Vernon,
616=8x77. 646=2x17x19. If you had to, I think you could make those numbers
interesting.
Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Vernon Jenkins wrote:
> George,
>
> Thanks for drawing our attention to this matter. I think you would
> agree, however, that 666 is the translators' preferred choice.
> Certainly, from a purely numerical standpoint, the alternatives are of
> no great interest; again, unlike 666, they have no obvious links with
> the phenomena outlined in my page "666 - and All That!"
>
> http://homepage.virgin.net/vernon.jenkins/sixes.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> Vernon
>
> george murphy wrote:
> > It should be noted that there is some textual evidence for the number
> > in this verse being 616 or 646 rather than 666.
> >
> > Shalom,
> >
> > George
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