Torah Code Abuse
Torah Code Abuse
When Professor Hasofer stated in his rejoinder in B’Or Ha’Torah 8E (1993) that codes could be found in any text long enough, many did not believe him. Now, through the use of computers, it has been possible to find codes with a high “statistical” significance in practically every text with enough letters. Now, also, Christians have found codes in Scripture supporting their doctrine, and Michael Drosnin has bewildered the world with his best-selling book The Bible Code.
Why should anyone need to support the Torah by mathematical and statistical arguments? Why should outreaching Jews try to convince disbelievers of the Divine origin of the Torah via a method opposed to the values of the Torah itself?
