{"id":2575,"date":"2011-03-29T01:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2011-03-29T01:36:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T07:36:29","slug":"author-giveway-and-intro-ezra-baranys-the-torah-codes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/29\/author-giveway-and-intro-ezra-baranys-the-torah-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Author Giveway and Intro: Ezra Barany&#8217;s The Torah Codes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2580\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/249finalB+W.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2580\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2580\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" title=\"Ezra Barany, Author of The Torah Codes\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/249finalB+W-1023x1023.jpg\" alt=\"Ezra Barany, Author of The Torah Codes\" width=\"221\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ezra Barany, Author of The Torah Codes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Welcome to my series of <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Interviews with Indie Authors<\/span><\/strong>. Today I feature &#8212; quite proudly &#8212; the release of my husband&#8217;s suspense novel, <a title=\"The Torah Codes by Ezra Barany\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Torah-Codes-Ezra-Barany\/dp\/0983296014\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Torah Codes<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of the day, we&#8217;re doing a series of <strong>giveaways<\/strong> to blog commenters throughout the day! We&#8217;ll be giving away three lovely items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> at 12 noon, the mp3 album, <a title=\"Sacred Seas, a pop rock romantic album, by Ezra Barany \" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sacred-Seas-Ezra-Barany\/dp\/B000CA76AK\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sacred Seas<\/em><\/a>, written and performed by Ezra Barany;<\/li>\n<li>at 4pm, the ebook, <a title=\"Henrietta The Dragon Slayer by Beth Barany, Now available in eBook! Kindle UK and US\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Henrietta-Dragon-Slayer-Kingdoms-ebook\/dp\/B004P8K292\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Henrietta The Dragon Slayer<\/em><\/a>, Published by FireWolf Books,<\/li>\n<li>and at 8pm, a print copy of <a title=\"The Torah Codes by Ezra Barany\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Torah-Codes-Ezra-Barany\/dp\/0983296014\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Torah Codes<\/em><\/a>, Ezra&#8217;s book. <strong>All times Pacific.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Names will be chosen at random using <a title=\"Random.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.random.org\" target=\"_blank\">Random.org<\/a> from the commenters at those three times. So comment away! Let us know what you think or if you have any questions for Ezra! He&#8217;ll  pop on the blog during the day and answer your questions and comments. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nEzra Barany <\/strong>has been fascinated by codes and puzzles  ever since he was a little tot.<\/p>\n<p>Even before we started dating, we were sending emails in code. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>He started writing suspense and thriller  stories in college and got seriously interested in the Bible Codes  while attending Aish HaTorah\u2019s Discovery Seminar in Jerusalem. <em>The Torah  Codes<\/em> is Ezra\u2019s first novel. Ezra has been a high school physics  teacher, fiction writing teacher, songwriting teacher, ESL teacher to  French children and pop performer. In his free time, he writes mushy  love songs inspired by his wife and book coach Beth Barany. (Yeah! That&#8217;s me! See <a title=\"Sacred Seas, a pop rock romantic album, by Ezra Barany \" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sacred-Seas-Ezra-Barany\/dp\/B000CA76AK\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sacred Seas<\/em><\/a> for some of the songs he&#8217;s written for me.)<br \/>\nEzra now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he is working on his next book. (When he&#8217;s not hanging out watching movies and playing video games or editing videos.)<\/p>\n<p>We chatted about his book and prepared this Q &amp; A for you.<\/p>\n<p>*^*<\/p>\n<p>Q. What was the inspiration for your suspense novel <em>The Torah Codes<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>A. You ever have the experience where what you learn gives you such an epiphany that your whole outlook on life changes? That\u2019s what happened with me. In Jerusalem, long before I met you, I took Aish HaTorah\u2019s Discovery seminar, a seminar that offers to scientifically prove G-d\u2019s existence. They had various approaches, but the one that stood out for me was the Torah codes. The experiment done in evaluating the Torah codes used the scientific method of Oh-HECk: Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, and Conclusion. Actually, when I taught physics in high school, I always said \u201cOh-HECk-eR\u201d to include Replication as part of the scientific process. And the Torah codes experiment was indeed replicated successfully by open-minded skeptics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2490\" style=\"width: 158px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Torah-Codes-Ezra-Barany\/dp\/0983296014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2490\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2490 \" title=\"The Torah Codes by Ezra Barany\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/The-Torah-Codes-by-Ezra-Barany.png\" alt=\"The Torah Codes by Ezra Barany\" width=\"148\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Torah Codes by Ezra Barany<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Q. While that\u2019s interesting, it doesn\u2019t quite answer the question of what the inspiration was for your novel. The plot? The characters? That sort of thing. You know what I mean!