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Faith, work and mathematics

The Bible is full of builders, planners, merchants, administrators and craftspeople.

Noah worked from dimensions. Joseph planned grain storage across fourteen years. Bezalel and Oholiab built from detailed patterns. These pages explain the math their work required without inventing titles or discoveries the text never gives them.

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1921-2008Featured

Chike Obi

Nigeria

Chike Obi was mathematician and educator. He researched nonlinear differential equations and helped develop university mathematics in Nigeria.

Algebra · CalculusScientists & Astronomers
Documented historical record
Biblical era; date uncertainFeatured

Oholiab

Sinai and the ancient Near East

Oholiab worked beside Bezalel on patterned textiles, furnishings, and sacred construction. Translating detailed instructions into finished work required measurement, symmetry, proportion, and material p...

Arithmetic · Fractions & RatiosArtists & Musicians
Direct biblical text with mathematical inference
c. 1320-1382

Nicole Oresme

France

Nicole Oresme was mathematician, philosopher, and bishop. He represented changing qualities with geometric diagrams and studied fractional exponents and infinite series.

Algebra · GeometryEngineers & Architects
Documented historical record

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