Book Order Bible

Introducing Hebrew Letters

In the Ancient Hebrew script every letter in the Hebrew alphabet is drawn as a picture and carries inherent meaning. Aleph, the first letter of the alphabet, is drawn as the head of an ox and means ox. Bet, the second letter, is drawn like a tent and means tent.

In Alexandria Egypt there was a Jewish scribal group who shortened their Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) into 22 books to match the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. They probably used the alphabet to order the Scriptures and perhaps even to interpret the Scriptures by matching the meaning of the letters with the content of the books.

Just a few years ago J.R. Church and Gary Stearman wrote a book called The Mystery of the Menorah suggesting the Hebrew letters also match the books of the New Testament. They mapped the letters to the New Testament in the book order common to English Bibles and reused 5 certain letters to extend the alphabet to cover all 27 books in the New Testament.

The Bible has 66 books. If the letters of the Hebrew alphabet map to the books of the Bible it is not necessary to extend the alphabet by reusing letters nor is it neccesary to shorten the length of the Old Testament by combining books together. Just use the alphabet 3 times to span the whole Bible and see if it works.

I'll be adding to this section shortly, to teach the letters, and show how they correlate to the book order. For now enjoy the ancient Hebrew alphabet running down the right side of the page.

Ryan Eaton
October 5, 2007