| | The [[Bible]] was the inspiration for [[set theory]] and other breakthroughs in [[math]]. The [[New Testament]] gave [[infinity]] a theological basis that led to an acceptance of it by the secular world, after philosophers had rejected it. The greatest mathematicians, including [[Bernard Riemann]], [[Georg Cantor]], [[Kurt Gödel]], and [[John von Neumann]], were avid readers of the Bible. [[James, Chapter 1|James 1:17]] (notice the [[prime number]] for this special verse) seems to tantalizingly foreshadow [[calculus]]: "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."<ref>[[KJV]]. Modern attempts to translate this same verse are collected [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/James%201%3A17 here].</ref> '''''Every prime number from 2 through 41 is expressly mentioned in the [[Bible]]'''''. | | The [[Bible]] was the inspiration for [[set theory]] and other breakthroughs in [[math]]. The [[New Testament]] gave [[infinity]] a theological basis that led to an acceptance of it by the secular world, after philosophers had rejected it. The greatest mathematicians, including [[Bernard Riemann]], [[Georg Cantor]], [[Kurt Gödel]], and [[John von Neumann]], were avid readers of the Bible. [[James, Chapter 1|James 1:17]] (notice the [[prime number]] for this special verse) seems to tantalizingly foreshadow [[calculus]]: "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."<ref>[[KJV]]. Modern attempts to translate this same verse are collected [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/James%201%3A17 here].</ref> '''''Every prime number from 2 through 41 is expressly mentioned in the [[Bible]]'''''. |