A highly readable book that draws on thorough studies of the founding texts. The author has penned a ground-breaking comparative approach of the three monotheist religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - which, however surprisingly, still bring meaning to the contemporary world but also play a role in fuelling its worst conflicts, whether in the Middle East or elsewhere.
Isy Morgensztern, an author and film-maker, was a founding member of Libération and Arte. He is the author of several documentaries, amongst which : La Bible dévoilée (with Thierry Ragobert, France 5 and Arte, 2005) and L'Aventure monothéiste (France 2, 2009), lBoth are available on DVD at Éditions Montparnasse. He has also lectured in Philosophy and the History of Religions at the CIREJ, a research department at the University de Toulouse le-Mirail.