<\/p>\n<p>A. \u00a0Ah! Well, I took a completely non-scientific approach to creating the storyline. I had Torah code software to search for codes, so I made a list of loaded words and phrases, words like \u201cworld fire,\u201d \u201capocalypse,\u201d \u201cend of the world,\u201d and so on. From the few words I found encoded in the Torah, I then formulated a plot around them. That way, as the main character had experiences relating to those words, he\u2019d find them in the Torah and go, \u201cOh my gosh! My fate has been predicted in the Bible!\u201d So the words I found dictated how the storyline would go. But imagine that for a second! Imagine what it would be like to find your name encoded in the Bible. And then imagine how religious fundamentalists would react if they found that out about you! Now <em>that\u2019s<\/em> a story!<\/p>\n<p>Q. Fun! And the inspiration for the characters of Nathan and Sophia and the bad guy, who we won&#8217;t reveal yet?!<\/p>\n<p>A. The protagonist is a combination of Lee Child\u2019s hard-nosed character Reacher, the crafty MacGyver (though I confess, I never saw that show), and myself, I suppose. I only include myself because actually, every character I write is me in some way. The woman he meets is inspired by you! my bride and book coach, Beth Barany. The antagonist is inspired by Anthony Hopkins\u2019 performance of Hannibal Lector, and also by a news report I once saw of a property manager who installed a two-way mirror and peepholes to watch a family of four do their daily routines. The manager was caught and his purpose for invading their privacy was for completely different reasons than the antagonist in my story.<\/p>\n<p>Q. Who would enjoy reading <em>The Torah Codes<\/em>? Who is your audience?<\/p>\n<p>A. Anyone who enjoyed reading <em>The Da Vinci Code<\/em> or Dan Brown\u2019s books would find <em>The Torah Codes<\/em> to be thumping good read. Also, if you like Lee Child\u2019s books you should check out <em>The Torah Codes<\/em>. Also, this book is for anyone who wants to reconnect with Judaism but has lost the ability to believe in an almighty Being. Put it this way: Combine the Reacher character from Lee Child\u2019s books with Dan Brown\u2019s pacing, and add a spoonful of scientific proof of G-d\u2019s existence and you get <em>The Torah Codes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Q. What makes your book different from other suspense novels out there?<\/p>\n<p>A. One thing I notice with novels and movies that have underlying messages to them is that the messages are hard to take seriously. I recently saw a Jean-Claude Van Damme film where his character gives a press conference about the problem with our nation\u2019s reliance on oil. That\u2019s a serious issue and deserves tremendous attention. The problem was that I&#8217;d just finished watching this same character in the movie do some unbelievable stunts and fighting, so whatever he had to say, as significant as it was, felt make-believe to me. I knew that just mentioning the Bible codes in my book was not going to give it the attention it deserved, so in an Appendix I included essays written by respected rabbis, doctors, and physicists.<\/p>\n<p>The essays cover the significant themes in the book in a way that, I hope, will help people take the messages of the book more seriously. For example, my wonderful mother read my novel before the essays were included and she thought I made up the whole thing about the Torah codes. About a month later, when she read the Appendix, she asked me, \u201cSo there really are such things as codes in the Torah!\u201d She had a completely different take on the book after reading the Appendix. The essays also make the book a great way to get classroom discussions on the themes of the book.<\/p>\n<p>Q. So where can readers find out more?<\/p>\n<p>A. They can check out more at my blog here: <a title=\"TheTorahCodes.com Blog by Ezra Barany\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thetorahcodes.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thetorahcodes.com\/blog\/<\/a>. They can also connect with me on <a title=\"Ezra Barany on Facebook\" href=\"facebook.com\/ezra.barany\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoy<\/strong> his book trailer (that he produced himself through <a title=\"Barany Video Marketing for authors, speakers and consultants\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baranyvideomarketing.com\" target=\"_blank\">his video production company<\/a>) Let us know what you think or if you have any questions for Ezra! He&#8217;ll pop on the blog during the day and answer your questions and comments. **Be sure to comment if you&#8217;d like free music or a book! 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