Quote:genealogies
I've long thought ( no evidence...just a gut feeling based on human nature) that the reason for those silly genealogies was to somehow write into the narrative a glorious history for the people who commissioned the various re-writes from the scribes. In much the same way other ancient figures....Caesar, Alexander....found ways to link themselves to the gods.
One must always remember that this shit did not start out as any sort of collection but as separate books which were later joined together by men with an agenda.
