Unlike anything that has so far been derived from the biblical scriptures, these ciphers read in whole sentences whose meanings are sequential from one sentence to the next. Each cipher is a 'book of wisdom' in that they are concerned with practical matters, such as the conduct of business and politics. Each is a 'book of power' as they often read like instruction manuals in the ancient art of intelligence. They represent a window, closed for more than two millennia, which is now open.