Length15h 35m
About this audiobook
USA Today bestseller Publishers Weekly bestseller Wall Street Journal bestseller Many people today think the Bible, the most influential book in world history, is not only outdated but irrelevant, irrational, and even immoral. This explanation of the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, demonstrates clearly and powerfully that the opposite is true. The Bible remains profoundly relevant—both to the great issues of our day and to each individual life. It is the greatest moral guide and source of wisdom ever written. Do you doubt the existence of God because you think believing in God is irrational? This book will give you many reasons to rethink your doubts. Do you think faith and science are in conflict? You won't after reading this commentary on Genesis. Do you come from a dysfunctional family? It may comfort you to know that every family discussed in Genesis was highly dysfunctional! 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. In Dennis Prager's words, "If something I write is not rational, I have not done my job." The Rational Bible is the fruit of Dennis Prager's forty years of teaching the Bible—whose Hebrew grammar and vocabulary he has mastered—to people of every faith and no faith at all. On virtually every page, you will discover how the text relates to the contemporary world in general and to you personally. His goal: to change your mind—and, as a result, to change your life.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length15 hrs 35 mins
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Publish dateMay 7, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Why This Commentary?
2Who Is This Torah Commentary For?
3The Torah Is Not Man-Made
4Man-Made or God-Made: Why It Matters
5How Was the Torah Transmitted?
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6Reason, Torah, and God
7Why Read This Commentary?
8A Few Details
9Preface
10Chapter 1
11Essay: The First Verse—a First in Human History
12On the Question “Who Created God?”
13Essay: God’s Existence
14Essay: Do Science and Genesis Conflict?
15Essay: Why God Is Depicted in Male Terms
16Boys Take Rules From Men
17Males Need Male Role Models
18The Male Is More Rule-Oriented
19God Is Not within Nature. God Created Nature.
20God’s Name
21The Bible Begins with the God of All the World, Not the Story of the Jews
22Disorder—the Natural State of the World without God
23God Speaks and His Will Is Done
24Why Does God Declare His Creation “Good”?
25Essay: What Does “Day” Mean in Genesis 1?
26Plants before the Sun?
27The Sun and the Moon Dethroned as Gods
28Why “Sea Monsters” Are Mentioned
29The Creation of “Man”
30The Creation of “the Man”
31The Male-Female Distinction Is Part of God’s Order
32Either Man Will Rule over Nature, or Nature Will Rule over Man
33Chapter 2
34From Creating to Making
35Holy Time—Unique to the Torah
36Two Words for “Work”
37A Second Description of Creation—Details about Man’s Creation
38The Only Time (but One) the Torah Conjoins Both of God’s Names
39The World Needs Both Mercy and Justice
40Essay: Does the Torah Advocate Vegetarianism?
41Essay: It Is Not Good for Man to Be Alone
42Animals Cannot Replace Humans
43Essay: Marry and Become a Man
44Chapter 3
45Is the Garden of Eden Literally True?
46Misquoting God or Man Can Lead to Catastrophic Consequences
47The Unique Power of the Eye
48We Are All Adam and Eve
49The Woman’s Desire for a Man
50Essay: Woman’s Desire for a Dominant Man
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