Ahhh, I see now. You believe that you have to read a single book differently than you would read any other book.
I understand now why you have a lower standard for what you call evidence than do I.
The Bible is a very different kind of book than The Illiad. If that is not evident to you, then there isn't anything I'm going to say to convince you of it. Literary study is a discipline unto itself. I am not a master, but I have a rudimentary understanding of some of the types of literature.
Shalom.