https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mWyDaUF-AqyHfLRoAFgMdzWJv5YLvsYK/view

https://www.academia.edu/41010101/TRANSLATING_GENESIS_AS_A_BOOK_Genesis_1_1_2_3_Nov_2019_

Bereshit does not refer to an absolute beginning, but the beginning of the heaven & the earth as we know them:

This informs us on the Hebrew cosmology of the author of Genesis 1. Gen 1 took on its peculiar form in the course of the history of traditions in Israel. The arrangement is due to the confluence of many strands of traditions and motifs from a variety of earlier creation stories.

The parallels between John 1 and Genesis 1 are impossible to miss. They begin with the same words & invoke the same themes. The Gospel of John uses words and images from the Genesis 1 creation account but reinterprets them in light of Greek philosophy. https://youtube.com/watch?v=OkfwN0gV5xA