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Summary: Where's the Glossary?
Review: If this book really contains encoded messages in the Holy Bible written in Hebrew, then I have just one question: why is this book, which is published in America for English-speaking readers, devoid of a Hebrew-English glossary? Every example of a "code phrase" is in the Hebrew alphabet. All of the examples are in Hebrew and no effort whatsoever has been made to translate them to support the author's argument that they are code words. That's journalistically irresponsible, to say the least. I don't know what to make of this book simply because the publisher doesn't provide enough information for the readers to reach any kind of a logical conclusion about it.
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Summary: Seek...and ye Shall Find
Review: True, math experts have checked out the "Bible Code math" and it indeed does check out, but ultimately, this author has not predicted any future events. Ok, on the cover it says "TOWER" "TWIN" and "PLANE". Indeed that was found in the code, but AFTER THE FACT. If prediciton was possible, if psychics were real, if ANY fortune telling was real, someone would come forward BEFORE something happens, but no one ever does. This book is interesting, but complete nonsense.
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Summary: Big Disappointment
Review: I bought this book expecting a serious and scholarly treatment of the subject matter. While the explication of techniques in deciphering messages is interesting, the discussion following each message is highly politicized. As the reader progresses through the chapters, we "discover" that left wing Israeli politicians and Yasser Arafat are sympathetic characters, and Surprise!: there is even a long section claiming the Bible codes prove that the US Supreme Court stole the election from "President Gore". I have continued to look into Bible codes and have discovered that there are ways in which one's own personal biases can affect the message. Don't waste your money on this jokebook.
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Summary: This Book Has Absolutely No Predictive Value
Review: IMHO, this book has absolutely no predictive value. Sure, the author predicted 911 by virtue of his deciphering of the secret code in the Torah, but AFTER THE EVENT. Where is the predictions on the attacks on Afghanistan, or Iraq. Where is the Columbia Shuttle disaster prediction? Or SARS? Or the Monkeypox virus? Or anything else. The Old Testament test for a true prophet is the ability to give The Word of God BEFORE THE EVENT HAPPENS. Here, we have a self-proclaimed prophet, who's sole claim to fame is the construction of a sophisticated computer algorithm to supposedly translate God's plan for mankind. A self-proclaimed 'messenger of God' who, alone (and with his computer program), is able to give the Word of God to mankind. What about the prophets of old such as Moses, or Ezekiel, or Daniel, or Elijah, or Jonah, or the others? Did they also use a computer program for thier prophesies? Or maybe only the author is the true prophet and the others were imposters? I rest my case. Read this book for pleasure and enjoyment, but not for inspiration. And consider the source of the thoughts, and the logical conclusions of where the author would wish to lead the lambs.
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Summary: Please form your own opinion after reading this book...
Review: I read the first Bible Code book in 2 days, and had to go out and get the second. I sat down with the second book, and finished it in 4 hours. For those that are upset about the fact that the author does not believe in God, please consider that many people chosen to spread the word of God in the Bible did not believe in God at first either. It is best to read the words in this book, and form your own opinion. For myself it has helped to reaffirm the fact that there is a higher power in this world. The math and computer program used to find items such as the JFK assasination, and the reference to the Twin Towers is very solid. It has been independantly reviewed by many reputable mathmeticians, and a top level code breaker working for our own government. Again, please don't let the fact that the author doesn't believe in God stop you from reading this book. I have a waiting list of friends and family waiting to read these 2 books, and I can't wait to engage in what is sure to be stimulating conversation after they finish them.
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Summary: Don't Believe It! It's a proven hoax
Review: Scientific American magazine just did a review of this book ("Codified Claptrap" june 2003 issue). They told how real researchers were able to use the author's code technique to predict NBA championships - and just about anything else. Furthermore, the first Bible Code book predicted Armageddon in the year 2000. What more do you need? The "code" can be made to say anything. Save your money and your time.... ...
