Founding Father.("The Discovery of God: Abraham and the Birth of Monotheism")(Book Review) From: National Review | Date: June 2, 2003| Author: Medved, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Discovery of God: Abraham and the Birth of Monotheism, by David Klinghoffer (Doubleday, 304 pp., $26)

Some 30 years ago I struggled through a Yale religious-studies course called "The Bible as Literature." Despite energetic leadership from a world-class scholar, the experience amounted to an uncomfortable ordeal leading to an inescapable conclusion: As literature, the Bible stinks. Beyond the pedestrian translations, the random repetitions and contradictions, the una...

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