Coincidences in the Bible and in Biblical Hebrew
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On December, 4, 2009, the Israeli daily, the Jerusalem Post, published an interview with Prof. Shore about the findings of this book. The interview was posted on the Internet and translated to other languages. Following this interview, numerous communications were received and articles about the book's results and their significance published in various newspapers and web sites. Some writers provided findings of their own, constructed along the lines of the methodology described in the first edition (2007). Concurrently, Prof. Shore continued with his own research and found some new relationships (not yet made public). This new expanded edition of the book delivers an update that reflects these endeavors and introduces a new statistical methodology to determine how probable are some of the "coincidences" described in the book.
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About the Book
Unexplainable coincidences abound in the Bible and in biblical Hebrew. For example, the Hebrew words for “ear” and “balance” are derived from the same philological root. But it was only toward the end of the nineteenth century that scientists discovered that the human body’s balancing mechanism resides in the ear. Coincidences in the Bible and in biblical Hebrew details scores of such incidents, including:
• Words in Hebrew that show intent to convey a message
• Coincidences in the Hebrew language that show intent to convey hidden information, and occasionally information that could not be expected to be known in biblical times
• Passages in the Bible that convey or assume information or knowledge unlikely to have been known in biblical times
• Other coincidences from Jewish tradition or Jewish history
In this second edition, author Haim Shore discusses two types of coincidences-those that can be considered just that, and others that are subject to rigorous statistical analysis. Altogether, nineteen analyses have been conducted with highly significant results. Simple plots that accompany the analyses clarify their meanings and implications so that no prior statistical know-how is required. Genesis creation story is statistically analyzed.
About the Author
Haim Shore is a tenured engineering professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He owns five academic degrees and had published five books and scores of chapters and articles in books and in refereed international journals. Until recently he administered Israel’s national standardization in quality and reliability engineering, an assignment that he performed voluntarily for many years. He was born in Israel where he lives today.