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• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Divination: Numerology: Gematria and Theomatics  (18)

• Answering Islam: Mathematical Miracles in the Qur'an or the Bible? - 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.
• Barry Simon on Torah Codes - Articles, answers to challenges, experimental data, and Real Audio and Real Video versions of a presentation given on the topic.
• Bible Codes - Several articles detailing research and experimentation by a mathematics professor that disprove the Bible code theories.
• The Bible "Codes" - A Textual Perspective - Discusses problems in the Torah code theories with images of Hebrew text to illustrate the ELS phenomenon.
• Bible Codes or ELS Made Simple - 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.
• Equidistant Letter Sequences - Addresses the question of whether Jesus' name is encoded in Genesis. Hebrew text examples, graphs, expert opinions, and text of the search program used.
• An Impartial Opinion on the Torah Codes - 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.
• In Search of Mathematical Miracles - Resources and information relating to Ivan Panin and his research and alleged patterns in the Torah or Qur'an.
• Is the Bible Code for Real? - Article by David Washburn on some of the problems with the theories presented in "The Bible Code."
• Mathematicians' Statement on the Bible Codes - Assertion that the Bible and Torah code theories are unsubstantiated, signed by professors or holders of PhDs in the area of mathematics or statistics.
• A New Biblical Hoax - Brief essay comparing claims of hidden codes in the Bible or Qur'an to an illusionist's card trick.
• Skeptical Inquirer: Hidden Messages and The Bible Code - Article discussing the probability of finding encoded messages in a given text and giving examples as evidence for the Bible codes being mere coincidences.
• Skeptic's Dictionary: The Bible (or Torah) Code - Explanation of the methods used to find hidden codes, discussion of the flaws in reasoning and research involved, and links to related sites.
• Torah Codes - A Non-Expert's Observations - A Christian layman's thoughts on the Bible Code controversy, links to sites both for and against this idea.

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