The bible and ancient history.

[abaris]

Any story, be it King, Melvin, Crichton, Carroll, Wells, Herbert or even the bible, can be littered with facts, but that does not make the story true.

Yet there's a crucial difference. All the above mentioned set out to write fiction. The bible on the other hand is an account, likely a collection or oral tales of the time, that set out to be the truth.

So as opposed to fictional works, you can learn a lot by analysing the bible. As I said before, not least of all, the code of conduct of the time and culture in question, how their society was structured and that they considered themselves to be a warlike people.

And by comparison you can learn where their myths originally came from.