Literature on quantitative structure analysis (QSA) of biblical texts

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Some entries are listed repeatedly with regard to different text sections: Gen. 5/11 , Num. 1/26 and Deuteronomy.
This list contains a couple of titles about QSA in the narrower sense, but also publications with alternative interpretations. They
differ considerably in regard to their quality as well.

Ronald Benun, "Evil and the Disruption of Order: A Structural Analysis of the Acrostics in the First Book of Psalms", JHS 6 (2006).
Helmut Bodenstein, "Israel und El Schaddai", 1994, unpublished. (see also S. Külling.)
Helmut Bodenstein, "Die 70 Seelen des Hauses Jakobs, Eine Studie zu Methoden der Textsicherung im AT", 1996, unpublished.
Helmut Bodenstein, "The Cave of Machpelah 'Israel' - an Ancient Acronym, Defined by the Ancestors of Israel Buried at Machpelah", 1997, unpublished.
David T. Bryan, "A Reevaluation of Gen. 4 and 5 in Light of Recent Studies in Genealogical Fluidity", ZAW (1987) 180-88. (Criticism of J.M.Sasson, "A Genealogical 'Convention' ...")
Philip R. Davies, David M. Gunn, "Pentateuchal Patterns. An examination of C.J.Labuschagne's theory.", VT 34 (1984) 399-406. (C.J.Labuschagne replied to this criticism.)
Eisses, Karel Th., "Een ernstig spel met getallen - De Godsnaam in Genesis 5", Interpretatie, januari 1996. (Dutch)
Peter Friesenhahn, "Hellenistische Wortzahlenmystik im Neuen Testament", B.R.Grüner Amsterdam 1970, B.G.Teubner Berlin 1935, X + 312 pages.
Oskar Goldberg, "Die fünf Bücher Mosis ein Zahlengebäude, Die Feststellung einer einheitlich durchgeführten Zahlenschrift", Berlin 1908, 44 p..
Oskar Goldberg, "Das Zahlengebäude des Pentateuch, Eine Geheimschrift in den fünf Büchern Moses.", La Revue Juive 89/90 91 92 93 (1947) 13-22, 100-105, 142-149, 193-199. (There is a French version beginning with edition 94/95.)
Hans Werner Hoffmann, "Kritische Anmerkungen zu einer neuen mathematischen Methode der Quellenscheidung", ZAW 78 (1966) 219-224. (Criticism of Schedl, "Worte und Zahlen".)
Jeremy Hughes, "Secrets of the Times - Myth and History in Biblical Chronology", Sheffield Academic Press 1990, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament - Supplement Series 66.
Benno Jacob, "Der Pentateuch - exegetisch-kritische Forschungen", Leipzig 1905, 412 pages + 2 tables.
Benno Jacob, "Das Buch Exodus", Hrsg. im Auftr. des Leo-Baeck-Instituts von Shlomo Mayer unter Mitw. von Joachim Hahn und Almuth Jürgensen, Stuttgart 1997. - See esp. Appendix IV: "Die Zahl der Verse des Buches Exodus" ("The Number Of Verses Of The Book Of Exodus") pp.1067-1070.
Casper J. Labuschagne, "The Pattern of the Divine Speech Formulas in the Pentateuch - The key to its literary structure", VT 32 (1982) 268-96. ( Akzent 5 . - Criticism of Labuschagne's discoveries by P.R.Davies and D.M.Gunn.)
Casper J. Labuschagne, "Additional Remarks on the Pattern of the Divine Speech Formulas in the Pentateuch", VT 34 (1984) 91-95.
Casper J. Labuschagne, "Pentateuchal Patterns: A reply to P.R.Davies and D.M.Gunn", VT 34 (1984) 407-413.
Casper J. Labuschagne, "The Literary and Theological Function of Divine Speech in the Pentateuch", Suppl. to VT Vol. 34 (1985) 154-73.
Casper J. Labuschagne, "Neue Wege und Perspektiven in der Pentateuchforschung", VT 36 (1986) 146-62.
Casper J. Labuschagne, "The Life Spans of the Patriarchs", in "Oudtestamentische Studiën", uitgeg. door A.S. van der Woude, Deel XXV : "New Avenues in the Study of the Old Testament", E.J.Brill 1989, 121-127. (From Adam to Jacob)
Casper J. Labuschagne, "Vertellen met Getallen. Functie en symboliek van getallen in de bijbelse oudheid, Uitgeverij Boekencentrum B.V., Zoetermeer 1992. - In English : "Numerical Secrets of the Bible - Rediscovering the Bible Codes", D & F Scott Publishing, 1999 Inc., ISBN 0-941037-67-3. (Review)
François Langlamet, "Arithmétique des scribes et texte consonantique - Gen 46,1-7 et 1 Sam 17,1-54", RB 97 (1990) 379-413.
Gerhard Larsson, "When Did the Babylonian Captivity Begin?", JTS 8 (1967) 417-423.
