The Celestial Code of Scripture: The Astral Cipher Underlying the Miracle Stories of the Bible and Qur'an (Paperback or Softback)

While researching celestial mythology at Brigham Young University, John McHugh stumbled upon the arcane code that is the template for the legends and miracles in all Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scriptures.

This code was embedded in the archaic Mesopotamian belief system that conceptualized the astral sky as the “heavens,” and its constellations and planets as deities inhabiting this divine realm. Celestial tableaux were understood as historical scenes that had once taken place on earth. Mesopotamian astronomers were regarded as magicians, the magi, whose task was to interpret and elaborate secretly on this “Heavenly Writing”― the literal writing of the gods. The Celestial Code of Scriptures is the first book to present and explain this secret Mesopotamian cipher.

John McHugh is a licensed archaeologist with a dual emphasis Master’s degree in Near Eastern and Native American Archaeology from Brigham Young University. During his studies he developed an expertise in archaeoastronomy, and acquired reading knowledge of Sumerian, Akkadian, Biblical Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Arabic.

McHugh has published articles in the peer-reviewed scholarly journals Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, The European Journal of Science and Theology, Cosmos and Logos, and Migration and Diffusion. And his research has been presented at the Society of Biblical Literature and Utah State’s “Rocky Mountain Symposium,” as well as being shown on Good Morning America and National Public Radio’s syndicated anthropological talk show, “The Big Picture.” He has extensive excavation experience in Syria, Jordan, and the Intermountain West, and has given public lectures regarding the astronomical code upon which Biblical and Qur’anic miracles are based.

McHugh works a staff archaeologist for the Utah Rock Art Research Association and Smith Archaeological Conservancy. He was mentored by archaeoastronomers Von Del Chamberlain and Alexander Gurshtein.

He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, with his wife, Kirsten.