I've read somewhere that there are about 17 inches in
a "standard" cubit so divide that by five and
you get 3 2/5 or roughly 3.5". but I can see
there must have been some confusion even back
then since the Romans were occupying the holy
lands at the time of Mary and perhaps by then
they were using Roman measurements the way
Americans were supposed to start learning the
metric system back in the 60s and 70s.

Message edited on: 07/17/2004 19:02