Time for a reminder that there is a folk tie in to this. The early books of the Old Testament, especially Genesis are a codified version of Oral Tradition that was passed among the people with only a rare and precious written record. Hardiman mentioned the Four Storytellers, but more importantly (In my opinion) is the fact that over thousands of years they edited each other until it was distilled to the message that remains today. Unfortunately (in my mind) the last of the editors were the Deutoronimist who were desperately trying to bring the people back to the law and to God. My problem?? well sometimes I just envision a committee of lawyers deciding what was important and it doesn't engender confidence.
But the old testament coming from the oral tradition is a place where the folk music tradition has come again and again for song stories. Noah and Moeses clearly have more than their share of songs.Adam and Eve have several here in the DT. It's important to remember that humor runs throughout the old testament and even though we loose most of the puns and word plays in translation they seem to reappear in the music. Perhaps it has something to do with the work of that Cosmic Muse?
In the interest of study, reading through the "Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten books of Eden " can be fascinating. These are text from the first 4-5 centuries which were rejected by the various church councils as official scripture for a varied of reasons. Many may be novels written around the historic personages of the Bible, others lack the verification of multiple copies or simply espouse ideas that were unpopular. I'm pretty sure Barnes and Noble has a copy. But there are stories of great detail that fill in the gaps. If not with historical accuracy, in a way that met the understandings of their times.
Well Praise you said to go on... but now the mundane and housecleaning goes on.
Tinker