn |last=Beck |authorlink=Glenn Beck |coauthors=transcript by ] |work=] |date=25 April 2008 |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> His first book, '']'', was the first of a five-part fictional series involving ] and how it may relate to ]. The book was written nine months before the ], (a revised edition takes the event into account) and was published in 2002.<ref>{{cite book |first=Joel |last=Rosenberg |chapter=Author's Note to the 9/11 Anniversary Edition |chapterurl=http://files.tyndale.com/thpdata/FirstChapters/978-1-4143-1272-9.pdf |title=The Last Jihad |publisher=] |location=] |year=2006 |pages=ix–xii |isbn=978-1-4143-1272-9}}</ref> When published, ''The Last Jihad'' spent 11 weeks on the '']'' best-seller list, reaching as high as number seven. It also appeared on the '']'' and '']'' best-seller lists, and hit number four on the '']'' list. The book was followed by '']'', which spent four weeks on the ], hit number five on the '']'' list, and hit number eight on the '']'' list. Following the successes of his first two novels, '']'' was published in 2005, '']'' in 2006, and the final book, '']'' in 2008.<ref name=hcf-didyoumissit/> |
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Rosenberg also wrote a non-fictional account of ] and ] in the book '']''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Joel C. |last=Rosenberg |year=2007 |title=Book Details: Epicenter |url=http://www.joelrosenberg.com/epicenter.asp |publisher=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> It was published in September 2006 and an accompanying DVD was produced in the summer of 2007.<ref>{{cite web |first=Joel C. |last=Rosenberg |year=2007 |title=DVD Details: Epicenter |url=http://www.joelrosenberg.com/epicenter_dvd.asp |publisher=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> His second non-fiction book, ''Inside the Revolution'', which talked about the different sects of ] in the ] and how a significant amount of moderate Muslims are coming to Christianity in the region was released in 2009 and also made it onto the '']'' best-seller list, reaching as high as #7 as of 27 March 2009.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 March 2009 |title=Hardcover Nonfiction |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/books/bestseller/besthardnonfiction.html |work=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> His most recent book, The Twelfth Imam, also deals with terrorism and Iran gaining nuclear power. |
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=="A Modern Nostradamus"== |
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Rosenberg's novels have attracted those interested in ], due to several of his fictional elements of his books that would occur after his writing of books. Nine months before the ], Rosenberg wrote a novel with a ] plane attack on an American city. Five months before the ], he wrote a novel about war with ], the death of ] eight months before it occurred, a story with ], ], and ] forming a military alliance against ] occurring the date of publishing,<ref name=beck20080425/> the rebuilding of the city of ],<ref>{{cite news |author=] |date=11 February 2009 |title=Babylon lost and found |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_336849.html |work=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> Iran vowing to have Israel "wiped off the face of the map forever" five months before Iranian President ] used similar language,<ref>{{cite news |first=Joel C. |last=Rosenberg |date=10 August 2006 |title=Apocalypse Now? |url=http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NWNmMWM5MjhhMzVjZTM0ZmI1ZmJlYzAxNzU3NDEyMWI |work=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> and the discovery of huge amounts of ] and ] in ] (a major gas discovery occurred in January 2009).<ref>{{cite news |first=Sharon |last=Wrobel |date=18 January 2009 |title=Huge gas reserves discovered off Haifa |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232265973374&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |work=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> A brief article in '']'' referred to him as a "Modern ],"<ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Bedard |date=26 October 2003 |title=Why those Bush state dinners end so early |url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/articles/031103/3whisplead_2.htm |work=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> although Rosenberg tries to play down those proclamations, stating that "I am not a ], a ], or a 'Modern Nostradamus,' as some have suggested."<ref name=rosenberg2008pxi-xii>{{cite book |first=Joel |last=Rosenberg |chapter=Author's Note |chapterurl=http://files.tyndale.com/thpdata/FirstChapters/978-1-4143-1161-6.pdf |title=Dead Heat |publisher=] |location=] |year=2008 |pages=xi–xii |isbn=978-1-4143-1162-3 |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> He gives the credit for his accurate predictions to studying Biblical prophecy and applying to the modern world.<ref name=rosenberg2008pxi-xii/> |
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==The Joshua Fund== |
