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Re: Bible codes?

From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>
To: Andre Desnitsky <bsruss AT dol.ru>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Bible codes?
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 08:35:16 +0200

Dear Andre,
The Masoretic Text, upon which the Bible codes are based, is full of
scribal errors, and is not at all the original autograph of the Biblical
books. Even with the aid of the Qumran MSS, the Samaritan Pentateuch,
and ancient translations, it is nigh impossible to reconstruct any
original Urtext. What is more, there were more than one edition of some
biblical bookds, e.g., Jeremiah.
So any "code", or nuimerology, or other prophetical or mystical
phantasmagoria based on the Masorwetic text is pure fantasy.
Sincerely,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel

Bible codes?, Andre Desnitsky, 03/13/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Bible codes?, Dave Washburn, 03/13/1999
- Re: Bible codes?, Jonathan D. Safren, 03/14/1999
- Re: Bible codes?, Jonathan D. Safren, 03/14/1999
- Re: Bible codes?, Yigal Arens, 03/14/1999
- Re: Bible codes?, peter_kirk, 03/14/1999
- Re: Bible codes?, Andre Desnitsky, 03/16/1999