"Significant Biblical Figures"
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

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The Bible suggests that pi equals three
We all know that that isn't true
Just hand a round jar and an arm's length of string
To anyone with half a clue

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	But if you would prove the good book is all bunk
	You'll get no assistance from me
	'Cause I think you don't know what you're talking about
	When you say it says pi equals three

The Bible suggests that pi equals 3
It doesn't say 3.0
When you're asking a rabbi what's kosher
How many digits do you need to know?

	And yet there's a word in that verse that's not read
	As it's written -- if you multiply
	By their letters' sums' ratio the Bible will get you
	A thousand times closer to pi

If the Bible suggests that pi equals three
Our sages and scholars weren't moved
Rambam declared it irrational
Long before it ever was proved

	And the Talmud records that our rabbis
	Quite well geometrically versed
	Were familiar with several approximate values
	For pi, of which three was the first

The Bible's suggestion that pi equals three
Is only a rule of thumb
Some people today may think otherwise
But our ancestors weren't that dumb!

	So if people believe that pi equals three
	It's not scripture that's causing the stink
	The blame rather falls on those G-d-fearing folks
	Who've forgotten G-d wants us to think!