Fishy Numbers in the Bible
Update: 2024-09-18
Description
How seriously should we take statistical numbers given in the Bible? If you need more of a prompt than that to listen to the Mere Fi cast and crew talk about ancient army sizes, genealogical ages, historical populations, and 153 fish… then you are not in our target audience! BTW, did you know that the ages given for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are in a sequence according to a formula involving square numbers? True story.
Full show notes at www.merefidelity.com.
Timestamps:
Something of Moment [0:00 ]
The First Domino [1:32 ]
Fancy Accounting [6:34 ]
Rules of Thumb [9:04 ]
Unsatisfying Hyperbole [15:27 ]
Literally [18:48 ]
Hyperbole with a Point [19:36 ]
Textual Clues [28:12 ]
Triangular Numbers [33:15 ]
The Bottom Line [40:48 ]
Full show notes at www.merefidelity.com.
Timestamps:
Something of Moment [0:00 ]
The First Domino [1:32 ]
Fancy Accounting [6:34 ]
Rules of Thumb [9:04 ]
Unsatisfying Hyperbole [15:27 ]
Literally [18:48 ]
Hyperbole with a Point [19:36 ]
Textual Clues [28:12 ]
Triangular Numbers [33:15 ]
The Bottom Line [40:48 ]
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