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Rosenberg is the founder and President of '''The Joshua Fund''', a ] not-for-profit charity<ref>{{cite web |title=Give |url=http://www.joshuafund.net/body_give.html |publisher=The Joshua Fund |accessdate=30 May 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> that seeks to "Bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus, according to Genesis 12:1-3".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mission |url=http://www.joshuafund.net/body_the_mission.html |publisher=The Joshua Fund |accessdate=30 May 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The fund has raised $1.2 million in 2008 alone and dedicated the money to those afflicted by war and terrorism, specifically those in ], the ], and ].<ref name=siegel-itzkovich20080129/> |
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==Appearances in Media== |
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Rosenberg has been interviewed on radio and TV programs about his views on the ], and ], including ]'s '']'', ]'s '']'', ] '']'', ], ], '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. He has been profiled twice by ''The New York Times'', and was the subject of two cover stories in '']'' magazine. |
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He has also spoken at universities, churches, political events, bookseller conventions, fund-raisers, the ],{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} to members of the ], the ], ], and ].<ref name=beck20080425/> |
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==Criticism== |
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], a progressive media watchdog group, criticized Rosenberg's July 31, 2006, '']'' appearance that "featured a segment on 'whether the crisis in the Middle East is actually a prelude to the end of the world,' marking the third time in eight days that CNN has devoted airtime to those claiming that the ongoing Mideast violence signals the coming of the Apocalypse."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200608010007 |title=CNN still fixated on Apocalypse predictors, still ignoring alleged invitation to White House, Capitol Hill |publisher=] |date=1 August 2006 |accessdate=30 May 2009}}</ref> It featured Rosenberg comparing apocalyptic Scripture in the Bible to modern events, which he views, in addition to the lenses of politics and economics, through what he calls "a third lens as well: the lens of Scripture."<ref name="Rosenberg2008">{{cite book|last=Rosenberg|first=Joel C.|title=Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4U_z6G_6S1UC&pg=PA17|accessdate=22 January 2011|year=2006|publisher=Tyndale House|language=English|isbn=9781414311364|page=47|chapter=4 The Third Lens}}</ref> |
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Rosenberg's views on the ] involving ] are in line with an ] called ] which is an eschatology that is debated in the Christian community. ] ] has debated Rosenberg on this subject.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jan |last=Mickelson |title=Thursday August 31, 2006 |url=http://mickelson.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=125691 |date=31 August 2006 |work=Mickelson in the Morning |accessdate=30 May 2009 |publisher=]}}</ref> Rosenberg's work and responses to it by world leaders has earlier precedents in the work of ] and the Worldwide Church of God (WCG), especially its ''Plain Truth'' magazine until 1995, when changes in the WCG's doctrines led its leaders to disavow further speculation and overemphasis in Bible prophecy following Armstrong's death in 1986. |
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==Bibliography== |
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*'']'' (2002) (novel) ISBN 978-1-4143-1272-9 |
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*'']'' (2003) (novel) ISBN 978-1-4143-1273-6 |
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*'']'' (2005) (novel) ISBN 978-1-4143-0344-4 |
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*'']'' (2006) (novel) ISBN 978-1-4143-0346-8 |
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*'']'' (2006) (non-fiction) ISBN 978-1-4143-1135-7 |
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*'']'' (2008) (novel) ISBN 978-1-4143-1162-3 |
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*'']'' (2009) (non-fiction) ISBN 978-1-4143-2626-9 |
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*'']'' (2010) (novel) ISBN 978-1-4143-1163-0 |
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==References== |
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*{{cite web |first=John J. |last=Miller |authorlink=John J. Miller |date=26 March 2008 |title=Joel Rosenberg on ''Dead Heat'' |url=http://radio.nationalreview.com/betweenthecovers/post/?q=MGUyYTEwMWM2MzdhNjg0ZDU5NzJmMmQyZGRmZDA2ZTM= |work=] |accessdate=31 May 2009}} |
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*{{cite web |url=http://www.tyndale.com/authors/authorbio.asp?id=775 |title=Joel C. Rosenberg |publisher=] |accessdate=30 May 2009}} |
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