The Rational Bible Exodus, Dennis Prager
The Rational Bible Exodus, Dennis Prager
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The Rational Bible: Exodus

Author: Dennis Prager

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 17 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2018


Synopsis

Why do so many people think the Bible, the most influential book in world history, is outdated? Why do our friends and neighbors – and sometimes we ourselves – dismiss the Bible as irrelevant, irrational, immoral, or all of these things? This explanation of the Book of Exodus, the second book of the Bible, will demonstrate that the Bible is not only powerfully relevant to today’s issues, but completely consistent with rational thought.Do you think the Bible permitted the trans-Atlantic slave trade? You won’t after reading this book.Do you struggle to love your parents? If you do, you need this book.Do you doubt the existence of God because belief in God is “irrational?” This book will give you reason after reason to rethink your doubts.The title of this commentary is, “The Rational Bible” because its approach is entirely reason-based. The reader is never asked to accept anything on faith alone. As Prager says, “If something I write does not make rational sense, I have not done my job.”The Rational Bible is the fruit of Dennis Prager’s forty years of teaching the Bible to people of every faith, and no faith. On virtually every page, you will discover how the text relates to the contemporary world and to your life.His goal: to change your mind – and then change your life.

About Dennis Prager

Dennis Prager is a national bestselling author, columnist, and nationally syndicated radio talk show host. A noted thinker who is equally at home in the secular and religious worlds, he taught the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (the Torah) verse by verse from the Hebrew for more than twenty-five years at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is the author of many books including The Ten Commandments: Still the Best Moral Code, Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual, and Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph, and is the co-founder of Prager University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Charlene on April 08, 2018

Increasingly, the modern American has no familiarity with the Bible. Many have tried to read it, only to bog down in early chapters of geneologies or rituals. The centrality of the Bible to the formation of our nation and our freedoms is not appreciated. We feel we have "progressed;" while in fact w......more

Goodreads review by Viktorya on April 09, 2018

Awesome book! Dennis Prager is always enlightening, and its a pleasure to follow his work!......more

Goodreads review by Jason on August 20, 2018

I feel like this book sold something that wasn't exactly delivered on. Between the rants about how evil Communism is and why African nations shouldn't be given foreign aid Prager delivers a not exactly rational Bible study. Admittedly, he comes out of the gate with it, mixing normative with positive......more

Goodreads review by Mike on June 20, 2018

I loved this explanation of Exodus. Prager’s crucial understanding of the language and the cultural references are extremely enlightening. He centers on why God must exist but also why we must frame our relationship with him on morality. Beyond that, you simply must read it.......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on January 29, 2021

In Prager's view, the purpose of the Torah is to teach ethical monotheism, that is, there is one God (the God of the Torah) and he wants people to be good. So the Torah, especially the 10 Commandments, is given to teach people how to be good. "The Torah view is the purpose of the Chosen People is to......more