[KirklandJunction]

Different writers, at different times, for different readers: yes, I think so.
Kinda' makes literal interpretations difficult if not impossible. That opinion might infuriate Bible fundamentalists.
Same thing happens with reading other holy books, the Koran being a current interesting example.

[Patria One]

Good point.

Are you familiar with the people of Saba and the Arim Flood? Evidently there are creation stories recorded in cuniform that predate the Sumerian Gilgamesh stories that predate the OT.