As a Hebrew school student, Michael Drosnin was asked to write down what he had learned. He responded, “That I don’t have to believe in God or anything in the Bible.”Mr. Drosnin would amend that position, somewhat, after writing “The Bible Code,” which claimed that references to historical and contemporary events were secretly encoded in the Old Testament. Mr. Drosnin died on June 9 at his home in Manhattan. “The Bible Code” opens with a stunning moment: The author, having discovered a biblical passage suggesting that Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel would be assassinated, hops on a plane in 1994 to deliver a letter of warning. The message doesn’t alter the course of events — Mr. Rabin was shot and killed a year later — but, as Mr. Drosnin writes, it was “dramatic confirmation” of the Bible code.

Source: International New York Times June 19, 2020 21:22 UTC