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“One hundred fifty three chymical aphorisms. Briefly containing whatsoever belongs to the chymical science. Done by the labour and study of Eremita Suburbanus. Printed in [[Latin]] at [[Amsterdam]], October 1687.” --> |
“One hundred fifty three chymical aphorisms. Briefly containing whatsoever belongs to the chymical science. Done by the labour and study of Eremita Suburbanus. Printed in [[Latin]] at [[Amsterdam]], October 1687.” --> |
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==In the Bible== |
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The [[Gospel of John]] (21:1-14) includes the narrative of the ''[[Miraculous catch of 153 fish]]'' as the third appearance of Jesus after his [[Resurrection of Jesus|ressurrection]]. |
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.<ref>Biblegateway John 21:1-14 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2021:1-21:14&version=NIV]</ref> The precision of the number of fish in this narrative has long been considered peculiar, and many scholars, throughout history, have argued that 153 has some deeper significance. [[Jerome]], for example, wrote that [[Oppian]]'s ''Halieutica'' listed 153 species of fish<ref>"Early Christians and Animals", Robert McQueen Grant ,p23, Routledge, 1999 |
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ISBN 0415202043</ref>. St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, in his fifth method of saying the Rosary, considers that the number 153 was foreshadowing of the number of [[Hail Mary]]s in the Rosary: |
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"its fruitfulness as shown in the net that St. Peter by order of Our Lord threw into the sea and which though filled with 153 [representing 153 Hail Marys in the Rosary] fish did not break." [http://www.montfort.org.uk/Writings/MSR.html] |
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The fact that ''the measure of the fish'' was known to include 153, as one of its two numbers, and that the ''measure'' of how many fish the disciples are said to have caught is also 153, has not gone unnoticed by many scholars{{Who|date=May 2009}}, with some{{Who|date=May 2009}} suggesting that the number of fish in the New Testament episode is simply down to being the most familiar large number to the writer, or a deliberate reference to the geometric nomenclature as a sort of [[in-joke]]. A story was told of Pythagoras by [[Iamblichus]]<ref>Guthrie and Fideler, 1988, The Pythagorean Sourcebook, 64-65</ref>, then [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]]<ref>Guthrie and Fideler, 1988, The Pythagorean Sourcebook, 128.</ref> describing how Pythagoras correctly predicted the amount of fish caught by fishermen. Neither Iamblichus or Porphyry's accounts describe a miraculous catch nor specify the number of fish caught and the Gospel accounts make no mention of Jesus predicting the number of fish caught.<ref>"Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras", English translation Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie, par 25, 1920[http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/porphyry_life_of_pythagoras_02_text.htm]</ref><ref>"Iamblichus: Life of Pythagoras", Translated by Thomas Taylor, p41, Kessinger Publishing, 1998 |
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ISBN 0766102173[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BcpQAtbqEm0C&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=Iamblichus+pythagora+fish&source=bl&ots=tbibhxWsPE&sig=-SHiD3aGuyJjk32mDg1mVic6vKQ&hl=en&ei=OWD8SaL6GIONjAfQhYGSAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4]</ref> Some scholars{{Who|date=May 2009}} have argued that the entire Biblical episode is a coded reference to a geometric diagram, since [[Pythagoreanism]] saw geometry and numbers as having deep esoteric meaning, and via [[Hermeticism]] (and more minor routes) it was profoundly influential in the development of Hellenic [[Greco-Roman mysteries|mystery religion]]s, and in certain aspects of [[gnosticism]], an early belief system with disputed origins<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnosis.org/overview.html |title=Gnosis Overview |accessdate=2007-11-19 |last=Edwards |first=Dean |date=1994-05-18 |work= |publisher=La Casa del Paese Lontano}}</ref>. The number 153 has several curious mathematical properties. <ref>{{cite web |last= Gupta |first= Shayam Sunder |title= Curious Properties of 153 |
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|url=http://www.shyamsundergupta.com/c153.htm |accessdate-2009-06-26}}</ref> |
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Scholars regarding the unnamed [[Beloved Disciple]] as [[Mary Magdalene]] have noted that in Greek [[gematria]] her epithet "n Magdalhnh" bears the number 153, thus revealing the identity of the Gospel's author.<ref>"Mary Magdalene: The Illuminator", p. 61. William Henry Adventures Unlimited Press</ref> |
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==In the military== |
==In the military== |
Revision as of 15:44, 26 October 2009
153 | |
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Ordinal | 153 |
Cardinal | 153rd |
Factorization | |
Divisors | 1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 153 |
Roman numeral | CLIII |
Binary | 10011001 |
Octal | 231 |
Hexadecimal | 99 |
One hundred (and) fifty-three is the natural number following one hundred (and) fifty-two and preceding one hundred (and) fifty-four.
