You make a good point, that just because an ancient writing was produced
from a “religious” point of view, does not negate it as an accurate
“secular” history when mentioning events that happened. In fact, it is a
rare ancient history that was not written from a “religious” point of view.
Karl W. Randolph.
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Yohanan bin-Dawidh <
yohanan.bin.dawidh AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Yigal;
>
> …
> Merely because YHWH is mentioned in a text, and merely because there is a
> spiritual / religious tone to a document, does not mean that the document
> cannot also be thought of as a secular document, especially in our
> culture’s
> ancient society, which was entirely theocentric.
>
> Regards,
>
> Yo*h*anan bin-Dawidh
>