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I think you answered your own question there. "According to the story". We know what causes rainbows. Does it really make sense there were no rainbows before this flood?
Which raises an interesting question: where does the myth end and the reality begin? I mean was Samson a myth, or Goliath, or David?
Who knows? And does it really matter?
Although, I believe that David was likely a real person, the king or tribal leader with his story being written down as history in his people's chronicles. Whether all the accounts of his life are accurate is another story. Our own, more recent historical figures come with myths and exaggerations, as well as little-known secrets and failings.
Which raises an interesting question: where does the myth end and the reality begin? I mean was Samson a myth, or Goliath, or David?
Well, with regard to David at least, we do have an archaeological inscription referring to the house of David.
The House of David Inscription (also known as the “Tel Dan Inscription”) was discovered in 1994 during excavations at the ancient city of Dan. It is considered by many to be the first reference to the "House of David" discovered outside the biblical text.
The House of David Inscription appears to be a fragment of a victory monument erected by a king of Damascus (Aram) during the 9th century BC, some 250 years after King David’s reign. The fragment specifically mentions victories over a “king of Israel” (probably Joram) and a king of the “House of David” (probably Ahaziah).
The House of David Inscription (Tel Dan Inscription) currently resides in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Which raises an interesting question: where does the myth end and the reality begin? I mean was Samson a myth, or Goliath, or David?
They ARE still real. Real because of the culture they continue to inspire. Look at somewhat recent history where a work of fiction, the anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe (a real person), was credited by Abraham Lincoln as something that changed the world:
Abraham Lincoln. When he met Stowe, it is claimed that he said, "So you're the little woman that started this great war!”
Reality is what counts. Inspired by myth or historical fact, it's all reality once lived out as culture.
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