As a triangular number, it is the sum of the first 17 integers, and also the sum of the first five positive factorials. It is also a hexagonal number. It is also one of six known truncated triangle numbers, meaning 1, 15, and 153 are all triangle numbers
The distinct prime factors of 153 add up to 20, and so do the ones of 154, hence the two form a Ruth-Aaron pair.
Another interesting feature of the number 153 is that it's the limit of the following algorithm:
- Take a random positive integer, divisible by three.
- Split that number into its base 10 digits.
- Take the sum of their cubes.
- Go to the second step.
An example, starting with the number 84:
Evagrius Ponticus considered 153 to represent a harmonization of contrasts, since 153 = 100 + 28 + 25, with 100 a square, 28 a triangle and 25 a circle.
Since , it is a 3-narcissistic number, and it is a Friedman number since 153 = 3 * 51. It is a Harshad number in base 10.
153 can also be written as .
In the Bible
The Gospel of John (21:1-14) includes the narrative of the Miraculous catch of 153 fish as the third appearance of Jesus after his ressurrection. .[1] The precision of the number of fish in this narrative has long been considered peculiar, and many scholars, throughout history, have argued that 153 has some deeper significance. Jerome, for example, wrote that Oppian's Halieutica listed 153 species of fish[2]. St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, in his fifth method of saying the Rosary, considers that the number 153 was foreshadowing of the number of Hail Marys in the Rosary: "its fruitfulness as shown in the net that St. Peter by order of Our Lord threw into the sea and which though filled with 153 [representing 153 Hail Marys in the Rosary] fish did not break." [4]
The fact that the measure of the fish was known to include 153, as one of its two numbers, and that the measure of how many fish the disciples are said to have caught is also 153, has not gone unnoticed by many scholars[who?], with some[who?] suggesting that the number of fish in the New Testament episode is simply down to being the most familiar large number to the writer, or a deliberate reference to the geometric nomenclature as a sort of in-joke. A story was told of Pythagoras by Iamblichus[3], then Porphyry[4] describing how Pythagoras correctly predicted the amount of fish caught by fishermen. Neither Iamblichus or Porphyry's accounts describe a miraculous catch nor specify the number of fish caught and the Gospel accounts make no mention of Jesus predicting the number of fish caught.[5][6] Some scholars[who?] have argued that the entire Biblical episode is a coded reference to a geometric diagram, since Pythagoreanism saw geometry and numbers as having deep esoteric meaning, and via Hermeticism (and more minor routes) it was profoundly influential in the development of Hellenic mystery religions, and in certain aspects of gnosticism, an early belief system with disputed origins[7]. The number 153 has several curious mathematical properties. [8]
Scholars regarding the unnamed Beloved Disciple as Mary Magdalene have noted that in Greek gematria her epithet "n Magdalhnh" bears the number 153, thus revealing the identity of the Gospel's author.[9]
In the military
- USNS Cumberland (T-AO-153) was a United States Navy auxiliary ship during the Vietnam War
- USS Asphalt (IX-153) was a United States Navy Trefoil class concrete barge during World War II
- USS Bernadou (DD-153) was a United States Navy Wickes class destroyer during World War II
- USS Buoyant (AM-153) was a United States Navy Admirable minesweeper ship during World War II
- USS Compass Island (AG-153) was a United States Navy naval fighting ship during World War II
- USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153) was a United States Navy General G. O. Squier transport ship during World War II
- USS Laurens (APA-153) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
- USS Reuben James (DE-153) was a United States Navy Buckley-class destroyer escort during World War II
In sports
- Australian rules footballer Scott Hodges had a SANFL season goal kicking record of 153 in 1990
- NFL quarterback Roger Staubach threw 153 touchdowns in his career from 1956 – 1971
- The Los Angeles Dodgers hit 153 home runs in 2006[10]
- MLB players with 153 career home runs include:
- Tommy Davis (who also recorded 153 runs batted in in 1962 for the Los Angeles Dodgers—to date, a franchise record)
- Dan Driessen
- Jim Northrup
- Tom Tresh
In transportation
- Arizona State Route 153 was a state highway in Maricopa County in Phoenix, Arizona
- Connecticut Route 153 runs from Westbrook to Essex
- K-153, part of a western bypass in McPherson, Kansas
- M-153, also known as Ford Road, is a state highway route that runs from Ann Arbor to Detroit in Michigan
- Missouri Route 153 runs from U.S. Route 60 Kennett
