(I also enjoyed the numerical patterns printed on the back.)
Critics of his work doubt the value of some of his findings and dismiss more evident numerical patterns as random chance.
Bible Numerics is the study of numerical patterns in the Bible (particularly involving the number seven) and the use of particular numbers to represent certain concepts.
So is recognizing numerical patterns that would enable them, for example, to count forward or backward by three.
The Quran code is a series of numerical patterns claimed to exist in the text of the Quran, mostly using the number 19 as a common denominator.
Marshack's work has been criticized as having over-interpreted many artifacts, finding numerical and calendrical patterns where none exist.
Similar numerical patterns can be seen in the Colosseum's famous façade.
He claimed that the numerical patterns he found in the Qur'an showed the verses to be false [1].
Indeed those properties vary so systematically as you run through the family that you can see clear, though not always exact, numerical patterns and progressions.
Current Revival Centre thought is that these supposed intricate numerical patterns are in fact a feature of any text, in any language.