I disagree. The authors of the NT: Paul, Peter, the gospel writers, John + a few others would object to such a reduction. Paul directly calls the prophets 'Poets' and also says the law was administered through angels -- directly countering a literal reading of Moses on Mt. Sinai and the way the law is given in the stories. Jesus says things that make no sense to people listening, and he knows they don't understand him. He also says things his disciples don't understand, and then Jesus tells them they are too dull to understand. A poet says that the messiah comes gentle, riding upon the foal of a donkey. The point is that he is not a warrior. The gospels put Jesus onto a foal and call this fulfillment, but it cannot literally fulfill anything. It is a form, an imitation. The gospel writers know this. Any time they speak of fulfillment they directly imply imitation. It is in the context, so the word fulfillment is itself not used literally. By this we can know for certain that the lessons in the gospels are not in fixating upon literal statements but upon assessing the meanings of the figures, assessing the arguments, assessing the actions of Jesus whether they are righteous or not. Above all we cannot presume that these are historical narratives. They discuss the fall of the temple. To presume that they are written before the temple is destroyed (33AD by Titus) is simply to avoid the question....
...leading to the result. No, we cannot presume the authors would treat Genesis as literal, either. In a story in the NT Jesus implies that a group are sons of Cain. How can that be literal? It cannot. The fact is, Genesis itself belies itself as any kind of literal account. In it the LORD directly says to Cain that sin is crouching at his door, desiring to overpower him. Paul later calls this the law of sin in our flesh. James says God tempts no one and that each one is enticed and dragged away by his own evil desires. The usages are non literal, but they sound literal.
1Co 8:1-2 "1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that "We all possess knowledge." But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know."
! Corinthians 13:2 "If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing."
This is a principle which all NT authors agree upon. It isn't your head knowledge, so they don't write to fatten your head. When they write, think what concerns the people they are writing to. For example if you had been a Jew living in those times and had seen or heard of the terrible destruction of the temple and the slaughter of Jerusalem, what would you be thinking about while reading these gospels? What would you think when Jesus says "Destroy this temple, and I'll rebuild it in three days!" These things are not written to fatten your knowledge, and they are not literal.