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Originally Posted by awareness

That brings back zeek's original question : "Where in the Bible does it say it's a historical record?" If the word of God doesn't say it means that it's not historical. So to say it's a historical record is extra-Biblical tradition.

Anything that records the past is a historical record. In other words, the Bible has memory. The bible was not a historical record for those who recorded events at the time they happened. But for us today it records the past and is a historical record.

Take a shopping list for example. Today's shopping list is not a historical record. But put that list in a safe place for 10 years, then it becomes a historical record of what you bought 10 years ago. The list can also be used to infer what you ate at the time, it is likely that you made recipes with the list of ingredients.