Research archive

Downloads

Download articles, the full report, and replication materials including CSV files and scripts used in the project’s corpus work.

Main articles

Article 1

Bereshit as Subject in Genesis 1:1: A Philological Reassessment of the Unpointed Consonantal Text

The grammatical-possibility article. A focused philological study arguing that a subject-initial reading with the consonantal sequence בראשית, here designated Bereshit, construed as a nominal or onomastic subject in Genesis 1:1 is grammatically admissible, 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.

Article 3

Bereshit as Subject in Genesis 1:1: Theological Plausibility under Philological Constraint

Explores whether Bereshit, if read as subject, may be understood as the revealed designation of God’s originating creative agency.

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Companion study

Article 4

Bereshit as Word: Genesis 1:1 and the Theological Plausibility of Creative Speech

Explores a Christian Word/Logos trajectory from the Bereshit-subject reading of Genesis 1:1. It argues that while berēʾšît does not lexically mean “word,” Bereshit may be theologically construed as the mode of God’s creative speech: the named form of divine self-expression by which creation comes to be.

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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 three main articles and companion study 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.