▁been ▁explained ▁by ▁modern ▁sch ol ars ▁as ▁coinc ident al , ▁as ▁no ▁other ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁golden ▁ratio ▁is ▁known ▁from ▁before ▁the ▁fifth ▁century   BC . ▁ ▁Taylor ▁also ▁proposed ▁that ▁the ▁in ch ▁used ▁to ▁build ▁the ▁Great ▁Py ram id ▁was ▁ 1 / 2 5 ▁of ▁the ▁" s ac red ▁cub it " ▁( wh ose ▁existence ▁had ▁earlier ▁been ▁post ulated ▁by ▁Isaac ▁Newton ). ▁Taylor ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁py ram id ▁was ▁div in ely ▁inspired , ▁contained ▁a ▁revel ation ▁and ▁was ▁built ▁not ▁by ▁the ▁Egypt ians , ▁but ▁instead ▁by ▁the ▁Heb rew s , ▁pointing ▁to ▁Bib lic al ▁pass ages ▁( Is . ▁ 1 9 : ▁ 1 9 - 2 0 ; ▁Job ▁ 3 8 : ▁ 5 - 7 ) ▁to ▁support ▁his ▁theories . ▁For ▁this ▁reason ▁Taylor ▁is ▁often ▁cred ited ▁as ▁being ▁the ▁" found er ▁of ▁py ram id ology ". ▁Martin ▁Gard ner ▁noted : ▁ ▁Christian ▁py ram id ology ▁ ▁British ▁Israel ism ▁Taylor ▁influenced ▁the ▁Astronom er ▁Royal ▁of ▁Scotland ▁Charles ▁Pia z zi ▁S my th , ▁F . R . S . E ., ▁F . R . A . S ., ▁who ▁made ▁numerous ▁numer ological ▁calculations ▁on ▁the ▁py ram id ▁and ▁published ▁them ▁in ▁a ▁ 6 6 4 - page ▁book ▁Our ▁In herit ance ▁in ▁the ▁Great ▁Py ram id ▁( 1 8 6