year of living Biblically

1)Why does the author embark on this biblical journey? What does he expect to find at its end? How do the questions he seeks to answer already evolve in the first chapter from their origins in the introduction?

after the know it all project, he decided to obtain something more profound than just knowledge: spirituality. he also concerned about ethics of his newly born son who would live in this morality-lacking world. he wanted to guide his son in a way that would help his son to live the life with compassion and generosity. additionally he tried to identify his religious origination through this ordeal. I don't know what questions are meant in the first chapter.

2) Identify the formal and informal spiritual guides Jacobs consults initially. Why does he enlist the help of these advisors?

Jacob organized a vast majority of rules commonly found in a various versions of bibles and tried to interpret them in a sensible way that doesn't conflict with their originally meant intentions, according to his own research and consults with renowned religious people. he followed those rules as much as possible. I don't think there is separation of the informal and formal spiritual guides. he just wanted to follow the rules form the bibles with helps from mentors and they are the only two spiritual guides he had.