Have a question about Gematria

[singpeace]

Hi, I'm SingPeace.

I'm not Jewish, so I hope it's okay that I post this here. I didn't know where else to go to ask this question.

I recently stumbled upon Hebrew Gematria; something I had never heard of before, and I am just blown away. At first I was skeptical so I spent hours online researching it, and no article discredited it. Everything I read said that Gematria is real.

My question is; does anyone know much about it, and if so, is there a Gematria for dummies book or website?

Thanks for any advice.

O, one more question. Does anyone know how long since this phenomena was discovered?

Thanks again.

 

[Lulav]

Shalom!

Gematria is indeed a fascinating study. There is Jewish gematra as well as Christian and pagan.

I am assuming you are asking about the Jewish Gematria? Since the Hebrew alef-bet uses it's letters for numbers as well it has been found to make connections by sum of certain words. It has been around for about 2,200 years.

 

[ChavaK]

There is a good synopsis at Wiki you might want to check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria

 

[singpeace]

Thanks alot for the info.

Yes, I indeed am most interested in the Jewish Gematria for now as I'm fascinated with Genesis 1:1. Once I get a better understanding of it, I'd like to look at the Greek for the NT; especially Matthew 1:1-17 - Jesus' genealogy.

Thanks again for the input - much appreciated.