Skeptoid #48: The Bible Code: Enigmas for Dummies

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2007

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Despite claims of divine origin, "Bible Codes" are found in every long manuscript, even random text.

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0:00.0	The popular Bible code is an alleged system by which hidden messages are encoded within
0:08.7	the text of the Holy Bible.
0:10.9	Now considering all the different translations and versions and revisions, it would seem
0:16.0	no such code could survive all that change.
0:19.4	But the Bible code does.
0:21.9	Today we're going to listen to the claims and understand how they work, and more importantly,
0:26.8	why they work.
0:28.3	The Bible code is up next, Unskeptoid.
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1:28.3	In 1994, an American journalist named Michael Drausnen visited Israel and told a poet friend,
1:41.1	Kym Guri, that he had a letter for Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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