[.ca] The Signature of God: Astonishing Bible Codes Reveal ... (ISBN 0921714742)

What A Load Of Hyped Up Garbage:
Grant seems to be very good at convincing average readers to believe his writings. He gets very emotional and excited about his so called truths. In fact, any one sided christian would think its truth also. Upon reading his book, I found that this guy does NOT do any research. He is making christians look REALLY bad. For example. His opinionated garbage for proof of jesus' miracles: he just rants on and on about how people named in the bible, actually existed. Now lets not forget, out of the thousands and thousands mentioned in the bible, he finds a couple that were proven to have existed. How does this even come remotely close to proven Jesus' miracles?? Good question, I really don't know either. So if I write that the world trade center was destroyed in 2001, and I also write that there is a huge godly smurf that is flying around earth giving people free money, does that make my supernatural claim true?? Of course not. He is only providing evidence that the bible actually mentioned real people, that is NOT evidence supporting his claims of jesus' supernatural miracles... or of this god actually existing. His bible codes are just garbage, they are so insanely infinite, that you could find some sort of code similar to the bible codes in just my review. With all his scientific proofs, which as you will see in the bibliography and his research techniques, are NOT even researched. It looks like he read a magazine and wrote a book. He doesn't seem to mention all the PROVEN false historical events in the bible. For instance, Noah's Ark, Genesis 6:19 states - 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Well, if this is TRUE. And is the divinely inspired word of god like Grant suggests... then there is no such thing as hermaphrodite species, such as hermaphrodite worms. It also means you must acknowledge that species like ants and termites don't exist, since they can not survive as male and female, and only as colonies. He will only twist around science and the bible and try and make it sound truthful. He will try and tell you that since the gospels were written at LEAST 30 years after Jesus' resurrection, they MUST be true. Since you cannot publish writings that soon after a death and have them not be true, as people would still be around and prove them wrong. Well, why did they wait at LEAST 30 years after Jesus' death to write about it?? Thats like reporting/writing about 9/11/01 in the year 2031, can you even fathom this? Of course thats silly. And of course any ACTUAL scholarly research will show to you that the writings are at LEAST 70 years after the death of Jesus, not 30 years. Many researches believe the first book was approximately 120 years after the death of Jesus. Grant failed on this also, not surprising. He also talks about the dead sea scrolls, his proofs through the dead sea scrolls seem to validify the fact that the old testament actually existed before christ... uhhh... so what?? So some of the dead sea scrolls were old testament writings. What does that have to do with the accuracy of the bible?? Besides, the NEW Testament writings are the ones in which we are nearly positive that the church has edited. Well, he also doesn't mention the PROOFS that completely nullify the new testament, and the accuracy of the claims of miracles. For a VERY good, actually well researched book about christian origins... read "The Lost Gospel - The Book Of Q and Christian Origins - by: Burton L. Mack" Whether or not you believe in Q... this book goes deeply into christian origins, and completely nullifies all of Grants garbage claims. The Lost Gospel is incredibly well researched, and well written. I recommend buying this book though.... why? Whether you are christian or not, you will learn about how to NOT defense the religion, you will learn a lot in this book, its useful, and its a HOW NOT TO book. Don't let his hype take you in, thats all it is, he uses emotion to try and convince the reader that his false proofs are true.

Have a little faith:
I admit that I am probably "average" as far as intellect and overall knowledge; I don't claim to be an expert in proving biblical truths. Some of the information in this book I found to be quite compelling; particularly in the area of archealogical evidence. And, I admit, some of the information seemed too far stretched for my human mind to process (ie, bibilical codes). I know from my own experience that it can be easy for non-christians to marginalize the awesome and absolute truths that are in the Bible, but, if you read this book , you might find that some of your questions are answered, or, at the very least, addressed. Some reviewers claimed that the author did not have a scholarly reference list, and although I haven't looked at the bibliograpy, I do know that he repeatedly quotes the ONE AND ONLY authentic reference---the Bible itself. Granted, any and all things can be interpreted to fit one's own persepective, but did you know that it CLEARLY states in the Old Testament that the Earth is round? I mean, how else is one supposed to interpret "the sphere of the Earth."? Could God give us a more blatant statement about his divine role in creation and, therefore, our existence? I still think of that when I have doubts. It really all boils down to this: your thoughts are your reality, and this book might just give you the reality check you need.

