@transgrammaractivist @SuperSnekFriend @givenup @wgiwf FOR ONE THING ITS POLITICS
FOR ANOTHER -- BRONZE AGE CULTURE WAS DIFFERENT AND SO A LOT OF SUBTEXT GETS LOST AND IS THEN REINTRODUCED AS A COOL FACT AND AS JUSTIFICATION FOR POLITICAL SHIT
"DID YOU KNOW THAT THE BOOK OF GENESIS HAS THESE NARRATIVES THAT MIRROR AND CRITIQUE ONES FOUND IN MESOPOTAMIAN MYTHOS AND RELIGIOUS CYCLES? PRETTY COOL HUH? WEEEEEEELLLL THAT ACSHUALLY MEANS THAT ITS JUST A SYNCRETIC CULT THAT EVOLVED OUT OF MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION ETC ETC ETC BUY MY BOOK"