(December 2, 2022 at 11:02 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Decode implies a conscious code. Genesis is not a code, it is simply a crass sales collateral, conceived by hucksterish would-be priest class, that steals from and plagiarizes other mythologies, in order to help sell a world view to the gullible that facilitates continued subservience to the priestly class.
I don't think that the authors of the Pentateuch had sinister motives; I think that they were just trying to understand and cope in the World that they inhabited.