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numerolgy is connected to Hebrew culture since Old<br />

Testament is revealed in Hebew. Later the New Testament<br />

grew in the Greek culture and it came to be using the<br />

Greco-Roman culture.<br />

The search for hidden meanings in Scripture did not flourish<br />

in rabbinic Judaism till after 70 CE, (that is only after the<br />

destruction of the second temple) after which this endeavour<br />

produced wonderfully intricate interpretations.<br />

John 8:31-32: Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed<br />

on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples<br />

indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make<br />

you free.<br />

The process is illuminated by the medieval acronym pardes.<br />

"PaRDeS " ( 243 (5 76 ) is etymologically related to the<br />

English word "paradise" and stands for four types of<br />

hermeneutical meanings:<br />

These are:

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