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Born in Brooklyn, New York, Peter Heinegg received an A.B. from Fordham University and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is a professor of English at Union College, Schenectady, New York, as well as an essayist, critic, and translator.
Prelude
Acknowledgements
Introduction—Crazy Abe
Chapter One—A Bad Beginning
Chapter Two—The Son Who Was Sacrificed
Chapter Three—Abraham, the First Muslim
Conclusion—Farewell to the Lunacy
In Abraham’s Ashes, Peter Heinegg commits the unpardonable sin of looking clear-eyed at one of the mainsprings of Western religious mythology and concluding, as any sane person, must, that what flows from this source is utter nonsense. Abraham’s Ashes is brilliant, beautifully written, and wickedly funny. I highly recommend it to everyone who has ever wondered whether religious mythology deserves to be taken seriously.
— Raymond Martin, professor emeritus of philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, author of Self-Concern (Cambridge University Press) and co-author of The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self (Columbia University Press)