How To Understand Ancient Biblical History

Unfortunately there is a pernicious myth in the mind of the modern Christian that Biblical history=material correspondance to reality. If (x) is said to have occured with (y) persons and in (z) location, then this must have occured in the exact way depicted.
In this video, I explain why this is a poor grasp on how the ancients understood history and why we should likewise not read the Bible in this way.
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[@EdJonProductions]

Writing as a sceptic of sorts: if Adam and Eve is not supposed to be material history, why is the Garden of Eden described as having a very specific geographical location? If Adam didn't 'really' exist, why is he included in Luke's geneaology of Jesus?
I have also read that many Fathers looked at these stories through both spiritual and material lenses. Like, Origen literally tried to understand what the dimensions of the Ark would have been. Jesus and 1 Peter seem to refer to Noah's Ark quite breezily and plainly, seemingly assuming that these events just did happen. I couldn't quite follow whether you believed that the Ark story had happened.

[@DanBlabbers]

You sound like you’re mining quartz to justify your diamond isn’t quartz. Or better yet, your uncle said he got a quarter under his pillow in 1985 for his babytooth so the tooth fairy must be real.

[@dissatisfiedphilosophy]

I presume you are not a believer since this seems to be a skeptic comment.
What I will say is that some of the greatest minds in Christianity understood the Bible in the exact way I explain. If that is enough for them, it is enough for me.
The tendency to look for material correspondence behind ancient stories is simply not an attitude that ancient peoples had and not even one that many early Fathers had. The question isn’t: “did this happen in the exact way depicted?”
The question is: “How does this depiction square up with other depictions in numerous other texts? This depiction seems to be providing new details that now allow me to go back and review my own oral traditions I heard and have passed down.”