Vestiges of the Sanctuary
Title: Vestiges of the Sanctuary
Style: Suspense/Thriller
The Oxford University campus was draped in the silver glow of the moon. Dr. Richard Falconer, esteemed archaeologist, slipped into his cluttered office in the depths of the Ashmolean Museum.
Dr. Falconer, a scholar of biblical antiquities, was known around the world for his unconventional theories. The latest of these involved the obscure cryptic codes he believed were etched into the Bible, which, if decoded, could change the world's understanding of Christianity forever.
One evening, while engrossed in studying the Codex Sinaiticus- an ancient, hand-written copy of the Greek Bible- he discovered a curious pattern in the scriptures. He noticed various words and phrases recurring every seven verses, an eerie echo of the Genesis and biblical seven-day creation cycle.
Intrigued and excited, Dr. Falconer assigned these recurrent words numerical values, following the ancient Hebrew tradition of Gematria. As the numbers unfolded in neat sequences, he realized he was looking at coordinates....
Style: Suspense/Thriller
The Oxford University campus was draped in the silver glow of the moon. Dr. Richard Falconer, esteemed archaeologist, slipped into his cluttered office in the depths of the Ashmolean Museum.
Dr. Falconer, a scholar of biblical antiquities, was known around the world for his unconventional theories. The latest of these involved the obscure cryptic codes he believed were etched into the Bible, which, if decoded, could change the world's understanding of Christianity forever.
One evening, while engrossed in studying the Codex Sinaiticus- an ancient, hand-written copy of the Greek Bible- he discovered a curious pattern in the scriptures. He noticed various words and phrases recurring every seven verses, an eerie echo of the Genesis and biblical seven-day creation cycle.
Intrigued and excited, Dr. Falconer assigned these recurrent words numerical values, following the ancient Hebrew tradition of Gematria. As the numbers unfolded in neat sequences, he realized he was looking at coordinates....