The Unacknowledged Accuracy of Genesis 1

All this proves is that the people propogating the myths lived in a specific area and time.The Grecian epic poems Iliad and Odyssey and the comprehensive mythologies in the Bibliotheca describe real places and use names and language consistent with the time it was written down (and are dated to well before the first known texts of the Old Testament) and may very well have some basis in actual history (this is as highly debated as events in the OT among certain archaeologists and historians), but they also tell tales of supernatural creation, divine (and/or divinely supported) heroes and villains, god(desse)s intervening in human affairs,etc, and are at best considered legends exaggerated and embellished by generations of oral transmission.What makes the OT any different?

Yes and the OT deals with a mythical Hebraic deity, your point? Dead Sea Scrolls dated to no earlier than the second century BCE You sure about that?An outline of Greek History including possible dates for the original writings of HomerWikipedia pagedetailing the pottery of ancient Greece, many pieces of which depict events described in Homer's writings (which do not prove the events to be true, but merely provide evidence for when the tales were written).Page outlining Greek playwrights whose works are dated to the 5th and 6th centuries BCE and use Homer's writings and other Greek myths as plot points and backdrop.Socrates and Plato (and other ancient Greek philosophers) spoke about (and against) the prevailing myths of the day (including those written by Homer since they are mentioned by name which indicates that they were prevalent in society and, in the case of the epic poems at least, written down. Schoyen collection of Hesiod textsColumbia University site with links to ancient papyri texts, including ancient Greek texts. I never said they do, but the historicity of some of the events (the Trojan War, for example) described (but not necessarily the details) have been shown to have some possible basis in truth (i.e. an embellishment of events happening centuries before which have turned into fanciful legends depicting divine beings and divine happenings).So, again, what is the difference between the written legends and "histories" of the ancient Greeks and the written legends and "histories"of the ancient Hebrews?

The Tel Dan (and Mesha Stele) finds are hardly evidence that the biblical King David existed or that anything attributed to him in the OT ever actually happened as stated (or when), including the writing of most of the Psalms.Just like any evidence for the existence for an historical Homer or Odysseus or an historical city of Troy does not mean that any events depicted in the Homeric Epics are actually true as presented. Please do. I'm sure many here would love to see such "evidences."This is getting way off-topic here, though and I won't continue in this thread, so please propose a new topic.