Book Study-Prager's Rational Bible

[Dana]

Actually, now that I think about it maybe we should start with Exodus. That is where Prager started, and there is probably a reason for it.

Yes, there actually is a reason and he states it in the introduction of Exodus. "The primary reason I began my commentary with the second book of the Torah, Exodus, and not the first, Genesis, is that Exodus contains the Ten Commandments, the most important moral code in world history, and the central moral code of the Torah. If people lived by those ten laws alone, the world would be almost devoid of all man-made suffering."

So do you think we should start there, or does it not really matter? Thinking a little more, it seems to make sense to start in Genesis. But since I don't have either copy yet, I'm not sure.

   I understand and appreciate why Dennis Prager chose to write Exodus first, and having finished his book The Ten Commandments - Still The Best Moral Code, even more so. I would go with Genesis only because it is the first book of the Torah and I tend to prefer studying in sequence order. Otherwise, I'm fine with starting Exodus if others decide to do so.