Exodus is not merely a liberation narrative; it’s a detailed account of covenantal theology. Here God is revealed not as a distant deity but as a liberator, lawgiver, and indwelling presence. Questions of identity are among the foremost themes of the book; who is God and who are we in relation to Him?Positioned as the centerpiece of the Hebrew Bible, Exodus is not just a story of liberation but a story about the formation of identity — national, religious, and covenantal. Whereas Genesis tells us how Israel came to be, Exodus tells us what Israel is for.Exodus becomes the “theological grammar” of the entire Hebrew Bible — its message and themes will be revisited in the Psalms, the Prophets, and later in Christian theology as a metaphor of salvation.