The Bible Code (book)
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The Bible Code is a best-selling controversial book by Michael Drosnin, first published in 1997.
Drosnin describes a "Bible code", in this case messages that allegedly are encoded in the Torah. The purported messages are supposed to be hidden in the Torah by placing their letters at equal intervals in the text.
Drosnin's book is based on the technique described in the paper "Equidistant Letter Sequences in the Book of Genesis" by Eliyahu Rips of the Hebrew University in Israel together with Doron Witztum and Yoav Rosenberg. A sequel, The Bible Code II, was published in 2002 and also reached best-seller status.
The Bible Code makes such 'predictions' such as the apocalypse to take place in 2006.
For a discussion of bible codes and debates about their validity, see Bible code.
External links
- Hidden Messages and The Bible Code
- Shocking New Codes Found in Drosnin Sequel!
- "Scientific Refutation of the Bible Codes" by Brendan McKay and others
- Dror Bar-Natan's Bible Code page
Related literature
- Michael Drosnin. The Bible Code. (USA Simon & Schuster, 1997. ISBN 0684810794) (UK Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997 ISBN 029781995X)
- Michael Drosnin. The Bible Code II: The Countdown. (USA Viking Books, 2002 ISBN 0670032107) (UK Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002 ISBN 0297842498)
- Michael Drosnin. The Bible Code III: The Quest. (UK Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Forthcoming 2006 ISBN 0297847848 )
- Jeffrey Satinover: "Cracking the Bible Code". Wm Morrow, 1997. ISBN 0688154638. Appeared slightly later, follows a more historical and traditional route.es:El código secreto de la Biblia