That depends on who you believe wrote the Old Testament. God? Or ordinary people trying to make sense of the world (and keep their readers entertained if not politically on the same page)?

If the latter, then no, not in my reading--that is, in what is written in spiritual exploration, not the titillating reign of terror stuff.

Ecclesiastes, for example. For me, there is no better essay on the general philosophy of life under the sun ;) Or book of Job.