Re: The Bible Code -- Two, three, and four-consonant words.

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From: yrab... Eugene Rabinovich
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 00:00

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Libertarius (att...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:

:     How do youknow that the supposed "code" refers to RABIN and not
:     RUBEN or something else? How do you no that "AMIR" is not MIRA
:     or MARY or EMIR or AMORY or something else?

I am not defending Drosnin's book, but consonants are routinely used in
Hebrew to portray vowels. For example, Rabin is spelled
"resh-bet-yud-nun," while Ruben would be spelled "resh-vav-bet-nun." Also,
Amir would definitely be spelled differently than Mira or Mary or Amory,
but could be spelled the same as Emir.

:     Since there are no vowels in the Hebrew text, what is
your
:     probability of coming up with a two, three, or four-consonant word?


--
Eugene Rabinovich
y-rabi...@uchicago.edu
http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/yrabinov  (Under Construction)

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Subject: Re: The Bible Code -- Two, three, and four-consonant words.
Date: 1997/06/15
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