pickI like the premise, and the book started strong for me. But the author seemed so naive. He‘s surprised that the ecumenical movement exists and has considered Abraham as the father of the People of the Book before him! Really?! And his biases showed through more at the end also. Still, it is worth reading for the first half. For a more balanced view try The Faith Club, which is written from three perspectives. Between pick and so-so.
‘It‘s very hard to know how to live the Abrahamic life‘ said Levenson. ‘What would you do? Get up and walk to Canaan? Tie your son to an altar? So they begin to take a figure who functions at the level of legend and turn him into a model for how Joe Six-Pack can live his life.‘
It was like participating in a giant, three-dimensional scavenger hunt, where every clue in Judaism led to some desert hideaway in Christianity, led to some palm tree in Islam, under which was some spring — yes!— that suddenly cleared up some tangle described on the front page of that morning‘s newspaper.
And now, to quote Monty Python, for something completely different.
Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths | 
