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by Geert van den Bos
Sat Dec 06, 2025 3:38 am
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 12
Views: 41212

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

Grok: https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1997215339998765352
No confirmed uses exist from the 1st or 2nd century before Irenaeus, though the New Testament implies the concept (e.g., Luke 1:43 calls Mary "the mother of my Lord," where "Lord" denotes God).
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by Geert van den Bos
Sat Dec 06, 2025 12:00 am
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 12
Views: 41212

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

God, θεός , mentioned in NT (and in John's prologue) is the God of Israel who abides in the initial letters of "yom hashihsi vay'chullu hashamayim"

https://biblehub.com/greek/strongs_2316.htm

John 1:1-3, Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς ...
by Geert van den Bos
Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:37 am
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 12
Views: 41212

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World


I asked Kermit Zarley

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Geert van den Bos 16 hours ago
how do you interpret John 1:14? https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1995062245257097398

Kermit Zarley
Kermit Zarley 7 hours ago
The question about Jesus' identity does not hinge on ...
by Geert van den Bos
Sun Nov 30, 2025 10:25 pm
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 12
Views: 41212

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

I asked Kermit Zarley

https://disqus.com/home/notifications/?highlight=6803454744

Geert van den Bos 16 hours ago
how do you interpret John 1:14? https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1995062245257097398

Kermit Zarley
Kermit Zarley 7 hours ago
The question about Jesus' identity does not hinge on John ...
by Geert van den Bos
Sun Nov 30, 2025 10:18 pm
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 12
Views: 41212

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

Alexander the Great!

Finally you got a great sparringpartner!
by Geert van den Bos
Sun Nov 30, 2025 10:18 am
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 12
Views: 41212

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World


Sefer Yetzirah: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

https://blog.nli.org.il/en/sefer-yetzirah/

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In Sefer Yetzirah, the mysterious work of Jewish mystical thought, and perhaps the most the influential of all, we read that God created His world through “thirty-two wondrous ways of ...
by Geert van den Bos
Fri Nov 28, 2025 11:53 pm
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 12
Views: 41212

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

"teivah" = word written with letters.

Genesis 6:15, This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 300 = "shin" ; 50 ="nun"; 30 = "lamed"

-- i.e. these letters form the written word "lashon" = spoken word ...
by Geert van den Bos
Fri Nov 28, 2025 11:42 pm
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 12
Views: 41212

Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

Sefer Yetzirah: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

https://blog.nli.org.il/en/sefer-yetzirah/

(...)
In Sefer Yetzirah, the mysterious work of Jewish mystical thought, and perhaps the most the influential of all, we read that God created His world through “thirty-two wondrous ways of ...