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In article <5fdjnd$nhj@panix3.panix.com>, tindall@panix.com (Bruce Tindall) wrote:

:I think not.  "The Great Bible of 1539 showed the same two words
:["shake" and "spear"] in the same positions [46th word from the
:beginning and end, respectively, of the 46th psalm]", according
:to William & Elizabeth Friedman in _The Shakespearean Ciphers
:Examined_ (Cambridge, 1957).  Note that that was before Shakespeare
:was even born. So did he hack the 1539 translation too?

Someone has pointed out in this thread that Shakespeare
developed tyme travelle...

It's interesting.  I'll have to look up a Great Bible somewhere; our
reference library here at work is pretty good, but not that complete.
That's called the Coverdale Bible too, no?  I'll dig up the Friedman 
book too, thanks for the reference.

You've got to admit that it's an amazing coincidence, and it brings up
questions like "who first discovered this?" and "what motivated him
to go looking for it?" and "how long did it take?" and "is my name in
the Bible too?"    This is a bit more esoteric than finding your 'phone 
number in � (pi)...

See ya,
-t-
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