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Summary: Six monkeys, ten minutes
Review: Drosnin's book raises some interesting ideas. He persuades me that there may be a Bible Code. But he provides little in the way of useful answers, and his letters to and interviews with world leaders and their subordinates, and his interpretations of events such as the 1998 impeachment of Bill Clinton and the 2000 presidential election, put his objectivity in serious question. Agree or disagree with his opinions, Drosnin's failing in this book is his inability to remove those opinions from his searches of the Bible Code. God can't exist, but ancient astronauts can. Clinton good, Bush bad. Rabin good, Sharon bad. Arafat is the only world leader willing to meet with Drosnin, if that tells you anything. The hook is that Drosnin has access to a software tool that lets him Google the Torah. But without a reliable "Decoder" to interpret, he's doing little more than playing Magic Eight Ball with his own skewed views of the world, using ancient astronauts as his appeal to authority. If you're looking for a fun, quick read, you could do worse. I read it in a couple of hours, and though it lagged in parts and his unresolved and plodding search for the Ark of Steel was an unforgiveable breach of storytelling protocol, it kept my attention. And I'm half-tempted to buy the software to see what I can wring out of it, if only an introduction to biblical Hebrew. But, truth be told, Umberto Eco did this better in "Foucault's Pendulum." Whether or not the Bible is a program holding the secrets of the universe, the computer rule of Garbage In, Garbage Out applies. Drosnin's searches tell me more about Drosnin than about the future.
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Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: I do not think that one can intellegently say everything Drosnin has to say is totally good or totally bad. It certainly would have helped if he would have put some Bible references to the discovery of the codes. Personally, I don't see how you can absolutely debunk the codes while some have come true. In this book you must decipher truth from fiction. I find his discovery of a nuclear world war in 2006 interesting. 2006 happens to be the next Sabbatical year and it in sink with teachings of the Early Church. Ireneaus, Justin Martyr, Barnabas (a contemporary of Paul) all wrote in their writings that just as God created the world in 6 days, in so many thousand years the world would last because a day with the Lord is as a thousand years (II Peter 3:8). You can verify the facts in Against Heresies, Dialogue with Trypho, and the Epistle of Barnabas. It was a universal teaching until Constantine [influenced] the church. It is also in pattern with God working in 7's. He rested on the 7th day, every 7th year was a Sabbatical year and it seems to be in step with this concept. Again, some of Drosnin's book is heretical however that does not mean everything should be [at a lower price]. It is worth the money as long as you are well grounded in Scripture so you won't be led astray.
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Summary: Very Interesting!
Review: I received this book yesterday and could not pout it down, I finished it today. I love these kind of things, secret codes in the Bible. Prophecy of feature events, Its all very fascinating, and it may very well be true. I will reserve judgment on weather its true or not, Maybe I will wait to see if the prediction of a Small Pox attack in 2005 in Israel takes place; It even has the number of how many will die 14,700. But I must admit, I am leaning toward accepting the code as truth. The correlation between what past events, that have been predicted in the Code, which have come true and the likely reality of the feature predictions, to come true, are very convincing. If all that happened, I would be totally convinced there is a code. Where I completely disagree with Drosnin is in is conclusion that the Bible Code came from an alien, I am with DR Rips, if it does exists its from God. Dorsnin is asking a lot from an advance human like alien, to know all of time, that's all knowing. Something God can only have. I think Dorsnin is running from God and he is not asking all the right Questions. He should ask how to obtain salvation He should ask about the Anti Christ, the ten nation confederacy at the end times. He should also learn the Prophecy's that are in the plain text of the Bible better, many of them agree with what he is finding about the end of days. But having said all that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I hope Drosnin meets the code Maker and accepts him as Lord and savior, He will be coming back soon if the code is correct.
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Summary: The Enigma of Our Time
Review: I picked this up after reading "Conquest of Paradise", a fictional account of the end times. I figured I would check out "The Bible Code 2" ideas and see if they may be valid. Like the first book, a chiller about what may happen if we allow it, the sequel delves further into prophecy and the philosophical ideas surrounding our ability to change a predicted future. Is the future our past? If we look ahead can we see what has happened before? "The Bible Code 2" offers a real nail biter, and I look forward to book three. Although I tend to believe the version of end times events laid out in "Conquest of Paradise". It seems far more believable than the space alien version offered up by Drosnin.
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