Drosnin, Michael (2006). The Bible Code III: The Quest. UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-84784-8.

Since 2000, physicist Nathan Jacobi, an agnostic Jew, and engineer Moshe Aharon Shak, an orthodox Jew, claim to have discovered hundreds of examples of lengthy, extended ELSs. [21] The number of extended ELSs at various lengths is compared with those expected from a non-encoded text, as determined by a formula from Markov chain theory. [22] Criticism [ edit ] This is symptomatic of a tendency in religious thinking to relativize the nonrelative. This is ironic, of course, since in contemporary debates, it’s conservative religionists who often accuse secular and progressive people of relativism. But to claim that mathematics is a matter of opinion — surely that’s the most relativistic claim of all. Likewise, I thought to myself, the willful ignorance of the fossil record, or of carbon dating, or of linguistic evidence that conclusively establishes when sacred texts were written. These are all facts. Say what you will about science — say that the evidence is a divine trap meant to ensnare the weak of faith — but for sure it’s not a matter of opinion. The aim of this false probability is support the assumption that YHVG (the allegedly Hebraic letters for 'humanity'), are an equivalent for hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon. But following the Cabbala's method proposed by Braden, there are not 22 letters playing this game, but ten: "probability" is dropped dramatically, even more when we know that it is not possible repeat any letter and that the position of these letters is irrelevant. The equivalence element-number is based on the atomic mass, for he considers it "of the 17 characteristics that define [the elements:] only one matches precisely with the hidden number values of the Hebrew language" (p. 112). There are no more reasons for taking into account the atomic mass apart precisely that this is the only what matches. But even this is not true: the atomic mass for hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon are 1.0, 14.0, 15.9, and 12.0, respectively. 14 is transformed in 5 (1+4), 12 is transformed in 3 (1+2), 1.0 is transformed in 10 (no reason for that, apart that 1 doesn't match Braden's theory) and 15.9 is transformed first in 15 (not in 16, as expected) and then in 6 (1+5). This should be enough to dismount the main purpose for the book. The name of the humanity is a combination of four elements, like, for instance, B-N-O-C or Zr-S-Sm-K. There are actually hundreds of those possible combinations, but not the Braden's one. Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute. This goes deeper. I wanna go deeper with this because I was teaching some preachers and said, "You don't let the crowd control the sermon". Away with that, away with that, away with that. The Word of God oughta come from within you, not controlled by you. You could sit there right now and be as evil as you choose to be, roll your eyes all while I'm preaching, text your girlfriend on the fifth row behind you, call me all kinds of names, and all while you textin', I'll be preaching all over top of your head because I refuse to allow your facial expression to control the glory of God that's coming out of me.

a b Doron Witztum; Eliyahu Rips; Yoav Rosenberg (1994). "Equidistant letter sequences in the Book of Genesis". Statistical Science. 9 (3): 429–438. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.495.9620. doi: 10.1214/ss/1177010393. By reductionist mathematics, I mean the following. Take, for example, the number 19. We can "reduce" that number to a single digit by the following process: 19 --> 1 + 9 = 10 --> 1 + 0 = 1. Thus 19 can be "reduced" to 1. Leaving aside the questionable legitimacy of the process as a foundation for the premise around the letters of God's name, this principle only works in base 10. Okay, yes, modern mathematics entirely uses base 10, but what about the possibility of base 5 or base 7 or base 3 - which give a different answer to the "reduced" value of 19. Tigay, Jeffrey H. (October 13, 1999). "The Bible "Codes": A Textual Perspective". Sas.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on May 15, 2010 . Retrieved May 2, 2010. In addition to preserve the oldest and most mysterious works of the Kabbalah, the Sepher Yetzirah is undoubtedly the most controversial" (p. 58). Undoubtedly for whom? Apparently for the prestigious historian of religions Karen Armstrong, quoted in the next sentence of this paragraph. What if Armstrong quote doesn't support that? Who cares? When some known scientists are quoted by Braden, the quotation doesn't support what Braden wants to. The names of Carl Sagan (p. 179) or Einstein (p. 231) are used in this way. Darwin's theory cannot be fully defended either since there are findings that directly contravene it, that are being covered up by the Darwinist faithful. It is their rigid adherence to their "faith" that is at fault crazy theories like this can see the light of day. Immanuel Velikovsky, for example, in the middle of the 20th century, published a theory of a series of world catastrophes caused by comets that caused cascading changes in the way the world, and the species, developed. His theory continues to be debated and mostly considered as controversial, but at least his books have the great value in pointing out serious unexplained gaps in Darwinism.

Since then the term "Bible codes" has been popularly used to refer specifically to information encrypted via this ELS method. I want people to look at the Bible with a new found lens,” says Smith. “The Bible is a treasure that has been cherished and protected by people around the world for thousands of years and now this text is revealing new messages for our generation.” Palestinian leader Arafat dies at 75". CNN. November 11, 2004. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010 . Retrieved April 26, 2010.

