What does this research mean for the field?

The Eden narrative in Genesis 2–3 is structurally designed as an open covenant where human vulnerability to nonconformance allows for authentic freedom, with subsequent divine judgments acting as short-term containment and Genesis 3:15 as a permanent corrective action. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To analyze the causal architecture of the Eden narrative in Genesis 2–3 using PSCA techniques.

June 9, 2026Open Access

Structural Causality in Genesis 2–3: A Problem Solving and Corrective Action Approach to the Eden Narrative

Key Points

To analyze the causal architecture of the Eden narrative in Genesis 2–3 using PSCA techniques.
Applied the Ishikawa framework and the 3L5Y matrix for analysis.
Conducted close Hebrew lexical analysis and formal predicate logic.
Explored the structural consistency of narrative elements and divine judgments.
Identified an open covenantal design allowing for human freedom.
Described divine judgments as short-term countermeasures following transgression.
Proposed the proto-evangelium as a lasting corrective mechanism.

Abstract

This study applies Problem Solving and Corrective Action (PSCA) systems analysis to the Eden narrative in Genesis 2–3. Utilizing an Ishikawa framework and a Three-Legged Five Why (3L5Y) matrix integrated with close Hebrew lexical analysis and formal predicate logic, this paper models the structural and causal architecture of the primordial transgression. The study argues that the narrative portrays an intentionally open covenantal design where vulnerability to nonconformance is a calculated tolerance necessary for authentic human freedom. Following the breach, the subsequent divine judgments function as short-term containment countermeasures, while the proto-evangelium of Genesis 3:15 establishes a permanent corrective action. This interdisciplinary model offers an alternative heuristic for evaluating structural consistency and resolving persistent narrative paradoxes in the text.

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