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Theomatics is a numerological study of the Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek text of the Christian Bible, based upon gematria and isopsephia, which its proponents show the direct intervention of God in the writing of Christian scripture.

Etymology

The term "theomatics" was coined by Del Washburn in 1976 as a combination of "Θεός" ("God") and "mathematics". Washburn wrote three books about theomatics and created a website espousing the hypothesis.

Methodology

Theomatics is not the same thing as Bible code; it uses an entirely different technique. The Bible code (also called ELS for Equidistant Letter Sequences) uses a letter skipping technique. Theomatics, on the other hand, is based on gematria and isopsephia, systems which assign numerical values to letters in the ancient Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek alphabets.

Controversy

An analysis and criticism of theomatics has been published anonymously by "A. B. Leever".

An obscure German statistician, Kurt Fettelschoss, published an analysis that found that "The observed quantity of theomatic hits is significantly not random". A response to the findings was posted by A. B. Leever.

An analysis by Russell Glasser, entitled "Theomatics Debunked", shows the same phenomenon in a secular text.

Washburn's website has a page entitled "Scientific Proof" which discusses and responds to potential arguments against theomatics.

References

1. The three books are:
   • Jerry Lucas and Del Washburn (1986). Theomatics: God's Best Kept Secret Revealed. Stein & Day Pub. ISBN 0-8128-6017-9.
   • Del Washburn (1994). Theomatics II : God's Best-Kept Secret Revealed. Scarborough House. ISBN 0-8128-4023-2.
   • Del Washburn (1994). The Original CODE in the BIBLE. Madison Books. ISBN 1-56833-115-0. which have sold approximately 100,000 copies in hard cover editions.
2. Del Washburn. "What is Theomatics?". Retrieved 2006-12-09.
3. A. B. Leever. "Theomatics". Retrieved October 10, 2005.
4. Kurt Fettelschoss. "Table of Contents". Theomatics. Retrieved 2006-12-09.
5. Kurt Fettelschoss. "Cover letter". Retrieved 2006-12-09.
6. A. B. Leever. "Response to Fettelschoss". Retrieved 2006-12-09.
7. Russell Glasser. "Theomatics Debunked". Retrieved October 10, 2005.
8. Del Washburn. "Scientific Proof of the Discovery". Retrieved 2005-10-10.

Further reading

• Theomatics and Other Bible Codes from Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
• Bible Code from the Skeptic's Dictionary

• Language and mysticism
• Bible code
• Numerology