This article is incredibly accurate. Having reached my own self-deification (bold claim, trust me, I know). I have been studying the bible for the first time recently and stumbled across this while doing some research. You've hit the nail on the head with everything. I especially liked the part about your wish to distinguish history from mythic themes. I am exactly the same way, and I've found that all myths are metaphors to bring to light the unexplainable things in our world. In the case of the bible, however, it is used beautifully to summarize an infinite truth that would have required untold amounts information - all cut down to a single book of a few hundred pages. All thanks to metaphors and mythical themes.
This article is incredibly accurate. Having reached my own self-deification (bold claim, trust me, I know). I have been studying the bible for the first time recently and stumbled across this while doing some research. You've hit the nail on the head with everything. I especially liked the part about your wish to distinguish history from mythic themes. I am exactly the same way, and I've found that all myths are metaphors to bring to light the unexplainable things in our world. In the case of the bible, however, it is used beautifully to summarize an infinite truth that would have required untold amounts information - all cut down to a single book of a few hundred pages. All thanks to metaphors and mythical themes.