MarieR

Yes I saw your posts. Though I never heard of the theory of two texts, one written in Greek, the other in Hebrew. I always thought the Septuagint was a translation from a Hebrew form of the text.

I checked the variants already and found none for the texts of genesis 1.1 and John 1.1. The text of genesis 1.1 was not found intact in the dead see scrolls but the few words that were still preserved matched the Masoretic text. I am usually not impacted by numerology but this guy found many links between the two passages, that he got me disturbed. One of his link is the one I put on my first post. The second is that by making a calculation (using the values of the letter, the number of letters) etc, he finds the number pi for genesis 1.1 and using the same method of calculation, he finds e for John 1.1

Thank you everyone for your answers. I was confused because he talks about holograms, triangular numbers, square numbers, etc. He finds links between them because of their shapes and then makes his calculations... And I have no clue about holograms, and all of this stuff. So as a non mathematician, from the outside, it looks intriguing.

Hello everyone, I'd like some help on how to debunk a numerology on the Bible. It's based on the work of Vernon Jenkins. It's a bit too complicated mathematically for me, so if someone good at it could help me, I'd appreciate. So, here is the point made by the author: Genesis 1.1 and John 1.1 are mathematically linked as well as theologically (they are the 2 "in the beginning" passage) He says the gematria (in Hebrew) of genesis 1.1 = 2701 = 37*73 = 19*37 + 2*27*37 He then isolates the numbers 27, 37 and 73 from the calculation above and says that the gematria of genesis 1.1 (still Hebrew) + John 1.1 (in Greek) equals 6328 which is 73² + 27*37. So it uses the same numbers which for him is proof of design. For him the numbers 27, 37 and 73 are linked geometrically. The number 37 is linked to 73 by representing the hexagonal core of the star (37 is an hexagonal number and 73 is a star number). Then 37 is linked to 27 by being the difference of consecutive cubes 37 = 64 - 27 = 4³ - 3³. With those 3 numbers you can add them, multiply them, divide them, etc, etc. But he says the proof of design is because the combination for genesis 1.1 + John 1.1 is VERY simple, it uses the numbers only once each. So I checked mathematically, and it works, there is no mistake. I also checked if variants existed for the texts of genesis 1.1 and John 1.1 and there is no known variant for those texts. So, my question is, do the numbers he picked have a special link, or is it quite arbitrary his choice? And if someone could tell me if that is statistically significant what he found? The author does not produce any statistics of his findings. I know that many of you will think it's just numerology bullshit and discard it (and I agree) but I would appreciate getting some answers to my specific questions as well. Thank you everyone for your help.