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Originally Posted by Backwoods Presbyterian  As far as the Hebrew the use of the Waw-Consecutive by Moses is nearly only found in historical writings. |
So you admit that the use of the "
Waw-Consecutive" by Moses is sometimes found in writings other than historical writings? That being the case your argument does not hold together.
However, I agree that Gen 1 is history, the question is what type of history and this is where the type of literature is important. It is an ANE cosmogony presented in a prose that characterises historical writings, as is similar to other ANE cosmologies. That is, it is a cosmogony presented in an historical form.
Conrad Hyers wrote a helpful article entitled
“The Narrative Form of Genesis 1: Cosmongonic, Yes; Scientific No”