NONE of it is symbolic fantasy -- symbolic yes, lots of it is that, some of it hidden from most interpreters, but fantasy, no. MOST of it is literal history. The psalms and wisdom literature are easily identified as such. The only parts that are stories are where somebody is clearly telling a story; if it has no identified teller it is not a parable or a story. Metaphor abounds, but any kid can tell the difference between reality statements and metaphor unless liberals mess with his mind.
so samson killed 3 thousand people with an asses jawbone then?
all of the psalms is peotry, its considered peotry by every historian who ever lived, even the conservitive ones
Absolutely. And that's how we evangelicals read it, according to its obvious intentions.
yes as an understanding of god, not a history book.. oh wait.. no you don't, silly me
the thing is the jews wrote it as history, because thats what they considered history, but its not correct history, of course it wouldn't be written with disclaimers saying "this really didn't happen, it was all just made up"
but it still doesn't mean its literal history
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