The Bible Code Myth


Introduction

Part One:  The Claim of a Bible Code

Chapter 1 - Preliminary Matters

* What is the Bible Code and How Does it Work?

* Who are the Critics of the Bible Code and What Have They Said?  

* Who Believes in the Bible Code?

* Essential Terminology for Understanding the Fundamental Flaw in the Bible Code

Part Two:  The Bible Code Dead on Arrival:
Textual Transmission of the Torah and Scribal Practices

Chapter 2 - A Short History of the Torah Text

* Beginnings - The Initial Composition of the Torah (time unknown to 300 B.C.)

* Early Transmission of the Square-Lettered Consonantal Text of the Torah (300 B.C. to around 100 A.D.)

* Transmission of the "Standardized" Text by the Masoretes (100 A.D. to around 1100 A.D.)

* Transmission up to the present day (1100 A.D. up to now)

Chapter 3 - To Err is Human: The Imperfection of Manuscript
Transmission

* Manuscript Errors in MT Due to Accidental Scribal Mistakes

* Manuscript Errors in MT Due to Deliberate Scribal Changes

* Manuscript Uncertainty in MT Due to Text-Family Disagreement

* Manuscript Uncertainty in MT Noted by the Scribes

Part Three:  The Alleged Code in the Traditional Hebrew Text: 
The Self-Authenticating Methodology of Bible Code Practitioners

Chapter Four:  The Flawed Methodology Used To Prove the Bible Code

* Use Dyslexic Translation Technique - but Only When Necessary

* Don't Pay Attention to that Man Behind the Curtain

* The Limits of the Limitless Knowledge of the Torah

* Immaculate Detection?  Manufactured "Jesus Codes"

* Putting the Cart Before the Horse: Bad Science in the Name of Jesus

* The Letter Sequencing Shell Game

Part Four:  The Bible Code and
Books of the Bible Outside the Torah

Chapter Five:  In Case the Horse Isn't Quite Dead Yet

* A Small Code Problem:  I Samuel 13:1

* A Big Code Problem:  The Book of Esther

* An Even Bigger Code Problem:  The Book of Job

* The Granddaddy of All Code Problems: The Book of Jeremiah

Conclusion

Appendix:  Bible Code Criticisms from Mathematicians

Endnotes

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