Book: Coded clues in Bible predict future

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A newly released book claims the Old Testament contains coded clues to momentous events such as the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, John F. Kennedy and Yitzhak Rabin.

"The Bible Code," written by Michael Drosnin and published by Simon & Schuster, hit bookstands Thursday. The book says that the original Hebrew text of the first five books of the Bible, when analyzed by computer, identifies rabbis who lived centuries later and foretells 20th-century assassinations.

The code is likened to a huge crossword puzzle, with letters scattered throughout the text with equal numbers of letters between them.

Critics have panned the book, calling its theory of coded prophesies ludicrous.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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