Number of the Beast Rescriptus" have led some scholars to regard 616 as the original Number of the Beast. According to Paul Louis, "The number 666 has been substituted for 616 either by analogy with 888, the [Greek] number of Jesus (Gustav Adolf Deissmann), or because it is a triangular number, the sum of the first 36 numbers (1+2+3+4+5+6+...+36 = 666)" Interpreting the identity and the number of the beast usually falls into three categories: In Greek isopsephy and Hebrew gematria, every letter has a corresponding numeric value. Summing these numbers gives a numeric value to a word or name. The use of isopsephy
The Beast (book) which 'summons rage and pity but also admiration in the reader'. Martinez won the WOLA-Duke book award for "The Beast" in 2014. He also won the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards in 2016. The Beast (book) The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail is the first book by El Salvadorian journalist Óscar Martínez. The book was originally published in Spanish in 2010 as "Los migrantes que no importan" (The Migrants that Don't Matter). It was translated into English in 2013 by Daniela Maria Ugaz and John B. Washington. The book follows the harsh journey of