steve_bank
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As you go back farther in time the more speculative it gets, that should be obvious.
Arguing speculative details philosophically and academically at some point becomes analogous to biblical theistic interpretation.
There is nothing wrong with that, it has social value. But no one today knows what the Genesis stories meant symbolically to people in the times it was written.
There are sayings and metaphor from the 19th centenary people use without knowing the origin.
A good example is the word maverick. Maverick was a cattle rancher who let his cattle roam freely, people began calling stay unbranded cattle 'Mavericks'. It became a culturall tern for a free sprited person who shuns convention and goes his own way.
It is impossible to know how ancient Hebrews actually used the myths.
Arguing speculative details philosophically and academically at some point becomes analogous to biblical theistic interpretation.
There is nothing wrong with that, it has social value. But no one today knows what the Genesis stories meant symbolically to people in the times it was written.
There are sayings and metaphor from the 19th centenary people use without knowing the origin.
A good example is the word maverick. Maverick was a cattle rancher who let his cattle roam freely, people began calling stay unbranded cattle 'Mavericks'. It became a culturall tern for a free sprited person who shuns convention and goes his own way.
Samuel Augustus Maverick was a lawyer, politician, landowner, cattle rancher and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Sam Maverick, a free-spirited character, refused to brand his cattle and allowed them to roam freely across his sprawling Matagorda Island ranchland.
It is impossible to know how ancient Hebrews actually used the myths.