CH102.1: Bible as straightforward narrative

Claim CH102.1:

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Response:

1. Straightforward narrative does not imply literalness. History, sacred myth, fable, fantasy, parable, analogy, writing exercises, and other genres are all typically straightforward narrative, and each of them requires a different approach to interpretation. Simply noting that a writing is narrative does not indicate how to interpret it.
   
   
2. It is far from clear that Genesis is straightforward narrative. Genesis 1 has a formulaic and poetic structure.