A response to "The Bible Code"

with Benjamin Wittes and Shaul Magid
in Religion, Lifestyle, Books
on Wednesday, June 25, 1997 * * * * *

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A response to Michael Drosnin's book "The Bible Code", which suggests the Bible contains a hidden code forseeing world events, with Indiana University professor of religion Shaul Magid and author Benjamin Wittes.

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    1. Fred Glynn  04/16/2008 11:35 PM Report

      Drosnin's understandably enormously popular book not only ignores the way in which the Bible (i.e., the Hebrew Bible) evolved, it ignores its entirely human authorship. The writing of the Bible began when David began the writing of the now long-lost Book of Jashar (as a purely political spin-piece) around 1005 BC at Ziklag, on the occasion of the deaths of Saul and his sons at Mount Gilboa. Around 965 BC a court historian hired by David's successor, Solomon, wrote the original Book of Samuel and the first two chapters of the First Book of Kings. Solomon was anxious to establish that David (rather than Uriah) was his biological father. The original Genesis and Exodus were written during the early years of Solomon's son, King Rehoboam by a writer known to bible scholars as "J" around 930 BC . . . all of this would seem to make the encoding of divinely inspired, miraculous messages impossible . . . Still, Drosnin's book is good entertainment, well suited to be read while waiting for a plane or while riding on one from one city to another . . .