The Bible doesn’t need to be 100% accurate to be useful as a historical document. It certainly appears to contain a lot of historical content if you ignore the supernatural embellishments, and probably more importantly it’s being used as a historical source for claims about who owns Palestine, so it’s the ideal source to refute those particular claims to the audience most likely to believe them.
The Bible doesn’t need to be 100% accurate to be useful as a historical document. It certainly appears to contain a lot of historical content if you ignore the supernatural embellishments, and probably more importantly it’s being used as a historical source for claims about who owns Palestine, so it’s the ideal source to refute those particular claims to the audience most likely to believe them.