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This letter's name is pronounced the same as its equivalent in English (P) and has the same sound value.

This letter's name is pronounced the same as its equivalent in English (P) and has the same sound value.

== Pi in the Bible ==

==Does the Bible attempt to define pi?==

Bible critics frequently claim that the [[Bible]] has an incorrect value for pi.<ref>http://www.cygnus-study.com/writings/allowableerror.shtml</ref>

Virtually all serious students of the [[Bible]] say no.  Still, critics frequently claim that the Bible contains an incorrect value for pi<ref>http://www.cygnus-study.com/writings/allowableerror.shtml</ref>, and the question is raised frequently enough to earn mention in The Skeptics Annotated Bible.

This claim is based on a verse in the [[I Kings|first book of Kings]]:

The claim is based on a verse in the [[I Kings|first book of Kings]]:

{{bible quote|He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten [[cubit]]s from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.|book=1_Kings|chap=7|verses=23|version=NIV}}

{{bible quote|He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten [[cubit]]s from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.|book=1_Kings|chap=7|verses=23|version=NIV}}

The critics say that this amounts to the Bible claiming that the value of pi is 3.

The critics say that this amounts to the Bible claiming that the value of pi is 3.