Sources

What this site relies on

• Hebrew and Greek letter values. These are the standard values for the Hebrew and Greek alphabets, widely published, and written out in full on the chart page.
• History and tradition. Summaries of the history of gematria draw on a general reference article on gematria published by My Jewish Learning, which covers the rabbinic list of interpretive rules, the examples of 18 and 318, and modern criticism.
• English ciphers. These are modern conventions with no single authoritative source, so we define each one on its own page.

We keep claims about history cautious and label contested points. If you want to dig deeper, a scholarly introduction to Jewish mysticism or to rabbinic interpretation is the best place to start.

Sources used so far

• My Jewish Learning: Gematria, used for the history timeline, the Eliezer example and the sceptical view.

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