05-26-2019, 05:03 PM
(05-26-2019, 03:29 PM)Chavak Wrote:(05-26-2019, 01:09 PM)Dana Wrote: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.(05-24-2019, 08:33 PM)Chavak Wrote: 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."
(05-26-2019, 04:20 PM)Chavak Wrote: Okay, I'm for starting with Exodus. Makes sense to start at the beginning!
Just thinking...Maybe we can decide by whoever has the same book? I have both (making the decision easier for me), but most people may only have one. So, if SMR and anyone else has Exodus only, why not go with that? In the Introduction, the author even says there is no real order to the commentary study other than what interests the readers.