Timely Interpretation of Current Events:
I picked this up after reading Britt Gillette's "Conquest of Paradise" which really turned me on to learning more about biblical prophecy of the end times. "The Signature of God" brings out facts that are very interfaith. Mr. Jeffrey sheds light on the accuracy of the Bible and its incredible history of transmission. Far from being the rare, locked away, or haphazard work that some would have us believe, the Bible is a document that seems almost alive with its ability to survive enemies. Great job Grant!

An unforgettable book...:
Grant Jeffrey's "The Signature of God" sets out to prove that the Bible is the inspiring word of God, passed down the through the generations by the writings of Old and New Testament prophets. The majority of open-minded readers will agree that he succeeds. "The Signature of God" attempts to prove the Bible as God's word by building a foundation of arguments based on historical documents, archeological discoveries, scientific knowledge, fulfillment of Bible prophecy, and other such evidences. Those who are not Christian or Jewish (and many of those who are) will find a tremendous amount of information they either didn't know or never before viewed in the way Jeffrey presents. The author explores the advanced medical knowledge set down in the Torah, where God instructs the Jewish people to undertake certain precautions in dealing with sick people, dead animals, and other sources of infectious disease. Long before modern science uncovered bacteria and virus, God gave the Jewish nation a means to avoid them. The book also delves into the Bible codes, although not many of speculative and statistically insignificant ones espoused by "Bible Code" author Michael Drosnin. Recently, many academic institutions have been exploring these "codes", equidistant letter sequences in the text of the Old Testament books that make up the Torah. Jeffrey points out many of these codes, such as the name "Yeshua" (translated "Jesus") appearing an ordinate and statistically significant number of times within the Old Testament. In addition, Jeffrey devotes a chapter to the subject of mathematics and the Bible, a subject rarely touched on in modern literature. It catalogues the work of Ivan Panin, a Harvard mathematician who uncovered a series of alphanumeric codes in the Bible (over 30 separate codes involving the number 7 alone in the first sentence of the Bible)! Jeffrey quite adeptly weaves his arguments together into a cohesive and formidable argument on behalf of divine authorship of the Bible, and this is a book both believers and non-believers in God will enjoy perusing. Highly recommended, one of the best modern books (written in layman's terms) on the source and history of the Bible. Britt Gillette Author of "Conquest of Paradise: An End-Times Nano-Thriller"

An unforgettable book...:
Grant Jeffrey's "The Signature of God" sets out to prove that the Bible is the inspired word of God, passed down through the generations by the writings of Old and New Testament prophets. The majority of open-minded readers will agree that he succeeds. "The Signature of God" attempts to prove the Bible as God's word by building a foundation of arguments based on historical documents, archeological discoveries, scientific knowledge, fulfillment of Bible prophecy, and other such evidences. Those who are not Christian or Jewish (and many of those who are) will find a tremendous amount of information they either didn't know or never before viewed in the way Jeffrey presents. The author explores the advanced medical knowledge set down in the Torah, where God instructs the Jewish people to undertake certain precautions in dealing with sick people, dead animals, and other sources of infectious disease. Long before modern science uncovered bacteria and virus, God gave the Jewish nation a means to avoid them. The book also delves into the Bible codes, without citing many of the speculative and statistically insignificant ones espoused by "Bible Code" author Michael Drosnin. Recently, many academic institutions have been exploring these "codes", equidistant letter sequences in the text of the Old Testament books that make up the Torah. Jeffrey points out many of these codes, such as the name "Yeshua" (translated "Jesus") appearing an ordinate and statistically significant number of times within the Old Testament. In addition, Jeffrey devotes a chapter to the subject of mathematics and the Bible, a subject rarely touched on in modern literature. He catalogues the work of Ivan Panin, a Harvard mathematician who uncovered a series of alphanumeric codes in the Bible (over 30 separate codes involving the number 7 alone in the first sentence of the Bible)! Jeffrey quite adeptly weaves his arguments together into a cohesive and formidable argument on behalf of divine authorship of the Bible, and this is a book both believers and non-believers in God will enjoy perusing. Highly recommended, one of the best modern books (written in layman's terms) on the source and history of the Bible. Britt Gillette ...