Gerhard Larsson, "Is Biblical Chronology Systematic or Not?", RQ 6 (1969) 499-515. (Answering Jacques Meysing, "L'énigme..." )
Gerhard Larsson, "The Secret System - A Study in the Chronology of the Old Testament.", Leiden (E.J.Brill) 1973, VIII + 119 pages.
Gerhard Larsson, "The Chronological System of the Old Testament", Frankfurt am Main, 2008. 131 pp., num. tables ISBN 978-3-631-57546-8.
Gerhard Larsson, "Chronological Parallels Between the Creation and the Flood.", VT 27 (1977) 490-492.
Gerhard Larsson, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch: A Comparison of the MT and LXX.", JBL 102 (1983) 401-409. - Jeremy Hughes commented on this article in his "Secrets of the Times" page 6 note 1.
Gerhard Larsson, "The Documentary Hypothesis and the Chronological Structure of the Old Testament.", ZAW 97 (1985) 316-333.
Gerhard Larsson, "Ancient Calenders Indicated in the OT.", JSOT 54 (1992) 61-76.
Gerhard Larsson, "More Quantitative Old Testament Research?", ZAW 110 (1998) 570-580.
Gerhard Larsson, "Remarks Concerning the Noah-Flood Complex", ZAW 112 (2000) 75-77.
Gerhard Larsson, "Is The Book Of Esther Older Than Has Been Believed?", VT 52 (2002) 130-131.
Gerhard Larsson, "The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah as a System", ZAW 114 (2002) 224-235.
Ernst Laubscher, "Phänomene der Zahl in der Bibel mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Neuen Testaments, vorab der Offenbarung des Johannes", Neuewelt bei Basel 1955, (Geschenk des Verfassers an Bibliotheken und Bibelschulen,) 78 pages.
Jacques Meysing, "The Number of Verses of the Biblical Books", Part I : CNFI XIV No.3-4 (1963) 35-40, Part II : CNFI XV No.1 (1964) 24-30.
Jeremy Northcote, "The Schematic Development of Old Testament Chronography: Towards an Integrated Model.", JSOT 29/1 (2004) 3-36.
David Salsburg, "Digit Preference in the Bible", Chance 10,4 (1997) 46-48. - This short article is a good example of how to apply statistical methods to biblical texts, written by a professional statistician. Salsburg "applies the chi-squared goodness-of-fit test to the least significant digits found in lists of numbers from Genesis, Numbers, Kings, and Ezra". - Unfortunately I discovered this article only recently (Jan./Feb. 2001). It is considerably better than my own paper called "Zeiten und Zahlen im Pentateuch - Kritik einer 'einfachen' Auslegung" (which I referred to in my 'Bileam' article) , written in 1996 or so, that was concerned with a similar subject. It was never published and, after having seen Salsburg's analysis, never will. ;-)
Jack M. Sasson, "A Genealogical 'Convention' in Biblical Chronography?", ZAW 90 (1978) 171-85 (For criticism cp. D.T.Bryan.).
Claus Schedl, "Geschichte des Alten Testaments", I. Band "Alter Orient und Urgeschichte", zweite, vollständig umgearbeitete Auflage, Tyrolia Verlag Innsbruck 1964, XXVI + 428 pages. (There is a logotechnically reworked English edition from 1974.) (Akzent 2)
Claus Schedl, "Worte und Zahlen - Neuer Zugang zu den Genesisquellen", ZAW 77 (1965) 259-267. (For criticism cp. H. W. Hoffmann.)
Claus Schedl, "Talmud Evangelium Synagoge", Tyrolia Verlag Innsbruck 1969, 448 pages. (pp.291-335: 10 miracles acc. to Matthew.)
Claus Schedl, Cp. his book "Baupläne des Wortes ...", p.30/31: books and articles of C.Schedl.
Claus Schedl, "Baupläne des Wortes. Einführung in die biblische Logotechnik.", Herder, Wien 1974, 247 pages. (Akzent 4)
Claus Schedl, " 'Der brennende Dornbusch' Der Kosmos als Erscheinungsbild Gottes", in "Kosmopathie - Der Mensch in den Wirkungsfeldern der Natur", hrgg. von Andreas Resch, Schriftenreihe 'Imago Mundi' Band 8, Resch Verlag 1981, 677-711.
Knut Stenring, "The Enclosed Garden", Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm 1966, 101 pages.
John William Wenham, "Large Numbers In The Hebrew Bible", JBQ 25,4 (1997) 260-267. - Wenham gives a list of explanations how the large numbers could have come into existence: Different types of textual corruption as well as mis-interpretations of the Hebrew word 'lp.
Dwight Wayne Young, "The Incredible Regnal Spans of Kish I in the Sumerian King List", JNES 50 (1991) 23-35.

