Research archive
Downloads
Download companion articles, the full report, and replication materials including CSV files
and scripts used in the project’s corpus work.
Companion articles
Article 1
Bereshit as Subject in Genesis 1:1: A Philological Reassessment
The grammatical-possibility article. A focused philological study arguing that a subject-initial
reading with berēʾšît is grammatically licit, though distributionally under-attested.
Article 2
From Openness to Stabilization: Genesis 1:1 in the Masoretic, Versional, Rabbinic, and Christian Traditions
The historical-plausibility article. A layered study of how Genesis 1:1 was progressively stabilized
in transmission, vocalization, commentary, and translation.
Change article1.pdf and article2.pdf to your actual final PDF filenames if they differ.
Full report
Bereshit as Name, Principle, and Word — Full report
Expanded project documentation including the Core argument, appendices, tables, replication notes,
and supporting research discussion.
Replication materials
Extended sweep working table
Working CSV for the extended object-chain and coordination sweep used in Appendix B and Appendix F.
Extended sweep second pass
Second-pass review table with tighter apposition detection and revised screening notes.
SHEBANQ Genesis export
Genesis book data export used for candidate harvesting and comparison against the visible Hebrew.
SHEBANQ candidate-screening script
Supporting VBScript used to aggregate and label clause- and verse-level candidate results.
Near-miss verse candidates
Review set of screened near-miss verses relevant to Appendix B’s object-chain question.
Related pages
Reader’s Digest
Plain-language entry point to the project’s question, claim, and evidence.
Core argument
The main philological argument in web form, with links into the appendices and report.
Note on files
These files are provided as part of the project’s research archive. The two companion articles are
the clearest public presentation of the argument. The report, appendices, CSV files, and scripts are
supporting materials intended to document method, transparency, and replicability.