Math and the Bible
The Bible was the inspiration for set theory and other accomplishments in math. Many of the great mathematicians, such as Bernard Riemann and Kurt Gödel, were avid readers of the Bible.
Potential remains for additional mathematical discoveries based on insights gleaned from the Bible.
Infinity
The concept of infinity was generally shunned, even rejected, by Greek mathematicians and philosophers.[1]
The word "infinite" is mentioned three times in the text of the King James Version (Job 22:5; Ps 147:5; Nah 3:9), and once in an explanatory footnote (Nah 2:9), all in the Old Testament.[2]
Modern understanding of the full nature of infinity is based on the work of devout Christian Georg Cantor, who studied infinity as a way to understand God better. Several teachings of Jesus explain that infinity is the real nature of God:
- Matthew 20:1-16 (Parable of the Vineyard Workers)
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Foundations of Math
Several references exist in the Bible for the concept that mathematics is coherent, inerrant, and unchanging logic, as made possible by God:[3]
- Hebrews 13:8 ("Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.")
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References
- ↑ http://descmath.com/diag/ancients.html
- ↑ http://classic.net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Infinite
- ↑ Quotations are from ESV.