Genesis 5 and 11:

Michel Barnouin, "Recherches numériques sur la généalogie de Gen. v.", RB 77 (1970) 347-65.
E. Berthau, "Die Zahlen der Genesis", Jahrbücher für Deutsche Theologie 23 (1878) 657-682.
Donald V. Etz, "The Numbers of Genesis V 3-31: A Suggested Conversion and its Implications", VT 43 (1993) 171-89.
Bruce K. Gardner, "The Genesis Calendar - The Synchronistic Tradition in Genesis 1-11", University Press of America 2001, ISBN 0-7618-1969-X, xx+374 pages. - Review by Sacha Stern - My review no. 3
Rüdiger Heinzerling, " 'Einweihung' durch Henoch ? Die Bedeutung der Altersangaben in Genesis 5", ZAW 110 (1998) 581-589. (Akzent 6)
Samuel Külling, "Genesis 55.Teil: Gen.5,1ff", Fundamentum 4/1994, 11-14. (Report on a discovery made by Helmut Bodenstein.) (Akzent 3)
Samuel Külling, "Geschlechtsregister von Adam bis Noah - von Noah bis Abraham. Sind die Genealogien in Genesis 5 und 11 historisch und lückenlos?", Immanuel Verlag (Riehen) 1996, 48 pp., contains the same short (German) presentation of H.Bodenstein's discovery: p. 47/8.
Gottfried Kuhn, "Die Lebenszahl Lemechs Gen.5,31", ZAW 54 (1936) 309-10.
Casper J. Labuschagne, "The Life Spans of the Patriarchs", ... (see above). pp. 121-123.
Jacques Meysing, "The Biblical Chronologies of the Patriarchs",Part I : CNFI XIII No.3-4 (1962) 26-30, Part II : CNFI XIV No.1 (1963) 22-26.
Jacques Meysing, "Contribution à l'étude des généalogies bibliques - Technique de la composition des chronologies babyloniennes du déluge",Rev. S.R. XXXIX (1965) 209-229.
Jeremy Northcote, "The Lifespans of the Partriarchs: Schematic Orderings in the Chrono-genealogy.", VT 57 (2007) 243-257.
Claus Schedl, "Geschichte des Alten Testaments", I. Band ...(see above). pp. XV, 332-336.
Claus Schedl, " 'Der brennende Dornbusch' ... ", (see above). pp. 694-702.
Sacha Stern, review of: “The Genesis Calendar: The Synchronistic Tradition in Genesis 1-11, by Bruce K. Gardner”, Dead Sea Discoveries 9/2 (2002) 254-258.
Dwight Wayne Young, "On the Application of Numbers from Babylonian Mathematics to Biblical Life Spans and Epochs", ZAW 100 (1988) 331-361.
Dwight Wayne Young, "The Influence of Babylonian Algebra on Longevity Among Antediluvians", ZAW 102 (1990) 321-335.
Dwight Wayne Young, "The Step-down to Two Hundred in Genesis 11,10-25", ZAW 116 (2004) 323-333.
Dwight Wayne Young, "The Sexagesimal Basis for the Total Years of the Antediluvian and Postdiluvian Epochs", ZAW 116 (2004) 502-527.
Benjamin Ziemer, "Erklärung der Zahlen von Gen 5 aus ihrem kompositionellen Zusammenhang", ZAW 121 (2009) 1-18.

