Biblical Scope

[Grant Barrett]

I was interested to see "biblical scope" being used on a National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration page (until I saw that it was reprinted from
the Annals of Improble Research), and to be defined there as a period of 40
years. Is this a common term in research involving long-term data?

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/~schultz/papers/rainmore.html
http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/rainmore.htm

"1.  All investigations that are of biblical scope must, by definition,
involve 40-year periods."