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Summary: Don't Believe the Hype
Review: Statistical probability, plus hindsight = randomness that appears as meaningful pattern. Absolute rubbish; a big waste time and money.
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Summary: mildly interesting to the susceptible
Review: The infamous Bible code . . . first an article, "Equidistant Letter Sequences in the Book of Genesis," then a sprawling book, followed by many other even more sprawlish books (i.e. Grant Jeffrey's evangelical use of the Bible code: Converting people on the basis of a theory). It is a good book for sensationalists and fans of second-rate conspiracy theories.
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Summary: The Bible Code and the Hebrew Language
Review: Of course, I had the same skepticism as everyone else in approaching the Drosnin book. I believe it is impossible for someone with no knowledge of the Hebrew language to evaluate its validity. I happen to be knowledgeable in biblical and modern Hebrew, and I have to say that I came away impressed. To give you an idea of the odds against a random occurence of one of the codes -- the name "Yitshak Rabin" is spelled out vertically in the only way it can be written in Hebrew (unlike English which spells the name in a variety of ways). It is spelled VERTICALLY -- meaning eight horizontal lines of text (the name is composed of eight Hebrew letters) had to come together EXACTLY to spell the name vertically. The vertically spelled name intersects with the phrase "assassin who assasinates" (can also be translated "murderer who murders"). This and other examples in the book are way beyond chance occurences. And remember, Drosnin warned Mr. Rabin that he was in danger of being assassinated before the assassination occurred. This has been documented.
In my opinion, the book should be evaluated seriously.
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Summary: Insulting
Review: I bought this book when the issue started becoming a hot topic just to see what the Bible Code was supposed to be. I was unimpressed then and less impressed now. The author uses Biblical Hebrew to try and prdict the future, and well, because the text did not have vowels, he can make it say just about anything. The only reason to buy this book is for a good laugh, otherwise, don't insult yourself.
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Summary: Methinks I've been had.
Review: Mr. Drosnin as a self proclaimed atheist certainly studies the Bible plenty and manages to extract the maximum hype on a few so called codes for a few events. The stastical probability is weakened to meaninglessness by his coy "holding back" and claims of "delayed" responses. Hindsight plays a huge role and is a reasonably exact science. Further we are asked to believe that aliens are responsible for the code. Give me a break! The sensationalism and emotional terrorism this guy practices is irresponsible and he offers nothing the reader can do. Any decent Christian, Jew or Moslem who knows their stuff can beat this guy any day. Save your money.
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Summary: Tricks with Random Patterns
Review: This book is the topic of many jokes among scientists and statisticians (many of whom are Christian). It is based on the fact that scanning (especially with a computer) many items (in this case letters and words), one can always come up with patterns and other things in the data that are really just random. It is especially applicable when looking backwards as this book does. A recent astute reviewer points this out. The book preys on ignorance. Don't be sucked in by this completly uncredible nonsense.
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Summary: Bible Codes don't measure up
Review: The so-called Bible Code, which uses Equidistant Letter Sequences, has been shown to be a natural phenomenon that exists in all pieces of literature. Other researchers have found derogatory remarks about God "hidden" in the Bible - were these inspired?
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Summary: A Must Read
Review: Anyone interested in Bible Prophecy, and these days who isn't, should read this book. It does not push religion in any way, it just states there is a code, here it is, and it proceeds to give examples. I found it enlightening and plan on buying the next one. Thanks Michael Drosnin, from a grateful reader.
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Summary: skeptics always
Review: I was already religious when I read this book. I didn't need convincing of G-d's existence and omnipotence. There is always room for doubt because if things were totally certain our free will would be useless. Science and nature are G-d's ways of covering Himself up so as to give us the free will to seek Him. That's not only the message of the codes- it's the message of the bible itself.Michael Drosnin didn't start a cult and attempt to make people believe something. He doesn't want anything from people. He made a nice living as a writer before he ever wrote this book. The skeptics seem to have one thing running through their posts- fear. As in what would be the consequences if it were all true? I don't mean the codes themselves- I mean that there is an ALMIGHTY G-d who is all emcompassing- everywhere and at all times. How hideous that would be! In other words- reasonably speaking- the skeptics have an overriding motivation NOT to believe, while the believers take this book as "something they already knew". In other words- believing or not believing it doesn't change my life in any way. For a lot of people it would completely change their perception of "reality" and therefore they have a cognitive switch they can shut off to protect themselves. This is my opinion, although obviously other people are entitle to theirs as well. I think this was a very interesting, spooky book.
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Summary: The nagging feeling of truth....
Review: First of all, it would be fairly easy to fool me. I am not a cryptographer, nor a statistician, nor a reader of Hebrew, nor a scholar of the Torah. Yet, I have read this controversial book through three times now and it still has this nagging feeling of truth to it.
While I have an absolute certainty in my own mind that God exists, I have no use for organized religion, so I have no fundamentalist ax to grind. I have a couple technical degrees and have worked in engineering, so I do not think that I am a totally, credulous dupe. I've even obtained the software to test it myself. There is something here. I can't see how anyone with even a half-way open mind can simply dismiss it (unless you are a "fundamentalist" materialist.) This would seem to be the "sealed book" mentioned in Isaiah. If it does turn out that this is an elaborate hoax it will not shake my beliefs. However, if you do concede that it exists, then some detailed soul searching would seem to follow of necessity....
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