errancy galore (redux)
Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Thu, 22 Oct 1998 16:45:17 -0700 (00909117917, 2.2.32.19981022234517.008717a0@midwest.net)
At 07:44 PM 10/22/98 +0000, Joseph Crea wrote:
>CREA
> A brief addendum to the above. Peter Beckmann's __History of Pi__,
>states that as late as the 5th century CE, the Hebrews believed that pi = 3
>and offers as evidence a citation from the Talmud which goes as follows:
>
>
> "...that which in circumference is three hands broad is one hand broad".
>
>
>CREA
> Hope that this helps.
>
TILL
Would you happen to know where this statement is in the Talmud or on what
page of Beckmann's book this was quoted?
By the way, don't expect Alward to be convinced. When he's on a binge to
champion a far-fetched explanation of a discrepancy, he is as stubborn as
any inerrantist I have known.
Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net