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1) ½Ê ±ÔºøÀÇ Á÷°æÀº ¡®°¡ÀåÀÚ¸®¿¡¼ °¡ÀåÀÚ¸®(from brim to brim)¡¯·Î ÃøÁ¤µÇ¾îÁ³´Ù. Áï °¡ÀåÀÚ¸®ÀÇ °¡Àå ³¡¿¡¼ ¹Ý´ëÆí °¡ÀåÀÚ¸®ÀÇ °¡Àå ¸Õ ÁöÁ¡±îÁö ÃøÁ¤µÈ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. (À ±×¸²¿¡¼ A¿Í B ÁöÁ¡ »çÀÌ).
2) »ï½Ê ±ÔºøÀÇ ÁÖÀ§(¿øÁÖ)´Â ÁÙ·Î µÑ·¯Á®¼ ÃøÁ¤µÇ¾îÁ³´Ù (23Àý). Áï ÀÌ ´Ü¾îÀÇ °¡Àå ÀÚ¿¬½º·¯¿î Àǹ̴ ¿ë±â ¸öÅëÀÇ ¹Ù±ù µÑ·¹¿¡ °üÇÑ °ÍÀ̸ç, À̰ÍÀº °¡ÀåÀÚ¸® ¾Æ·¡ÀÇ ¿ë±â ÁÖº¯À» Áٷμ ¹Ù¦ µÎ¸¥ ÈÄ¿¡ ÃøÁ¤µÇ¾îÁ³´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ÀǹÌÇÑ´Ù. ¿ë±â ¸öÅëÀÇ Á÷°æÀº À§ÂÊ °¡ÀåÀÚ¸®ÀÇ Á÷°æº¸´Ù Àû¾úÀ» °ÍÀÌ ºÐ¸íÇÏ´Ù. ±×¸®°í ¶ÇÇÑ »ï½Ê ±ÔºøÀÇ ÁÖÀ§´Â °¡ÀåÀÚ¸® ¾Æ·¡ÀÇ ¿ë±âÀÇ ¼öÁ÷Àû ¸éÀÇ ¾î¶² ÁöÁ¡¿¡¼ ÃøÁ¤µÇ¾îÁ³À½ÀÌ ºÐ¸íÇÏ´Ù. »ï½Ê ±ÔºøÀ̶ó´Â ÃøÁ¤µÇ¾îÁø ¿øÁַκÎÅÍ, ¾Æ·¡ÀÇ °ø½Ä¿¡ ÀÇÇØ¼ ¿ë±âÀÇ ¿ÜºÎ Á÷°æÀ» °è»êÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.
Á÷°æ = ¿øÁÖ ¡À pi
= 30 ±Ôºø ¡À 3.14
= 9.55 ±Ôºø
µû¶ó¼ ¿øÁÖ°¡ ÃøÁ¤µÇ¾îÁ³´ø ÁöÁ¡¿¡¼ÀÇ ¿ë±âÀÇ ¿ÜºÎ Á÷°æÀº 9.55 ±ÔºøÀÏ °ÍÀÓ¿¡ Ʋ¸²¾ø´Ù. [5]
µû¶ó¼ ¼º°æÀÌ ¿øÁÖÀ² ÆÄÀÌÀÇ °ª°ú °ü·ÃÇÏ¿© ±âÇÏÇÐÀ» À§¹ÝÇÏÁö ¾Ê°í ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀº ºÐ¸íÇÏ´Ù. ƯÈ÷ ȸÀÇ·ÐÀÚµéÀÌ ¼º°æÀº ¿øÁÖÀ² ÆÄÀÌÀÇ °ªÀ» 3.0 À̶ó°í ¸»Çϰí ÀÖ´Ù°í ºñ¿ô°í ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀº À߸øµÈ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¿Ö³ÄÇÏ¸é ±×µéÀº ¸ðµç ÀÚ·áµéÀ» °í·ÁÇÏÁö ¾Ê¾Ò±â ¶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. ¼º°æÀº ½Å·ÚÇÒ¸¸ ÇÏ´Ù. ±×¸®°í Á»´õ ÀÚ¼¼È÷ »ìÆìº¸¸é ¿À·ù¶ó°í ÁÖÀåµÇ¾îÁö´ø °ÍµéÀÌ »ç¶óÁö´Â °ÍÀ» º¼ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. (¶ÇÇÑ Does the Bible Give a Wrong Value for Pi? from Tekton Apologetics MinistryÀ» º¸¶ó)
REFERENCES and FOOTNOTES
1. pi, or the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, is what has been known as an irrational number or infinite non-repeating decimal, of which the first digits are 3.1415926536 ¡¦. A value of 3.14 is close enough for our purposes.
2. Abingdon¡¯s Strong¡¯s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
3. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 4:368, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids (Michigan), 1988.
4. Adapted from reference 3. An NIV footnote (not part of the inspired text) to 1 Kings 7:26 suggests that the vessel had a greater volume than the above figures allow. This could indicate that the vessel may have been shaped more like a lily than imagined (i.e. part of it may have been bulbous), or that the conversion factor used by the NIV commentator was incorrect.
5. Some have suggested that there is one other explanation that fits all the dimensions given in the biblical text, if the circumference measured refers to the inside of the vessel. (This is a possibility, although, as already stated, it was most likely the external circumference which was measured.) The diameter was 10 cubits or 4.50 metres, the circumference was 30 cubits or 13.50 metres, and the walls were ¡®a hand breadth thick¡¯ (verse 26) or 10 centimetres (to the nearest centimetre). If the diameter of 4.50 metres was the outside measurement, we subtract 10 centimetres x 2 (to allow for the thickness of the wall on either side) to arrive at a figure of 4.30 metres for the internal diameter of the vessel, and we can now calculate the internal circumference using the formula:
circumference = diameter x pi
= 4.3 metres x 3.14
= 13.50 metres
= 30 cubits
which is exactly the figure given in 1 Kings 7:23. But as shown, there is no need to resort to this solution.
6. The New Encyclop©¡dia Britannica, Vol. 5, p.677, 1992.