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Talk:Biblical scientific foreknowledge (view source)
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: Interesting. Any comments by others on the validity of the above suggestion?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:51, 8 August 2010 (EDT)
: Interesting. Any comments by others on the validity of the above suggestion?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:51, 8 August 2010 (EDT)
: Rabbi Nehemiah was an Israelite, circa AD 150 (during the Tannaim era).
He wrote the Mishnat ha-Middot (ca. AD 150), the earliest known Hebrew text on geometry. In it, he explained away the common belief that the Bible defines the geometric ratio π (pi) as being exactly equal to 3, based on the description in 1 Kings 7:23 (and 2 Chronicles 4:2) of the great bowl situated outside the Temple of Jerusalem as having a diameter of 10 cubits and a circumference of 30 cubits. He maintained that the diameter of the bowl was measured from the outside brim, while the circumference was measured along the inner brim, which with a brim that is one handbreadth wide (as described in 1 Kings 7:24 and 2 Chronicles 4:3) yields a ratio from the circular rim closer to the actual value of π. [1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi_Nehemiah --[[User:Bryantjwb|Bryantjwb]] 00:22, 19 August 2010 (EDT)
== Biblical Hindsight is 20/20 ==
== Biblical Hindsight is 20/20 ==