I prefer a methodology that produces answers and clarity, rather than evasions and obucation.
That’s not an obfuscation.
There’s a narrator/storyteller in Genesis. It says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...” Then it goes on.
Does the narrator identify him/her self?
That IS the text whether we like it or not.
What does the Declaration of Independence say, and is credit given in it to the author(s)? Who were they?
Does the author’s name CHANGE any of the verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, etc., that comprise it?