Religion and Spirituality: Opposing Views: Divination: Gematria and Theomatics

Assertion that the Bible and Torah code theories are unsubstantiated, signed by professors or holders of PhDs in the area of mathematics or statistics.

Article criticizing the attempts by some Christians to convert Jews by claiming that references to Jesus as the messiah are encoded in the Torah.

A variety of articles and resources criticizing claims of codes in the Qur'an and Bible as well as links to sites proposing such ideas.

Resources and information relating to Ivan Panin and his research and alleged patterns in the Torah or Qur'an.

Article discussing the probability of finding encoded messages in a given text and giving examples as evidence for the Bible codes being mere coincidences.

Discusses problems in the Torah code theories with images of Hebrew text to illustrate the ELS phenomenon.

Explanation of the methods used to find hidden codes, discussion of the flaws in reasoning and research involved, and links to related sites.

Explanation of techniques for finding codes and discussion of the limitations of the popular code-finding software and the theory in general. From a Christian perspective.

Discussion of the problems in Michael Drosnin's book "The Bible Code," examples of hidden messages in "Treasure Island," and an explanation of the illogic behind claims made by some proponents of gematria.