As a Christian and a believer in the Bible I can attest that I see it exactly in the way you describe. The factual parts of the narrative / poem for the rest of

As a Christian and a believer in the Bible I can attest that I see it exactly in the way you describe. The factual parts of the narrative / poem for the rest of the Bible as I see it are: 1. God is the architect of the universe 2. God is eternal and has no beginning 3. There was probably a historical Adam and Eve. The rest is extremely important for the philosophical basis of: 1. sinfulness of humanity 2. dignity of humanity (image of God) 3. the problem that justice can't be both restorative and retributive 4. inkling toward a solution to 3. (forgiveness/sacrifice/charity) And much more... it's a deep text.