There's a big fundamental difference in the way that ancient near eastern people viewed human knowledge and the way western people view human

knowledge; the way western people view human knowledge is whoever has the most explanations are the ones who are correct (Abduction Prime - Inference to the Best Debatertainment). Whereas the ancient near eastern worldview would say whoever has the most empirical, verifiable facts are the ones who are correct; you look at the way Biblical Prophets are confirmed in the Old Testament, like when you look at Moses; God gave him three signs; Moses' hand would turn leprous and he put it in his cloak and then it would heal and he'd throw his staff down on the ground and it would turn into a snake and then the snake would eat Pharaoh's snake and he was a prophet, once people saw those signs, they knew he was a prophet.

There's no need for all kinds of cosmic explanations. The verifiable, empirical facts ruled the day. And that is not the way Western philosophy has worked ever since the presocratic era.