Numbers 1 and 26:

Michel Barnouin, "Remarques sur les tableaux numériques du Livre des Nombres", RB 76 (1969) 351-64.
Michel Barnouin, "Les recensements du Livre des Nombres et l'astronomie babylonienne",VT 27 (1977) 280-303.
R.E.D. Clark, "The Large Numbers Of The Old Testament - Especially In Connexion With The Exodus", Journal Of The Transactions Of The Victoria Institute 87 (1955) 82-92.
Eryl W. Davies, "A Mathematical Conundrum: The Problem of the Large Numbers in Numbers I And XXVI", VT 45 (1995) 449-469.
W.M. Flinders Petrie, "Ancient Egypt And Ancient Israel", New Edition, Ares Publishers Inc, Chicago MCMLXXX, pp.40-47.
Rüdiger Heinzerling, "Bileams Rätsel - Die Zählung der Wehrfähigen in Numeri 1 und 26", ZAW 111 (1999) 404-415 . (Akzent 7, cp. Akzent 8)
Rüdiger Heinzerling, "On The Interpretation Of The Census Lists By C.J.Humphreys And G.E.Mendenhall", VT 50 (2000) 250 - 252. (This is a short summary of the arguments presented in my review ; and there is a correction.)
Rüdiger Heinzerling, "On the solution to the census numbers as proposed by Carsten Ziegert", review 5 (28.07.2009/19.12.2009).
Colin J. Humphreys, "The Number Of People In The Exodus From Egypt: Decoding Mathematically The Very Large Numbers In Numbers I And XXVI", VT 48 (1998) 196 - 213. (Rezension / Review )
Colin J. Humphreys, "The Numbers In The Exodus From Egypt: A Further Appraisal", VT 50 (2000) 323 - 328. (A response to Jacob Milgrom and M. McEntire)
M. McEntire, "A Response To Colin J. Humphreys's 'The Number of People in the Exodus From Egypt: Decoding Mathematically the Very Large Numbers in Numbers I And XXVI' ", VT 49 (1999) 262-264.
George E. Mendenhall, "The Census Lists of Numbers 1 and 26", JBL LXXVII (1958) 52-66.
David Merling, "Large numbers at the time of the Exodus", NEASB 44 (1999) 15-27. - Merling gives reasons why the large numbers do not fit into the literary context of the Exodus. He believes the Hebrew word 'lp to have been "misunderstood by later scribes who superimposed 'helpful' changes (i.e., totals) in the text to make it more exact and impressive and, thereby, inadvertantly, caused the text to suggest that the Israelites [...] had [...] a population numbered in the millions [...]." (p.24) Merling writes from the presupposition that the "original writer wrote to be believed" (p.24).
Jacob Milgrom, "On Decoding Very Large Numbers", VT 49 (1999) 131-132. (Response to Colin J. Humphreys)
Gary A. Rendsburg, "An Additional Note to Two Recent Articles On The Number Of People in The Exodus From Egypt and The Large Numbers in Numbers I and XXVI" , VT 51 (2001) 392-396. (Response to Eryl W.Davies and Colin J. Humphreys) - By the way: Rendsburg does not mention my criticism of Humphreys' approach. When I asked him via e-mail if he was aware of my work, he replied that he was aware of my VT short note, which in turn refers to my ZAW article, but that a) he disagreed with my approach, and b) he did not want to enter into a critique of my work since it was not germane to the point that he was making in his short note. - Well, I disagree, to put it mildly. I do not understand how one can know my mathematical criticism of Humphreys' paper and then state that "the mathematics presented by Humphreys is most convincing..." (p.394). It is most certainly not.
Jerry Waite, "The Census of Israelite Men after their Exodus from Egypt", VT 60 (2010) 487-491.
Gordon J. Wenham, "Numbers - An Introduction and Commentary", Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, Leicester 1981, 240 pages. - pp. 60-66 "Additional Note on the large numbers".
Uwe Zerbst, "Die Größe der israelitischen Bevölkerung während der Wüstenwanderung und Landnahme", pp. 95-136 in: "Keine Posaunen vor Jericho? - Beiträge zur Archäologie der Landnahme", Uwe Zerbst & Peter van der Veen (Ed.), Studium Integrale Archäologie, Studiengemeinschaft Wort und Wissen, Hänssler Verlag 2005, ISBN 3-7751-4419-6. - Review (in German)
Carsten Ziegert, "Die großen Zahlen in Num 1 und 26: Forschungsüberblick und neuer Lösungsvorschlag", Biblica 90 (2009) 237-256. - Cp. my review.
Benjamin Ziemer, "Erklärung der wichtigsten 'demographischen' Zahlen des Numeribuches aus ihrem kompositionellen Zusammenhang", VT 60 (2010) 271-287.