- New York State Route 153 runs from Penfield to Perinton
- Ohio State Route 153 runs from Canton to Homeworth
- Oklahoma State Highway 153 in Love County
- Oregon Route 153 runs from Bellevue to Hopewell
- Virginia Route 153 runs from U.S. Route 460 to U.S. Route 360
- Wisconsin Highway 153 runs from Spencer to Tigerton
- Quebec Route 153 runs from Yamachiche to Lac-aux-Sables
- Route 153 in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada runs between Tignish and Alberton
- National Route 153 is a national highway of Japan connecting Higashi-ku, Nagoya and Shiojiri, Nagano in Japan
- Malaysia Federal Route 153
- British Rail Class 153 is a single-car diesel multiple unit train
- Caledonian Airways Flight 153 from Douala International Airport, Douala, Cameroon crashed on March 4 1962
- The Peugeot Type 153 car, produced between 1913 and 1925
- Yemenia Flight 626 Carrying 153 passengers crashes in Indian Ocean on Monday, June 29, 2009
- 153rd Street station on Metra's SouthWest Service in Orland Park, Illinois
In radio
- Channel 153 on Sirius Satellite Radio is Atlanta/Miami traffic and weather
- Channel 153 on XM Radio is Laugh Attack, Comedy Uncensored
In TV
- The TV series Ben Casey ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966 with 153 episodes
- The TV series Hunter ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991 with 153 episodes
- The TV series Gilmore Girls ran on the WB Network from 2000 to 2007 with 153 episodes
- Channel 153 on the Dish Network is the Outdoor Channel
In other fields
153 is also:
- The year AD 153 or 153 BC
- 153 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 769 – 770 CE
- 153P/Ikeya-Zhang is a comet discovered in 2002
- 153 Hilda is a large asteroid in the outer Main belt with a dark surface
- Any five consecutive months in the Gregorian calendar which do not include February total 153 days. For example: March (31), April (30), May (31), June (30), and July (31) total 153 days
- The number of fish taken out of the Tiberias Sea by some of the Apostles during Jesus' third apparition after the resurrection. See Catch of 153 fish, the biblical narrative of Gospel of John chapter 21, Verse 11
- The original price, in US Dollars, of the diet pill Leptoprin, marketed by the slogan "When is a diet pill worth $153 a bottle?"
- The ordinal number of the coat of arms of Komi Republic in the State Heraldic Register of the Russian Federation
- The number of combined Arabic and Persian Hidden Words in the Bahá'í Faith.
- The atomic number of an element temporarily called Unpenttrium
- Swaziland ranks #153 in world population
- Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman, a citizen of Yemen held in detention at Guantanamo Bay is detainee ID number is 153
- Sonnet 153
- 153 is the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics' world area code for Nicaragua[11]
- The frequency of the longwave transmitters Donebach, Ingoy and Brasov in kilohertz
See also
- List of highways numbered 153
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 153
- United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 153
- Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia
- Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)
References
- ^ Biblegateway John 21:1-14 [1]
- ^ "Early Christians and Animals", Robert McQueen Grant ,p23, Routledge, 1999 ISBN 0415202043
- ^ Guthrie and Fideler, 1988, The Pythagorean Sourcebook, 64-65
- ^ Guthrie and Fideler, 1988, The Pythagorean Sourcebook, 128.
- ^ "Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras", English translation Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie, par 25, 1920[2]
- ^ "Iamblichus: Life of Pythagoras", Translated by Thomas Taylor, p41, Kessinger Publishing, 1998 ISBN 0766102173[3]
- ^ Edwards, Dean (1994-05-18). "Gnosis Overview". La Casa del Paese Lontano. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
- ^ Gupta, Shayam Sunder. "Curious Properties of 153".
{{cite web}}
: Text "accessdate-2009-06-26" ignored (help) - ^ "Mary Magdalene: The Illuminator", p. 61. William Henry Adventures Unlimited Press
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/dodgers/2007-03-07-small-ball_N.htm
- ^ http://www.world-airport-codes.com/alphabetical/country-code/150-199.html
- Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers London: Penguin Group. (1987): 140 - 141
External links
- The Number 153 at The Database of Number Correlations
- Curious Properties of 153 by Shyam Sunder Gupta
- Chr. Pack's 153 Chymical Alphorisms (alchemy)
- 153 Chymical Aphorisms
- The 153 Club for Sahara Desert Travellers
- Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 153, Schaumburg, Illinois
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 153
- Musicians Union Local 153
- The 153 Project
- Meaning of Numbers in the Bible: Number 153
- London Bus Route 153
- Seattle Bus Route 153