Bible Code Bombshell: Compelling Scientific Evidence That God Authored The Bible

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Summary: Sentences in the Bible codes challenges the skeptics
Review: People new to the Bible code are always looking for answers as to the validity of code findings. That's really the core question that anyone should ask, "Whether the findings are scientifically significant or whether the code critics have a valid point?" Ed Sherman's book addresses that core question directly with tangible results--the development of long ELS terms that are phrases and sentences versus early Bible code findings that were by and large individual words as terms. He shows that while the Bible code critics may have had a valid point in the 90's with matrices that were simplistic with single-word terms, today's level of code findings with terms as sentences completely destroys the critics' objections. The skeptics have now been largely disproven. For that reason alone, Bible Code Bombshell deserves a read by anyone seriously inquiring into the Bible code itself.

However, one can still find an abundance of websites on the internet where beginner-level codes researchers are still doing simplistic matrices with single-word terms. I would never discourage these enthusiastic beginner-level codes researchers, since all matrix development starts that way. Yet, the casual reader ought to be wary of websites making fantastic claims; but whose matrices are comprised of single-word terms. The fact is that their matrices just aren't well-developed enough to know whether what they have found is statistically significant or randomness. If randomness, then of course their claims are invalid until the matrix is further developed enough to know whether it corroborates or disproves their earlier claims.

The value of Bible Code Bombshell is that it provides the mathematical underpinnings for one to judge validity (mainly in the appendices), and at the same time addresses common sense issues like, 'does the long term make sense?' That last question ought to be primary. For example, if someone came up with a lengthy Bible code term in a matrix on the theme of Thomas Edison, that read, "He invented the lightbulb. Spaceships travel throughout the galaxy. Many people don't eat enough vegetables. He invented the phonograph."; we would read that and say to ourselves that it looks grammatically correct, yet parts of it are entirely out of place with the theme of Thomas Edison. And we would be correct in our conclusion. I think Ed Sherman addresses the issue well in his book, of the 'common sense' test.

The subtitle of Bible Code Bombshell: Compelling Scientific Evidence That God Authored the Bible tells us that Ed Sherman has matrices on the topic of God in the Bible code in his book. He does have those matrices. Yet I think that a few well-developed and statistically significant open matrices does not fully prove the thesis; but then again Mr. Sherman says "compelling evidence" and not "irrefutable proof", so he backs up his claim without hyperbole.

Buy and read Bible Code Bombshell.

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Summary: Controversial Codes from the Bible
Review: This is a substantive book on an intriguing and highly controversial subject. The skeptic, curious, and serious students on this topic should have their interest piqued with the thoroughness, reliability, and credibility of the author's research, documentation, presentation, and unequivocal conclusions.

Although the author is a consulting mathematician with 30 years of experience, he has wisely relegated the math to appendices at the end, making it an easy-to-read book. It addresses the most commonly asked questions about Bible codes on the basis of five years of intensive scientific research. The research team includes a Jewish agnostic, who is a retired professor of mathematics and physics and a part time Hebrew teacher.

The process of systematically extracting encoded messages has produced a wealth of reliable results that have withstood the test of rigorous scientific analyses, including a companion search in the Hebrew text of "War and Peace", as a control for comparison.

What adds credibility to these claims is that some of these equidistant letter sequences (ELSs) are quite lengthy, and much of the related information appears tightly packed together as in a crossword puzzle, sometimes appearing as a cross. The longer the string (encoded message), the less likely it is coincidental. Therefore, the conclusion is that many of these messages were intentionally coded.

But, what do Jews think of the encoding of Jesus in the Old Testament as the long awaited Messiah? Then, how about the fascinating discoveries relevant to 9/11, as you catch the sense of excitement in the quest for any codes surrounding that event; and they are there!

Yes, there are limitations; codes are not time dated, who is speaking to whom, what viewpoint is being expressed, what do some of the messages mean; but, then again, any inquisitive reader will want to investigate the merit of the claims of this book. I did and was not disappointed.

D. Wayne Linn, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Biology
Southern Oregon University