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bible code: "Teaching them [wrong] things", The
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Dec 2000 by Taylor, Richard A
'3 This at least is the opinion of authorities such as Ginsburg and Wurthwein. Ginsburg says, "These passages, however, are simply quoted as typical instances and are by no means intended to be exhaustive." See Ginsburg, Introduction 362. In a similar way Wurthwein remarks, "We can scarcely err in regarding the evidence of these traditions as merely a small fragment of a far more extensive process. . . ." See Ernst WUrthwein, The Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Biblia Hebraica (trans. Erroll F. Rhodes; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995) 18. I see no reason to disagree with these statements.
44 b. Yebamoth 79a.
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45 Not all scholars accept the tradition of the Tiqqune Sopherim at face value. Some think that the alleged correction was in fact the reading of the original text rather than a change due to scribal decision. However, this conclusion seems to be based at least in part on an overly protective attitude toward the ancient scribes.
as Gordis, Biblical Text in the Making xv. Tov gives a figure of between 848 and 1566, depending upon which tradition is followed. See Emanuel Tov, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (Minneapolis: Fortress; Assen/Maastricht: Van Gorcum, 1992) 58.
47 The occurrences are as follows: Judg 18:30; Ps 80:14; Job 38:13, 15.
48 Note Rashi's explanation of the suspended letter here: "Because of the honor of Moses was the nun written so as to alter the name. The nun, however, is suspended to tell you that it is not Manasseh, but Moses."
49 The occurrences are as follows: Gen 16:5; 18:9; 19:33, 35; 33:4; 37:12; Num 3:39; 9:10; 21:30; 29:15; Deut 29:28.
50 The occurrences are as follows: 2 Sam 19:20; Isa 44:9; Ezek 41:20; 46:22; Ps 27:13.
si The occurrences are as follows: 2 Kgs 5:18; Jer 32:11; 51:3; Ezek 48:16; Ruth 3:12. 2 Sam 13:33; 15:21, and Jer 38:16 probably also belong here; they are cited in a note at Jer 39:12 and Ezek 48:16 in the St. Petersburg Codex (according to Ginsburg, Introduction 318).
so Since this category of variant and the one discussed in the following paragraph are outside of the Torah, it is only fair to point out that if one restricts the Bible code to the Torah these features would be inconsequential. However, though the earliest code researchers focused only on the Torah, many more recent advocates have extended the investigation to other parts of the Hebrew Bible as well. The Bible code software that I have worked with in fact provides for both approaches. The variants discussed above do, of course, seriously affect the number of letters in these non-Torah portions of the Hebrew Bible.
53 The occurrences are as follows: 2 Sam 8:3; 16:23; Jer 31:38; 50:29; Judg 20:13; 2 Sam 18:20; 2 Kgs 19:31, 37. Ruth 2:11 probably also belongs here, although it is not cited in the rabbinic list.
54 M, ,= -.7n (Jerusalem: Koren, 1966).
15 The Koren edition is said to differ from BHS in about 130 instances in the Torah.
" LXX: Kai mvft' T6 Mop r6p&; Hebrew retroversion: wt*s* MOfl1_ 0**17*-`lK a?ntb** nnnT6 6ito' oiTo)do o5 o6pavo) &!; TeE; CYI)VaTO)7e(g a6T6SV 11a't 6(POI ti qpd; Hebrew retroversion: nWnI3 xj*-ij nrmpp-*x tr V, nn 1p tron -njr . .-. .. ... P, i -k .' - '. i
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