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Tables of Contents for Numerical Secrets of the Bible
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
 
A Personal Note
xiii
 
Counting Hebrew Letters, Words, and Verses in Jewish Tradition
1
20
Introduction
1
4
The Function of Numbers in Antiquity
5
2
The Counting of Letters, Words, and Verses in the Masoretic Tradition
7
2
Seeking and Locating of the Center of the Text
9
1
The Significance of Such Counting Activities
10
2
Well-Known Numerical Compositions: the Alphabetic Poems
12
2
The Book of Lamentations as a Numerical Composition
14
4
Conclusions That Could Have Been Drawn Long Ago
18
3
Some Significant Numbers in the Bible
21
20
A New Awareness of the Significance of Numbers in the Bible
21
1
Explicitly Mentioned Symbolic Numbers in the Bible: 40, 12, and 7
22
4
Explicit References to the Number Seven in the Bible
26
5
The Hidden Presence of the Number Seven in the Old Testament
31
2
Examples from the Four Gospels
33
5
More Examples from Other Books of the New Testament
38
3
Clusters and Series of Seven Divine Speeches
41
16
The Divine Speech Formulas as an Incentive to Counting
41
1
Series of Seven in the Tabernacle Laws
42
6
The Significance of the Menorah in Center Position
48
1
Series of Seven in the Book of Leviticus and the Sabbath
49
4
More Examples of Manifestly Designed Series of Seven Items
53
4
The 7+4=11 Pattern in the Pentateuch
57
18
The Primeval History in Genesis 1--11
57
5
The Eleven Divine Monologues in the Pentateuch
62
2
Three Genealogies in the Genesis 1--11
64
2
The Eleven Toledoth-Formulas in Genesis
66
1
The Role of 7 in the Life Spans of the Patriarchs
67
2
How Did 7 Acquire its Symbolic Meanings?
69
1
The Number of Fulfillment, 11
70
5
The Secret of the Hidden Sacred Numbers 17 and 26
75
30
Significant Numbers in the Divine Speeches in Genesis
75
4
Examples from the Book of Exodus
79
3
Conspicuous Numbers in the Divine Speeches in Deuteronomy
82
3
Counting Verses in Deuteronomy
85
3
The Symbolic Meaning of 17 and 26
88
4
The Divine Name Interwoven in the Fabric of the Text
92
1
The Purpose of the Hidden Numerical Structures
93
3
The Divine Name Numbers Signifying God's Presence
96
2
17 and 26 in the Life Spans of the Patriarchs and in the Genealogies
98
5
The Watermark of the Name of God as the Hallmark of Holy Scripture
103
2
The Bible as a High-Grade Literary Work of Art
105
36
Investigating the Numerical Structure of the Biblical Text
105
2
The Layout Markers in the Hebrew Text of Genesis
107
4
The Numerical Architecture of the Hebrew Bible Rediscovered
111
3
The Pioneering Work of Claus Schedl
114
3
The Theoretical Foundations of Schedl's Thesis
117
3
Schedl's Numerical Analysis of New Testament Texts
120
1
Significant Compositional Models Discovered by Schedl
121
14
The ``Minor Tetraktys''
121
6
The ``Major Tetraktys''
127
1
The Pentateuch- and Decalogue-Model
127
1
The YHWH-'echad Model
128
2
The Numerical Menorah-Structure and the Balance-Model
130
5
Keywords Determining the Number of Words in a Text
135
6
Proper Use and Misuse of Numbers
141
22
The Significance of the Numerical Aspects of the Bible
141
2
How Numerical Structures Support the Message of a Text
143
10
Psalm 82
143
2
Psalm 8
145
2
Psalm 19
147
2
Isa 8:19 -- 9:6
149
4
The Misuse of Numbers by Numerologists
153
4
A Theological Assessment of the Numerical Aspects of the Bible
157
6
Notes
163
20
About the Author
183
2
Index of Scripture Citations
185