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Seven Mysteries of the Bible

New Delhi, Nov 22:The Bible is a canonical collection of texts considered sacred in Judaism or Christianity. Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books,

PTI Updated on: November 22, 2012 10:40 IST
3. Bible Codes: The Bible appears to contain coded messages; is this a coincidence?



The Bible code, also known as the Torah code, is a series of messages alleged to exist within the Bible text, that when decoded form words and phrases supposedly demonstrating foreknowledge and prophecy. The study and results from this cipher have been popularized by the book The Bible Code.



The primary method by which purportedly meaningful messages have been extracted is the Equidistant Letter Sequence (ELS). Bible codes proponents usually use a Hebrew Bible text.

The use and publication of “predictions” based on Bible codes has succeeded in bringing about popular awareness of the codes, most notably based on the work of journalist Michael Drosnin.

Drosnin's most famous prediction, in 1994, was the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, using a Bible code technique.
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