Pi in Bible: Approximation, Mis-measurement, or Corruption?

Brendan_Frost@cch.com
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:58:23 -0500

>My Bible footnotes say that either the dimensions given were an
>approximation, or that the measurements were not taken taken
>from the same positions on the rim:
Another possibility is that the value was a traditionalized corruption
of earlier scientific knowledge, i.e. a "rule of thumb" that would
create a visibly out-of-round item if the author actually tried it.

Brendan