Bethsheba Ashe bethshebaashe@gmail.com www.shematria.com Hermeneutics and Biblical Studies. Abstract. By using the correct number sets for the Tanakh and the New Testament, 21 examples of biblical gematria are presented in an attempt to pass the threshold of reasonable doubt about the … [Read more...]
Shematria ~ now with Arabic
I'm pleased to announce that our dedicated biblical and occult gematria calculator is now able to work with Arabic. You could do Torah over breakfast, have the New Testament for lunch, nibble on the Book of the Law with your dinner and digest the Quran for supper! Greetings! Stay tuned … [Read more...]
Genesis and the Tarot.
The verses of the Torah were first publicly numbered (as we find them today) by Robert Estienne (Robert Stephanus) in 1571, but the move was not without criticism at the time from traditionalists. The original manuscripts did not contain the chapter and verse divisions in a numbered … [Read more...]
What the apple really was… (spoiler alert – it wasn’t sex).
Introduction. The bible is stuffed with apparently unexplained metaphors, which is one of the reasons why people have speculated over it for thousands of years; in the seeming absence of any type of clarification people have delighted in putting forward their own. In the case of the fruit of … [Read more...]