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?
You could easily have answered the question about it describing events that happened before anyone existed to witness and record them. Instead we have to play "20 questions" and make it like pulling teeth.
Why would I possibly want to adopt a methodology that results in that?