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But, among those who believe that at least some of the subtextual patterns in the Bible are unique to literature, there is the contention that one or more profound dynamics are uniquely involved in these patterns in the Bible. For example, there may be patterns of subtext which are unique to true prose records, and if so, then even more so of records of the origins of humanity, of its nations, and of God's own nation.

But, among those who believe that at least some of the subtextual patterns in the Bible are unique to literature, there is the contention that one or more profound dynamics are uniquely involved in these patterns in the Bible. For example, there may be patterns of subtext which are unique to true prose records, and if so, then even more so of records of the origins of humanity, of its nations, and of God's own nation.

On the conservative side, there is a wide acceptance of the idea that some of the subtext patterns in the Pentateuch were created by the original Hebrew scribes in order to help preserve the exactness to which the texts were copied, and to detect inferior copies that might be made by ignorant or nefarious persons.

On the conservative side, there is a wide acceptance of the idea that some of the subtext patterns in the Pentateuch were created by the original Hebrew scribes in order to help preserve the exactness to which the texts were copied, and to detect inferior copies that might be made by ignorant or nefarious persons. However, [[evangelical Christians]] largely reject the idea that the Bible codes have any meaning beyond that.<ref>[http://www.cft.org.za/news/davinci/response.htm A Christian Response to "The Bible Code"]</ref>

On the side of some ‘Bible Code’ zealots, there has been every manner of attempt to create a stir in favor of the idea that at least some of these patterns constitute a kind of high-tech mechanism for predicting any number of trivial and non-trivial future events.

On the side of some ‘Bible Code’ zealots, there has been every manner of attempt to create a stir in favor of the idea that at least some of these patterns constitute a kind of high-tech mechanism for predicting any number of trivial and non-trivial future events.

. A third kind of 'Bible code' is that of a complex set of interconnecting subtextual patterns based on the number 144. 144 is the number of hours in the six days of the [[Creation Week]], and, when 'visually' coded as 930 (Adam's age at death), leads to the Equidistant Verse Sequence (EVS) code of 111:  '''a.''' By observing the sum of the three digits (1, 4, and 4), and then observing the differences, or 'distances', between the contiguous digits (1-4, 4-4), the number 144 is seen to 'state' "930" in a way similar to how a perfect circle is visually observed to 'state' "[[pi]]";  '''b.''' 930 is the unique number of the man who represents all of humanity, and is found at the 111th verse (Genesis 5:5);  '''c.''' The unit of 111 verses is found to be the primary key to pinpointing both explicit and implicit prophetically pivotal passages in the plain text of the [[Pentateuch]]. (A criticism of the 'EVS code' is in the fact that the original texts had no explicit verse divisions. But, while it is true that no explicit verse divisions existed in the original texts, and that any such divisions that were made were made only recently in world history, the text itself, like any text or any linguistic vocalization, is not comprised either of random or indifferent linguistic sets, which means there are many different kinds of implicit divisions in the text, including that at the level of the standing verses. Furthermore, while the standing verse divisions of the Bible may not be perfect, the kind of verse division of which they make use is, in general, superior for the purpose of general reference than are all other possible kinds of verse division. This is like the distance between any two bodies of the Solar system, including the [[astronomical unit]], which, regardless of the units of measure used, or of the resultant numbers denoting these distances, are individually and interrelatedly critical.)

. A third kind of 'Bible code' is that of a complex set of interconnecting subtextual patterns based on the number 144. 144 is the number of hours in the six days of the [[Creation Week]], and, when 'visually' coded as 930 (Adam's age at death), leads to the Equidistant Verse Sequence (EVS) code of 111:  '''a.''' By observing the sum of the three digits (1, 4, and 4), and then observing the differences, or 'distances', between the contiguous digits (1-4, 4-4), the number 144 is seen to 'state' "930" in a way similar to how a perfect circle is visually observed to 'state' "[[pi]]";  '''b.''' 930 is the unique number of the man who represents all of humanity, and is found at the 111th verse (Genesis 5:5);  '''c.''' The unit of 111 verses is found to be the primary key to pinpointing both explicit and implicit prophetically pivotal passages in the plain text of the [[Pentateuch]]. (A criticism of the 'EVS code' is in the fact that the original texts had no explicit verse divisions. But, while it is true that no explicit verse divisions existed in the original texts, and that any such divisions that were made were made only recently in world history, the text itself, like any text or any linguistic vocalization, is not comprised either of random or indifferent linguistic sets, which means there are many different kinds of implicit divisions in the text, including that at the level of the standing verses. Furthermore, while the standing verse divisions of the Bible may not be perfect, the kind of verse division of which they make use is, in general, superior for the purpose of general reference than are all other possible kinds of verse division. This is like the distance between any two bodies of the Solar system, including the [[astronomical unit]], which, regardless of the units of measure used, or of the resultant numbers denoting these distances, are individually and interrelatedly critical.)