named Ahmes (Beckman, 1971). Ahmes claimed that if you cut off 1/9 of the diameter of a circle and then make a square on the remaining section, it has the same area as the circle (Beckman, 1971). This method is close to actual Pi. It can be expressed by the equation pi = 4(8/9)2 = 3.16049l which is close actual. The Chinese estimate from around the same time was 3 (Beckman, 19710.
             The Old Testament contains an approximation of Pi. However, this approximation considers 3 to be the correct answer as well (Blatner, 1997). I Kings 7:23 reads, "Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about (The Holy Bible, I Kings 7:23). This one of the most debated calculations of Pi in all of history. There are many theories regarding how the ancient Hebrews arrived at this close, but not exactly accurate approximation. Some theorists suggested that this was an error on the part of the Hebrews. It has been suggested that perhaps they measured the diameter on the outside and the circumference on the inside (Tsaban & Garber , 1998). However, this theory assumes that the ancient Hebrews were less sophisticated than humans of out time. It is any more likely that the ancient Hebrews would have made this mistake than we would. Once again, scholars have turned to fantasy in order to explain an anomaly.
             A more reasonable explanation for this inaccuracy can be explained by a simple translation error. The Hebrew language is expressed in numbers, where each letter in the alphabet matches a corresponding number in the code. This is much like the mystic practice of numerology toda
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