Summary Of Abraham By Bruce Feiler

Bruce S. Feiler, Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths (New York: Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004).

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The purpose of Abraham is to inform about Abraham and his connection to christianity, islam, and judaism. Abraham is an objective explanation of the story of Abraham all historically, geographically, philosophically, theologically and politically. From the perspective of all three Abrahamic religions. The story does not sugar coat the disagreements among religious traditions. There are parts of this book that are depressing and ugly. But the author challenges the opinionated views by pointing out

He expands on the life of Abraham and his family as depicted in the Bible, the Torah, and the Koran. He leaves opportunities to acknowledge that everything is surely not black and white but must be left to the imagination. In this piece of text, “The story of Abraham smashing the idols is therefore the word of God, and is sacrosanct. The other option is that the legend of Abraham were composed not by God but by God-intoxicated people,” Feiler will give different options to what the story of Abraham may be. This enlightens his objective thesis for the novel. His intention for this story is purely educational, not inspirational towards a specific path of Abraham. Feiler will give dialogue of other speakers to give true opinions, but also his own opinion and his own personal experiences to develop the overall story of Abraham. Feiler also was not afraid to address the fact that religion can always be factually proven with hard evidence. Sure there was the Bible, however the problem Feiler saw was that, “Probably less than 1 percent of the stories told about Abraham appear in the Bible”. The Bible is viewed as the true word of God and is truth, but who’s to say that any of the stories are close to real is they didn’t come from the Bible. Feiler knows there is doubts and was not afraid to discuss how the doubts can be views.

“The Rock is considered the navel of the world.” The Rock provides nourishment and a spiritual connection for those who visit it. The Rock represents life and death to the three religions at conflict, split in their beliefs. Feiler includes dialogue from other speakers to give full circle opinions for beliefs. Despite a slight lack in background context for more of the locations and countries in which the history took place, Feiler was able to paint a believable picture of the different faiths. Feiler’s organization was key on how he split the book into chapters to give specific time for each faith, which clears confusion on which viewpoint he is addressing for those who may not be familiar with the three faiths as well as he is. Furthermore, Feiler’s intended audience is basically anyone who is curious as to who Abraham was and still is. His purpose was to educate, because nothing is more dangerous to society than the uneducated making rash