[Moseley]

And there is no escaping the fact that what was written there came from the imagination of the author

Not true. Adam and Eve walked with God and talked to Him face to face. So it is no based on the imagination of the author but by direct conservation with the Creator.

By the way, if early humans lived as long as Genesis describes: (a) Moses could have talked directly to Adam's great grand-son, face to face and (b) skeletons that are claimed to be pre-homo sapiens would be the natural result of a 1,000 year old man. The bones of the skull continue to grow, causing the eybrow ridges to grow thicker, etc. A 1000 year old man would have a skeleton exactly like what is claimed to be pre-humans.

[tacticalogic]

Adam and Eve walked with God and talked to Him face to face.

Text and semantics being at issue here, what language did Adam, Eve, and God converse in?