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Four letters, fifty letters apart, starting from the first taw on the first verse, form the word תורה ( Torah ). The Bible code ( Hebrew: הצופן התנ"כי, hatzofen hatanachi ), also known as the Torah code, is a purported set of encoded words within a Hebrew text of the Torah that, according to proponents, has predicted significant ...
The Bible Code. The Bible Code is a book by Michael Drosnin, first published by Simon & Schuster in 1997. A sequel, Bible Code II: The Countdown, was published by Penguin Random House in 2002, and also reached New York Times Best-Seller status. In 2010, Bible Code III: Saving the World was published by Worldmedia, Inc., completing a trilogy.
From these figures for the size of a Biblical ell, that of the basic unit — the finger-breadth ( Etzba) — can be calculated to be either 2.1 or 2.2 cm (0.83 or 0.87 in); Rav Avraham Chaim Naeh approximates at 2 cm (0.79 in); Talmudic scholar Chazon Ish at 2.38 cm (0.94 in). The mile ( Mil) is thus about 963 or 1146 meters (3160 or 3760 ft ...
The 613 commandments include "positive commandments", to perform an act ( mitzvot aseh ), and "negative commandments", to abstain from an act ( mitzvot lo taaseh ). The negative commandments number 365, which coincides with the number of days in the solar year, and the positive commandments number 248, a number ascribed to the number of bones ...
Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, seed-faith gospel, Faith movement, or Word-Faith movement) [1] is a religious belief among some Charismatic Christians that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive scriptural confession, and giving to ...
Rabbinically prohibited activities of Shabbat. In Jewish religious law ( halakha ), Jews are commanded to rest on Shabbat, and refrain from performing certain types of work. Some of the activities are considered to be prohibited by biblical law (the 39 Melachot ), while others became prohibited later on, due to rabbinic decrees.
Biblical money managagement is the use of Biblical scripture to provide advice, guidance and principles for money management. [1] [2] Jesus spoke more about money and material possessions than he did about other topics such as prayer and so there are many parables about them in the New Testament such as the Parable of the Talents and the ...
The Holiness code is used in biblical criticism to refer to Leviticus chapters 17–26, and sometimes passages in other books of the Pentateuch, especially Numbers and Exodus. It is so called due to its highly repeated use of the word holy ( Hebrew: קדוש qəḏōš or kadash[ 1] ). [ 2] Kadash is usually translated as "holy", but originally ...