Bruce Feiler - Where God Was Born, Abraham, Walking The Bible

Me on C-SPAN2 Saturday at 2:30 PM
Friday, February 16, 2007

As readers of Feiler Faster know by now, President Bush was asked on Monday what books he had been reading lately. Here's what he said.

Well, I just finished a book called Abraham," by a guy named Feiler. And it's a really interesting book that studies the prophet Abraham from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim perspective. And the lesson is, is that if you -- you can look at Abraham as a unifying factor. In other words, all three of our -- all three of those religions started from the same source, which means it's possible to reconcile differences. And I was impressed by his writing. I really enjoyed the amount of study he did on the subject. And I appreciated his lessons that sometimes as each religion appropriated Abraham to suit their own needs, but, ultimately, we could view Abraham as a way to find a common God.

He mispronounced my name (saying Feeler not Filer). Anyway, there has been lots of interesting fall-out from this, but one unexpected result is that C-SPAN will re-air an interview I did with Brian Lamb about ABRAHAM on Booknotes this Saturday at 2:30 pm on BookTV. Here's the description on the website.

On Saturday, February 17 at 2:30 pm

Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths

Bruce Feiler

Description: Bruce Feiler was a guest on Booknotes to talk about his newest book, "Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths." In writing the book, the author explored the modern Middle East in order to better understand the region that Abraham lived in, hundreds of years ago. Mr. Feiler argues that Abraham is the central religious figure in whom Judaism, Christianity, and Islam find their origins. The author also makes the claim that in order for those three religions to better understand each other's differing viewpoints, they need to better understand Abraham. In an interview conducted by C-SPAN on Monday, February 12th President Bush stated that he just finished reading the book.

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