Deuteronomy:

Georg Braulik, "Die Funktion von Siebenergruppierungen im Endtext des Deuteronomiums", Ein Gott - eine Offenbarung. Beiträge zur biblischen Exegese, Theologie und Spiritualität. Festschrift für N.Füglister. Hrsg.: Friedrich V. Reiterer. Würzburg, 1991, pp. 37-50. - Braulik claims this paper to be the first to analyse groupings of sevens in the book of Deuteronomy. But already in Oskar Goldberg's book of 1908 we find a detailled description of this literary phenomenon. However, Braulik's research is more thorough than Goldberg's and could be taken as a starting point for reading about this subject.
Duane L. Christensen, "Deuteronomy 1:1-21:9", 2.edition (expanded from 1:1-11:32 to 1:1-21:9, completely revised and updated), Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 6A, Thomas Nelson Publishers (Nashville), 2001, cxii+458 pages. - Christensen's revised commentary is the first English language commentary (afaik) that incorporates the findings of C.J.Labuschagne's logotechnical analysis (and C.Schedl's, resp.). A considerable part of Labuschagne's material is being presented at the end of the sections on Form/Structure/Setting. Furthermore, there is an excursus on numerical composition. So, if you were waiting for an English language introduction to logotechnical analysis in the shape of a commentary: this is the one. Additionally, you will find information on topics like: 'Law, Poetry, and Music in Ancient Israel', 'The Trienniel Cycle of Torah Readings in Palestinian Judaism', 'The Numeruswechsel in Deuteronomy', prosodic analysis ...
Ulrich Dahmen, "Weitere Fälle von Siebenergruppierungen im Buch Deuteronomium", BN 72 (1994) 5-11. - This article is kind of a continuation of Braulik's paper.
Oskar Goldberg, "Die fünf Bücher Mosis ein Zahlengebäude, Die Feststellung einer einheitlich durchgeführten Zahlenschrift", Berlin 1908, 44 p.. - Goldberg's small but important book contains - among other observations - a couple of pages with numerical observations in Deuteronomy.
Casper J. Labuschagne, "Divine Speech in Deuteronomy", in "Das Deuteronomium Entstehung, Gestalt und Botschaft", hrgg. von Norbert Lohfink (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium LXVIII), Leuven 1985, 111-126.
Casper J. Labuschagne, "Deuteronomium", De Prediking van het Oude Testament, deel IA, deel IB (1987) Nijkerk, deel II (1990) Nijkerk, deel III (1997), Baarn, (each volume accompanied by a booklet with logotechnical analysis).
Casper J. Labuschagne, "The Setting of the Song of Moses in Deuteronomy", Deuteronomy and Deuteronomic Literature, Edited by M. Vervenne and J. Lust (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium CXXXIII), Leuven 1997, 111-129.

