Just out of interest, why would a superstitious set of blokes in The Middle East a couple of thousand years ago be the oracle on human understanding, any more than a trainee psychiatrist would now?

Just a thought, before we get too bogged down in examining historical curiosities. The bible et al are wonderful books to gain an understanding of the history of human thought and endeavour but I remain bemused by the insistence that they could be more than what they are, the writings of ancestors.