The best description of the Old Testament that I heard was that it starts out as mythology, then it becomes legend, then it becomes history. In the mythological period - there is a distinct mythological period in the Old Testament, where the time spans are impossible and really just imagined.

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Harold Ramis was a 20th-century American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Harold Allen Ramis was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His film acting roles include Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it
  • History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation

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