A groundbreaking artificial intelligence project has unearthed a radical and unsettling reinterpretation of humanity’s origin story, directly challenging millennia of religious tradition. The analysis centers on the long-suppressed “Book of Adam and Eve,” a text excluded from the biblical canon, and suggests a narrative of cosmic manipulation and surveillance far removed from the familiar tale of a serpent and an apple.

Scholars utilizing advanced AI, including Google DeepMind’s “Ithaca” model, have successfully reconstructed fragmented and corrupted manuscripts of the apocryphal book. The technology, trained on ancient languages like Ge’ez and Syriac, has restored passages missing for over 1,600 years, revealing a consistent and shocking thematic core.

The restored narrative completely omits the traditional talking snake. In its place, it describes “radiant beings” or “shining ones” from a “bright realm” who descend to deceive and psychologically torment the first humans. These entities, appearing in glorious light, employ persuasion and lies to manipulate Adam and Eve.

“This isn’t a simple story of disobedience,” stated one researcher involved in the AI project. “The text depicts a prolonged campaign of psychological warfare. Adam and Eve are subjected to visions, starvation, and direct confrontation by these luminous, authoritative figures.”

The AI analysis detected patterns across Latin, Slavic, and Ethiopic manuscripts confirming that this theme of celestial manipulation is the story’s backbone. It identified recurring sequences where Satan and other beings assume radiant, angelic forms to mislead the first couple repeatedly, framing their exile as part of a cyclical test.

Perhaps the most disturbing implication decoded by the AI is the theme of constant observation. The restored passages frequently describe “eyes in the sky” and “voices in the wilderness,” with Adam and Eve expressing a primal fear of being watched. One Ge’ez phrase refers to a being who “monitors the dust” from which Adam was formed.

“This shifts the paradigm from sin to surveillance,” explained a theological historian reviewing the findings. “The Garden begins to resemble a controlled environment. The fall appears less like a crime and more like a provoked or even anticipated outcome within a larger, inscrutable experiment.”

The research confirms long-held theories about why this text was banned during the formation of the Christian biblical canon in the 4th and 5th centuries. Church councils, seeking a unified doctrine, excluded texts with ambiguous theology, mystical elements, or narratives that complicated the simpler arc of sin and redemption.

The “Book of Adam and Eve,” with its cosmic battles, psychological torment, and morally ambiguous “bright beings,” presented a direct challenge to this controlled narrative. Its parallels to Gnostic ideas of a flawed creation and a hidden demiurge would have been considered deeply heretical.

While largely purged from Western Christianity, the text was preserved within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, where it has remained a sacred text for generations. The AI’s work has now bridged these disparate traditions, reconstructing a cohesive version from globally scattered fragments.

The revelations have ignited fierce debate within academic and religious circles. Some scholars caution that the AI is interpreting amplified textual patterns, not revealing literal truths. Others argue the technology is finally allowing a suppressed voice from early Judeo-Christian thought to be heard in full.

“This forces a fundamental question,” concluded the project lead. “We are not just recovering lost history. We are confronting the very process of how history—and scripture—was curated. What we consider foundational may be a heavily edited version, and AI is now giving us access to the cutting-room floor of theology.”

The full findings are being prepared for peer-reviewed publication, promising to reshape scholarly understanding of ancient apocalyptic literature and the formative pressures that shaped the world’s most influential book.