Seeds of Turmoil Review

The latest book that I have read is Seeds of Turmoil by Bryant Wright. I was particularly interested in this book due to some recent studying I have done on the Islam faith. Primarily I have done research on the Islam faith that begins with Mohammed and makes little mention of the Biblical history behind it. This book takes a look at the Biblical roots of the current crisis in the Middle East and lays out the account of Abraham and Isaac and Ishmael quite well. After studying the Islamic faith and the accounts of Mohammed this was an excellent back story of how the Islamic faith developed and what it means for the current world we live in.
For Biblical scholars and even those that have a basic understanding of the Old Testament this is by no means new research or groundbreaking territory but it certainly accomplishes what the writer set out to do: Give us a basis for understanding the conflict with Judaism and Christianity that the Muslim world has.
The one critique that I have for this book is that it is short on discussion of the current world and heavy on the history of it which is simply my own bias of less interest in history and more on application. This book does do what the writer set out to do though and that is give us a solid understanding of the roots of Islam.
I received this book as part of the Booksneeze program in exchange for an honest review.