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In God Code,antiquities expert Timothy P. Smith reveals his decades-long quest to understand the complex messages he discovered in an ancient Hebrew manuscript of the Bible. This painstaking search involves adventure and mystery, but instead of consulting ancient maps to find buried treasure, Smith relied on the data calculation power of modern technology. His quest shows how Scripture is more amazing than we ever dreamed—and that it may even reveal the future of generations living today. Contemporary discussion and controversy around one specific steganographic method became widespread in 1994 when Doron Witztum, Eliyahu Rips and Yoav Rosenberg published a paper, "Equidistant Letter Sequences in the Book of Genesis", in the scientific journal Statistical Science. [4] The paper, which was presented by the journal as a "challenging puzzle", presented what appeared to be strong statistical evidence that biographical information about famous rabbis was encoded in the text of the Book of Genesis, centuries before those rabbis lived. [2] One intriguing source of patterns that has emerged thanks to our development of computers is the Bible. Among humanity’s oldest and arguably most influential pieces of writing, the Bible has been studied and analyzed phrase by phrase by countless scholars and devotees. But what computers have allowed us to do, thanks to the work of Israeli mathematicians, is to see that the ancient text may be not only an intricately-weaved collection of spiritual stories and teachings but a code that speaks to the inner workings of history. There is the slim probability of .00042 percent that the letters YHVG would arrange themselves purely by chance". Yes, this is true. There is the same probability for four Hebraic letters will be chosen for forming a word. It's the same probability of 'corn' or 'blow' in English (actually, this is even more difficult because there are more letters in English language than in the Hebraic alphabet), and we don't consider corn a miracle or something exceptional. This is a complete non-sense, because letters don't combine in any language just randomly: we can't use probability for explaining language.

Through our advancement as a civilization from wood-burning fires to microwave ovens, is it possible that we could have left something behind?" (p. 67), states Braden clearly. "Even today, the details of the [alchemy:] remain hidden to all except those who are directly involved with the tradition, to prevent the misuse of its power" (p. 75). Drosnin, Michael (2002). The Bible Code II: The Countdown. UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-84249-8. Evidence that the words and letters of the Hebrew Bible are not only carefully preserved but precisely arranged by God Since so much of the analysis depends on the underlying assumption of base 10 (which to me is a cultural choice, not an innately obvious one across the long historical sweep of mathematics - after all, the Babylonians would have instinctively gone for 6 or 60), I found myself constantly struggling with the ideas. History : the story of our differences -- Bones, book, and cells : when evidence and theories collide -- From the lost books of creation : the power of heaven in bodies of earth -- The universe maker : in the words of another time -- The discovery : when letters become elements -- The code within the code : in each cell of every life, the name of God -- Message from the first day : reading the language of God -- What have we learned? surviving our future through the lessons of our past -- The God code : a reason to believeThe Jewish outreach group Aish HaTorah employs Bible codes in their Discovery Seminars to persuade secular Jews of the divinity of the Torah, and to encourage them to trust in traditional Orthodox Jewish teachings. [19] Use of Bible code techniques also spread into certain Christian circles, especially in the United States. The main early proponents were Yakov Rambsel, who is a Messianic Jew, and Grant Jeffrey. Another Bible code technique was developed in 1997 by Dean Coombs (also Christian). Various pictograms are claimed to be formed by words and sentences using ELS. [20] Signs that there are more encrypted codes in this same Hebrew text that will lead to additional messages from God to humanity. The message within our DNA reads precisely the same in both the Arabic and Hebrew languages" (p. 232). The relation between the Arabic and the Hebrew alphabets is clear, simple, and historically proved. But there is no mention to it, but an insinuation of a hidden link between Arabic and Hebrew builded on Cabbala's numbers, showing precisely which Braden wants to show (even if this link can demonstrate whatever else).

The book that inspired the major History Channel special God Codeshows there is more to the Bible than meets the eye—messages from God hidden for ages, now revealed by modern computer technology. the meaning: Humankind is one family, united through a common heritage, and the result of an intentional act of creation. p xv Brilliant and insightful—I urge all of you to embrace the message of The God Code. I see Gregg Braden as one of our great visionaries.” Authentic religious consciousness, however, is not a matter of absolutes, decided once and forever with scientific certainty. That’s just a claim, a cop-out, meant to substantiate that which should not be substantiated. Authentic spirituality exists precisely because adopting it is a choice. Find what you are looking for". biblecodedigest.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2010 . Retrieved October 6, 2010.No publication in a peer reviewed scientific journal has appeared refuting MBBK's paper. In 2006, four new Torah Codes papers were published at the IEEE Computer Society's 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR'06). [36] Robert Aumann [ edit ] A coded message has been found within the molecules of life, deep within the DNA in each cell of our bodies. Through a remarkable discovery linking Biblical alphabets to our genetic code, the “language of life” may now be read as the ancient letters of a timeless message. Regardless of race, religion, heritage, or lifestyle, the message is the same in each cell of every woman, child, and man, past and present. Population statistics from the 2000 are believed to be the most accurate in history, indicating that we share our world with approximately 6.2 billion of our kind. Of that number, nearly 95 percent, or 5.9 billion people, believe in the existence of a higher power or Supreme Being of some description. More than half of those people refer to this power as 'God'. These and similar statistics suggest that the question of our day may be less about whether or not we believe that God exists, and more about precisely what such a presence means in our lives" (p.43).