someone manufactured that. But that fact does not occupy our attention, nor do we confuse the manufacturing of the tower casing with the “creation” of the computer. To say this in another way, our ontology focuses on what we believe to be most significant. In the ancient world, what was most crucial and significant to their understanding of existence was the way that the parts of the cosmos functioned, not their material status. How can we know this? The evidence comes both from the biblical text