Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jim West <jwest AT Highland.Net>]

At 12:07 AM 6/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Shalom Alaikhim
>
>I would like to know what do list members think about the so-called Secret
>Codes in the Hebrew text of the Bible. Is there any validity to these
>claims that certain letters match up in numerical patterns to spell out
>prophecies, names of events, and the name of the Jewish Messiah?

No.

>
>I know of one Hebrew Scholar ( can't remember his name) who was
>interviewed about the "Bible Code" phenomenom, and he seemed pretty
>adamant about the messages the letters spelled out. Is it in any way
>grammatical or is it just superstition, coincidence, and fallacious
>scholarship?

it is pure rubbish- only believed by the unwashed herds of ignorant dullards
now populating the planet.


jim

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