Background material:

Ernst Robert Curtius, "Europäische Literatur und lateinisches Mittelalter", 1948/1965⁵, Francke Verlag Bern München (608 pp.), Exkurs XV ('Zahlenkompositionen') pp.491 - 502 .
Umberto Eco, "Das Foucaultsche Pendel", dtv 19956 (C.Hanser 1989), 769 pages.
Konradin Ferrari D'Occhieppo, "Der Stern von Bethlehem in astronomischer Sicht: Legende oder Tatsache ?", 2. erw. Auflage, Brunnen Verlag Gießen 1994, 186 pages.
David M. Fouts, "A Defense Of The Hyperbolic Interpretation Of Large Numbers In The Old Testament", JETS 40 (1997) 377-387.
Niccolo Guicciardini, "Newton: Ein Naturphilosoph und das System der Welten", Spektrum der Wissenschaft Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Heidelberg 1999. (Section: 'Die Abkehr von der Moderne', p. 36-51)
Hans A. Hutmacher, "Symbolik der biblischen Zahlen und Zeiten", Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn 1993, 232 pages. (Gematry)
Georges Ifrah, "Universalgeschichte der Zahlen", Campus Verlag Frankfurt / New York 1986, 600pages, 797 illustrations, tables and drawings. - The french original: "Histoire Universelle des Chiffres", Editions Seghers, 1981, Paris.
Siegfried Kreuzer, lexicon entry "Zahl", Neues Bibel-Lexikon (NBL), Vol. III, Düsseldorf - Zürich, 2001, 1155-1169.
Karl Menninger, "Zahlwort und Ziffer Eine Kulturgeschichte der Zahl", Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1979³, (2 Bände in einem,) 218+IV+314 pages.
Papus, "Die Kabbala", Fourier Verlag, 5. Auflage 1985. (Transl. by Julius Nestler.) 366 pages.
Clifford A. Pickover, "Die Mathematik und das Göttliche", Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 1999, 448 pages. (American original: "The Loom of God: Mathematical Tapestries at the Edge of Time", Plenum Publ. Corp., NY.) - Pickover's book contains - among many other useful informations - a nice presentation of Pythagoras' numerology, including the tetraktys.
Jacques Meysing, "Introduction à la numérologie biblique - Le diagramme SATOR-AREPO", Rev. S.R. XL (1966) 321-352.
Jacques Meysing, "L'énigme de la chronologie biblique et qumrânienne dans une nouvelle lumière", RQ VI,2 Nr.22, Sept. 1967, 229-251. (Cp. Gerhard Larsson, "Is Biblical Chronology Systematic...")
Otto Neugebauer, "The Exact Sciences In Antiquity", Brown University Press, 2. ed. 1957, 240pp. and 14 plates. - This book is a treasure!
Martin Rösel, "Übersetzung als Vollendung der Auslegung - Studien zur Genesis-Septuaginta", Walter de Gruyter 1994, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 223. - On page 144 (note 43) Rösel comments on G.Larsson's "The Secret System" in regard to LXX.
D.S. Russel, "Countdown - Arithmetic and Anagram in Early Biblical Interpretation", ExpT 104,4 (1993) 109-113.
Udo Quast, "Zahlen und Zahlenreihen in Numeri 26", De Septuaginta (1984) 103-114. - De Septuaginta - Studies in Honour of John William Wevers. Ed. by Albert Pietersma and Claude Cox. Mississanga, Ontario, Benben Publications 1984. - (Quast's paper is on textual criticism of Numbers 26 with special regard to LXX.)
Reinhard Wonneberger, "Leitfaden zur Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia", 2.Aufl., 1986, Göttingen.
Benjamin Ziemer, Artikel "Zahlen, Zahlensymbolik" in: "Wörterbuch alttestamentlicher Motive", - Darmstadt : WBG, (Wiss. Buchges.). - 2013, S. 462-471

