The first course tells us the history of the Hebrews; their development in the desert, their establishment in the south of Canaan as a patriarchy in connection with Egypt and its priesthood and with a view of Jewish life in Canaan. The second course discusses the history of the priests of Israel, after the priesthood of Egypt was abolished around 1325 BC. The third course addresses the problem of authority in the actions of administrators, priests and prophets.

The most important thing about a textbook is that you start reading at the beginning and only continue after you have understood it clearly. This is not a major problem, because as a reader you automatically notice when you no longer understand and that you have to reread it in a complicated way before you can continue. But we must make do with translations that are more or less adapted to an existing ecclesiastical belief.

Modern exegesis is based on simply reading what it says. Church statements of personal identification are refuted or hidden. There is even more need for explanations that we derive from our historical knowledge of the past; While that knowledge is also often available in the Bible. As a result, the authentic textbook is mostly read as a collection of writings, so that people continue to use it selectively. Hence this book; because – as it turns out – it was written as a textbook. The biggest obstacles are names. However, a textbook is never based on persons, but on general experiences that have been processed into concepts. The Biblical names only gain meaning by looking them up in a dictionary and then looking at the texts and contexts in which they are used. Then it turns out that not only do we mean a lot by not translating names, but also that we are religious believers and are still being misled.

By the way, personification of concepts is a well-known phenomenon in all literature. In the story of 'Noah' we naturally read the development of a priesthood that turns away from a heavenly experience and focuses on earthly statements. Jews are obliged not to participate; are committed to service. No deity asks for that! Service can only be connected to earthly existence.