Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>]

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,
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Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel