Genesis 1–11 is myth-like only in the sense that myths are also traditional stories explaining something’s origins (Rogerson 1999, 55). The stories are more aetiological than historical or mythical (though even the aetiology label has its problems; see Ross 1998, 54). These stories serve a similar social and cultural purpose as other mythologies of the ancient world, but the Bible lacks many of the distinctive features that characterize that type of mythology, such as the deification of nature (Hamilton