Benjamin Ziemer, Art. me'ah, in: "Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten", Bd. 2, Stuttgart 2013, 545–553

'Biblecode': (Akzent 1)

Pro:

Michael Drosnin, "Der Bibelcode", Wilhelm Heyne Verlag München, Deutsch von Elisabeth Parada, 1997. (American original: "The Bible Code", Simon & Schuster New York, 1997.)
Doron Witztum, Eliyahu Rips, Yoav Rosenberg, "Equidistant Letter Sequences in the Book of Genesis", Statistical Science Vol. 9 (1994) 429-438 . (Abridged version)

Contra:

Maya Bar-Hillel, Dror Bar-Natan, Brendan McKay, "The Torah Codes: Puzzle and Solution", Chance Vol. 11, No. 2, 1998, 13 -19. (This article can be downloaded from McKays Website .)
Randall Ingermanson, "Who Wrote The Bible Code? - A Physicist Probes The Current Controversy", Waterbrook Press 1999, xii+180 pages. - ( Visit the author's website.)
Brendan McKay, Dror Bar-Natan, Maya Bar-Hillel, Gil Kalai, "Solving the Bible Code Puzzle", Statistical Science, May 1999. (This article can be downloaded from McKays Website .)

'Bible-Numerics':

Pro:

Karl G. Sabiers, "Erstaunliche neue Entdeckungen Wissenschaft beweist: Die Bibel ist wörtlich von Gott inspiriert", (Transl. from English.) 8. durchgesehene Auflage 1975,Heijkoop Verlag Schwelm, 163 pages.

Contra:

Heinrich von Siebenthal und Peter von Siebenthal, "Im Bibeltext verborgene Zahlenkombinationen als Beweis der göttlichen Inspiration?", Erster Teil: Fundamentum Erstausgabe 1980, 35-52,Letzter Teil: Fundamentum 1/1981 30-47.

Abbreviations/Explanations:

BN	Biblische Notizen
Chance	A Statistical Magazine
CNFI	Christian News From Israel (Jerusalem)
ExpT	The Expository Times
Fundamentum	Very conservative christian journal (discontinued), Basel
JBL	Journal Of Biblical Literature
JBQ	Jewish Bible Quarterly
JETS	Journal Of The Evangelical Theological Society
`JHS`	`Journal Of Hebrew Scriptures`
JSOT	Journal For The Study Of The Old Testament
JTS	Journal Of Theological Studies
NEASB	Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin
RB	Revue Biblique
Rev.S.R.	Revue des Sciences Religieuses (Strasbourg)
RQ	Revue de Qumran
VT	Vetus Testamentum
ZAW	Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

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