The Bible Code, by Michael Drosnin (HC, 1997, $2.75)
You take a chapter from the Torah, and put its Hebrew letters into your computer in the form of a program. Then you circle some things horizontally, and circle some things vertically, and some how you end up with predictions that later come true. One of those predictions was regarding the Rabin assassination. The code showed "Rabin", "Tel Aviv", "5756" ( the year of 1995-6), and "Amir" (the name of his assassin) all intersecting.
More importantly, the code also connects "the End of Days", "5760" (2000), and "delay". To the mathematician, Dr. Rips, and the author this means that the "holocaust of Israel" which was to have happened in 2000, has been delayed.
Well, we managed to get through 2000 OK. We even survived 2001, which did seem like the end of days to most of us. (My mother died within the month of the Towers falling, so for me it was a doubly awful time.) So maybe we were just lucky, or maybe the "End" is coming soon? Like maybe this year when the Mayans also predict the end of the world? Actually, I think we all know the world is in a precarious position, but is the real Armageddon around the corner? I am not sure I really want to know.
Pretty spooky? Look for this oddity on the new non-fiction table. (L- NA)
