"katysails" wrote in message
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Vito:
Much of the Old Testament, especially the first 5 books, are allegorical
in
nature and not meant to be historical renderings or archives at all (watch
the fundamentalists squirm...).

True, but I doubt that the authors who redacted the original into the OT
version intended your interpretation. You may have read where Abraham whups
the robber-kings to save his brother? In the original version he returns all
the spoils to their owners. In the redacted version he first gives 10% to
the priest then the rest to its owners.

My own personal take on Adam and Eve and ....

Yes, it is sublime - the idea that mankind was forced out of Eden because we
discovered the notion of good vs evil that other animals lack, and have been
torturing ourselves and each other over it ever since. Most folks are too
busy acting it out to even notice the message.