Bible Code II: The Countdown [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Michael Drosnin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2003

The Bible code-the ancient code encrypted in the Bible that may reveal our future-was made known to the world by investigative reporter Michael Drosnin. Now he reveals startling new predictions warning that we may have only three years to stop the countdown to Armageddon. This dramatic account opens on the morning of September 11, 2001, when Drosnin witnessed the attack on the World Trade Center-and then found the terrible event predicted in detail in the 3,000-year-old Bible code. But according to the code, September 11 was only the beginning. The Bible code says we are already in the "End of Days," the Apocalypse foretold by all three major religions of the West. Drosnin has traveled the globe to meet with world leaders to prevent the impending danger-and to search for the "Code Key," a long-buried ancient object that may completely unlock the Bible code, just in time to save our world.

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"The biggest news of the millennium-maybe of all human history." (Baltimore Sun) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Michael Drosnin is a reporter, formerly at the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. He is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers Citizen Hughes and The Bible Code. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• ISBN-10: 0142003506
• ASIN: B000BTH5FS
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (130 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,047,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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55 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It never hurts to keep an opened mind..., September 29, 2003

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This review is from: Bible Code II: The Countdown (Hardcover)

After watching this subject on the History Channel I wanted to know more about this Bible Code which is the reason why I purchased this book. I read it in several hours cover to cover with an open mind and it was easy to read and pretty well written, despite the fact that I caught the author repeating himself several times throughout the book. I also felt at times that the author might have been looking for accolades as "the man who tried to save the world". Be that as it may, I don't exactly know what to make of the Code itself, except to say that I think the odds of finding words and phrases in such close proximity to each other, as they were found throughout the Torah relating to past historic events falls out of the scope of "coincidence". The odds are just too great. It cannot be "coincidence" as the skeptics claim. For those who are asking for a Hebrew dictionary to prove the translations, all I can tell you is what I saw on the History Channel. The translations are confirmed by Hebrew scholars. That is all the validity I need. I know from reading some of the reviews here that some of you are claiming that this book was a disappointment becaused it failed to predict the future. I believe the author had stated early on that it is almost impossible to find things in the Code unless you know what to look for which is why they are now searching for the Code Key to break the entire Code. This explains why it is easier for them to find things in the Code that have happened in the past than it is to find things that have not yet happened, simply because they have no idea what to search for in the Code. You cannot find an event that hasn't happened yet. Clearly what they have managed to find in the Codes pertaining to the future is a warning of things perhaps to come. At best, this book may be the vehicle which will bring us to the brink of something spectacular yet to be discovered. At worst, this book allows us to view life from yet another perspective and in that event you really have nothing to lose. I say read it for yourself and draw your own conclusions. It never hurts to keep an opened mind.

37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Here's what's wrong with this book, April 4, 2004

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Don Scott (Cedar Park, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bible Code II: The Countdown (Hardcover)

1) The book's theme is that the end of the world is nigh (2006), so our hero author must travel the world and get everyone to understand that the Middle East conflict must be resolved so that the PREDICTIONS OF THE BIBLE CODE DO NOT COME TO PASS. That's right. Without ever explaining why, he concludes that the code's message is just a warning and that we can change it. He even says that it encodes all possible outcomes. If that's the case then it is utterly meaningless, since an infinite number of false futures would be encoded. This claim is totally at odds with the book's theme. According to the author, there is only one year where the words "End of Days", "nuclear holocaust", etc, are encoded with a year: 2006. So does that mean that if we can avoid self-destruction in 2006, then humanity is saved for eternity from nuclear holocaust. Obviously, the more rational conclusion is that the code, if it is real, is absolutely written in stone, and the holocaust will occur on schedule in 2006, notwithstanding the heroic globetrotting our the author.

2) It's political. Arafat is a warm fellow and a true believer, Sharon is a war monger, and George Bush stole the election from poor Al Gore. His political bias is incredibly transparent.

3) He wonders out loud whether the aliens that planted our DNA here 4 billion years ago were still around. That's a long time for a civilization to last. Since he doesn't believe in God, who does he think gave Moses the tablets (code) on Mount Sinai? Either it was God or aliens, but the death of our progenitor is simply not a logical option.

4) He tells us about a zillion times that he doesn't believe in God. He apparently thinks his secularism gives the book a sheen of credibility. Actually, it makes him look like a fool. The Torah claims to be the Word of God. So why would the subliminal code underlying the plain text contradict that claim. He apparently believes that the Torah itself is just a bunch of ridiculous tales and lies, but encoded within it is ultimate truth. This guy needs to take a remedial course in Logic.

5) The author repeats himself endlessly. The book could have been one-third as long as it is.

6) All his leads end up as dead-ends. He drones on endlessly about Lisan, but of course, doesn't find the code key.

7) I only recall four predictions made in the book. The 2006 nuclear war, the assassination of Arafat, and the worldwide economic depression beginning in 2002, and the proliferation of nuclear weapons by Libya. Two of those predictions can now be evaluated. Since we are in a robust economic recovery, and since Libya has abandoned its WMD programs, it looks like the author is 0 for 2. You can't get much worse than that.

Bottom line: The book is worth reading because the evidence that Bible codes are real is very compelling, from a mathmatical point of view. I'm convinced. I'm equally convinced that the author used this esoteric knowledge to tell us nothing we didn't already know, and is lousy at predicting the future.

57 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Claims that have been discredited long ago, December 8, 2002

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This review is from: Bible Code II: The Countdown (Hardcover)

Anybody who spends anytime investigating the claims made by Mr.Drosnin will quickly come to the conclusion that they are garbage. A quick search on the web under "bible code" will reveal a multitude of articles by serious mathematicians which discredit Mr.Drosnin's conclusions.
In 1997, after having written his first book, Mr.Drosnin challenged his critics by stating; "When my critics find a messsage about the assassination of a prime minister encrypted in Moby Dick, I'll believe them" Unfortunately for Mr.Drosnin the critics were quick to respond.. they found in Moby Dick "death" messages for Indira Gandhi, Leon Trotsky, Martin Luther King, President Kennedy, Yitshak Rabin and others.
In addition, 55 mathematicians from different countries have signed a paper declaring all claims of incredible probabilities by Mr.Drosnin to be bogus.
In the appendix of his latest book, Mr.Drosnin makes a feeble and unconvincing attempt to respond to his critics, never addressing the issues point by point. Futhermore, his book is written in an immature and childish way, blatantly attempting to buttress his credibility by mentioning world leaders that he has tried to contact. Thanks God that most of them have refused him.
Mr. Drosnin repeatedly states that he is a journalist simply interested in the facts, but in reality, by refusing to look at the ample research that discredits his first book, he looks more as an author who is interested in perpetuating the franchise established by his first book and who will surely find an audience among those who cannot wait for the apocalypse to come.