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Summary: very interesting
Review: Isn't it amazing that people writing their
reviews either love it or hate it. I bought the book and read it through and found it very interesting. I am amazed that there is no mention
made however, of the author's search of Jesus Christ. (I mean - look for Shakespeare, but not
Jesus??) If any of you out there who have bought the program would like to let me know I would appreciate an e-mail message. I might add that I am a believer of Jesus and in no way can a book like this prove or disprove what I believe in, just that same as one's faith cannot be built upon a shroud.
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Summary: "The Bible Code", not the Bible.
Review: Since when do we need a special decoder ring to decipher the bible ?
Why would God "hide" the message He intended us to know so clearly in other scripture ? Isn't what is written IN the BIBLE clearly enough for people? Does it really matter if the "Code" tells of the death of JFK ? What good does that do ? What purpose does it serve ? Does it matter, really if Christ comes today, tomorrow or in the year 2010 ? Why does it have to be a pinpointed time that is hidden secretly ? If it is told in some sort of "code", do we really think we can "change" it ?
Extend our time here on earth a little ?
The unsaved,unbeliever finds the book to be "trash" and probably hold the same opinion of the the Bible itself. Those who are saved, and do believe the Word of God, the Bible,consider the "Code" as potentially true, since the arguments/evidence presented by M. Drosnin appear convincing when placed carefully next to certain prophetic scripture. Overall, I found the book "
Rating: 
Summary: Interesting Ideas, Bad Writing
Review: The author's selection subject matter is inspired, but his writing abilities suggest keeping the day job. Given a willingness to slog through the morass of minutia the author felt compelled to include, several provocative ideas emerge. The author seems to feel that computers were used to produce holy scripture, and that computers are needed to thoroughly understand it. This seems to be an original concept, and it raises the question of whether some alien intelligience played a role in the production of spiritual tomes. The most intriguing thing about the decrypted 'prophesies' is their resemblance to an online conversation between widely separated entities. I have not bothered to pursue the analysis necessary to find out whether the decryption techniques employed by the author are genuine, so I viewed the material in this book quite skeptically, but I did find some interesting things in it
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Summary: Right Premise, Wrong Book
Review: There's no question in my mind that Bible codes exist. They've been studied since before the advent of computers. By people who understood the language, the shapes and numerical values of the letters, inherent symbolism, accents, the list goes on. People who have this background today use computers as an aid. And they can show findings much more startling than the standard Armageddon fare that Drosnin uses to propel his book to the best seller list. These scholars demand a standard of proof for a code's authenticity that Drosnin seems to ignore: that the context of encoded message be relevant to the subject matter encoded.
They find the word "Shoah" (holocaust) throughout Moses's prediction of what will befall the Jewish people before the return to Israel. They find the Hebrew year of the Oslo accords, 5755, in or crossing a discussion of treaties six times. Drosnin, on the other hand, finds codes in large swaths of the Bible where there is no singular subject matter, or the subject matter has no relevance
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Summary: God - alien visitation or prophet, both hard to believe
Review: Drosnin has swept the American public up into his book, riding his tide whether they agree with him or not. I have yet to see a book tantalize and offend more people in the backwards town I am in since "The Satanic Verses". Whether you agree with Drosnin's premises or not, you must appreciate his ability to turn what could have been a largely ignored, dry mathematical theory into a bestseller. In spite of the reader's reluctance to accept such a grandiose theory of our solid little theological belief system, Drosnin at least forces people to consider the possibility, finally, that our view of Christianity as the be-all, end-all may be wrong. For all we know, "god" was an alien visitation that people could only explain to their technilogically void society by making it a "godhead" - hey, the Greeks did it with Mother Nature, so what makes us exempt?
Unfortunately, this book is already being misused by the far Right as a talisman that god exists and as a club to beat people into submission to religion. One can only hope that the saner majority of citizens will ignore tham and take the book with a grain of salt.
If nothing else, Drosnin's book is worth a read for the very fact that it will awaken your sense of debate and possibility, too long festering in society.
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Summary: Interesting, but I'm not fully convinced.
Review: I am a believer in God and the Bible. Therefore, a book on this subject matter is bound to draw my interest. However, I'm not fully convinced of the validity of this code for the simple reason that God is not someone who would hide information from us. Everything within the Bible shows how God is straightforward about what he expects and requires, as well as what He will provide, and I do not believe that He would feel the need to encode messages to us. As for the writing style of the author - as others have mentioned, he was very repetitive. Also, a few of his own hypthesises, specifically the mention of possible beings from other worlds being the ones to encode the Bible, are preposterous and unnecessary. All in all, it was an interesting book, definately caused me to think and ponder what I believe and why, and something I would recommend others should read simply for the questions it brings forth
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Summary: The most exciting book that I have ever read
Review: As to be expected the reviewers that gave low scores are defined in 2 Cor.4:3-4. Those that have made unfavorable comments on prophecy have not spent the 35 years studying it as I have. Most Christians do not even have a concordance that matches their bible, let alone a computer program to assit in study. (Sorry that is a dirty word) I have been teaching bible for over forty years and this is indeed the most exciting bit of information as it is exactly what Daniel wrote in cxhapter 12 verse 4. The seal has been broken as we are in the end of the dispensation of Grace.
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Summary: I liked it. I went on to do my own searches.
Review: I was facinated by the book, and I couldn't believe it without trying it myself.
I don't know much about Hebrew, but with some patience and effort I was able to do my own codes searches.
I bought the codes program along with 'Bible Scholar'. The 'Bible Scholar' program gave me the
English Translation of the text I was searching.
To do my own searches I bought a simple paperback English-Hebrew
dictionary from a local bookstore.
Yes, the Torah Codes program runs on DOS, but it does the job!
I am very happy I bought
the programs, and I spent a little time doing the searches, after a short while I got the system down.I want to note that it
takes patience. The codes are in Hebrew, and Hebrew has zero relationship to English. It is definately not like doing searches
in say Spanish, where at least they share a common alphabet. If you are adventurous, you liked the book, and you want to do searches: I would
highly recommend the products I use.
Rating:
Summary: " The proof is in the pudding"
Review: scholarly debate can cease if the author will simply give us about three predictions of natural phenomena that will occur within the relatively near future according to the code. Earthquakes etal are not influenced by human action and could conclusively prove the validity of the code. The ball is in your court Mr Drosni
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Summary: Scholarly work ... on an intriguing premise!
Review: I found Mr. Drosnin's writing to be both intriguing and redundant. What amazes me more than his prose is the furor that it seems to have provoked. It seems ironic to me that even people who profess belief in the "divine authorship" of the Bible miss much of its central teaching ... that being that the future is of your own creation. I wonder if part of the encoded information includes the fact that so many people right now are attacking each other for differences in belief about the accuracy and "definitive" conclusions of this literary work - having little room for more expansive thinking. Mr. Drosnin ... we apologize for turning your work into justification for another religious "war of the words". Then again, if part of your intent was to get people talking ... your success reaches much higher than just being 3rd on the top seller list
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