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Going to break this to you as gently as possible. Ever read up on the definition of "allegorical"? It's a literary device that predates English by a couple thousand years. The Hebrews knew it, wrote in it, and combined it with typology. Typology and allegorical accounts in combination with each other create a very convincing narrative of accounts that, when placed carefully in historical accounts lend to their "literal" credibility in interpretation.