The Problem with Hebrew Word Pictures

Author: David Wilber

Have you ever heard that Hebrew letters contain “pictographic meanings,” which can be decoded to reveal hidden messages? The idea is that the letters in the Hebrew alphabet were originally pictures. If you interpret the “ancient pictographic meanings” of each letter, you can discover deeper nuances of Hebrew words.

For instance, in a teaching series promised to “radically affect your understanding of the scriptures,” one teacher demonstrates how this interpretive methodology w...