While not being an expert on this issue I would like to add to the discussion
that, according to the Documentary Hypothesis, Gen 1:1 is part of the P
texts, hence composed much later than 1000 BCE. Also, pre-exilic texts would
have
been written in paleo-Hebrew script which may have used different spelling.
Has anyone considered the Samaritan Pentateuch for comparison?
Doris
[b-hebrew] Elohiym has a Hireq Yod,
Dgahler782, 09/13/2003