Sir Isaac Newton was also a Bible Scholar

Sir Isaac Newton is known for defining the first Law of Gravity, but it is less known that he was also a devout believer who studied the Bible relentlessly.

Manuscripts written 300 years ago by Isaac Newton, now on display for the first time in Jerusalem, show that he searched the Bible as intently as he studied nature.

As a scientist, Newton laid the groundwork for modern physics, astronomy, math and optics.

But as a theologian, Newton used the Bible's book of Daniel to calculate the date for the Apocalypse, reaching the conclusion that the world would end no earlier than the year 2060.

He also interpreted Biblical prophecies to mean that the Jews would have to return to the Holy Land before then, and calculated the exact dimensions of the ancient Jewish temple.