Interesting. Doesn’t the Catholic Church teach that the Book of Genesis is not to be taken literally?
Very few teach that all the Bible, or anything else written, is to be taken completely literally.
But if you mean, for example, were Adam and Eve real, yes, the Church teaches this.
Contrary to the opinion of some outside the Church, She doesn’t have near the requirements for one particular interpretation for many parts of the Bible. Basically only those parts which are directly related to the points of faith and morals, the sacramental life, the creeds.
There’s a great deal of freedom allowed, and the discussions are wide ranging with disagreements and interesting arguments on several sides. That’s the point of the seminar.
An earlier point related to Genesis. I think parts of it is are good examples of Scripture that most likely orally transmitted and was not written down contemporaneously.
Let’s see if I can make that a bit more coherent;
Parts of Genesis are good examples of Scripture that most likely were orally transmitted for a long time, not written down contemporaneously.