Joseph P.
Schultz, Ph.D.
(Prof. Emeritus, Oppenstein Brothers Distinguished Professor of Judaic
Studies, U. Missouri, Kansas City)
"[Stan Tenen's] discovery of the geometric forms and the mathematical
symbols that lie behind the Hebrew letters in the text of the Hebrew
Bible is revolutionary and its implications, once spelled out, could
equal the importance of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and
perhaps even surpass it."
Rabbi Dr. Meir
Sendor
(Ph.D. Harvard - Medieval Jewish History and Philosophy; Yale, Yeshiva
University; Young Israel of Sharon)
"There are certain texts for a scholar of Kabbalah which are almost
impossible to interpret and to read properly, without some awareness of
what Stan [Tenen] is doing, and his explorations in these sacred
geometries. . . . It's as if you get the key to understanding the text
once you grasp what Stan is talking about. There are other scholars of
the history of Kabbalah, as well as practicing Kabbalists who are
excited about Stan's work for this very reason. His work is very
solidly grounded and disciplined thought - it's important to appreciate
this and distinguish this from other things that are out there in the
world."
Jeffrey
Mishlove, Ph.D.
(Psychologist, author; host of the PBS-syndicated TV series, Thinking
Allowed)
"One of the most sophisticated interpretations of Kabbalah is that
offered by Stan Tenen of the MERU Foundation in [Sharon, Massachusetts
and] San Anselmo, California. Tenen maintains that the Kabbalists
discovered in the ancient languages a schematic for the unfolding of
the universe from unity to multiplicity. This schematic, he maintains,
is isomorphic to ideas that are currently being generated in
contemporary cosmology."
--Quoted from The Roots of Consciousness: Expanded Edition, ©1993
Jeffrey Mishlove (Council Oak Books), p. 138.
Ralph Abraham,
Ph.D.
(Former Chair of Mathematics, UC Santa Cruz; Founder, Visual
Mathematics Institute)
"I have been following Stan's work for two decades. He has made crucial
discoveries on the history of the alphabet, the deeper levels of
meaning of sacred texts, and the role of mathematics in the history of
consciousness.
. . . In my opinion, he is among the most important students of
Kabbalah of recent times. I cannot recommend his work too highly."
Louis H.
Kauffman, Ph.D.
(Prof. of Mathematics, U. Illinois at Chicago)
"In attempting to unfold the text of Genesis, Stan Tenen has created
the beginnings of a wonderful geometric language - using real and deep
mathematical structures. The language is a new alphabet, an alphabet of
geometric forms that may solve the riddle of Genesis. The geometric
alphabet is itself not only of great artistic and conceptual value, but
I believe that it will be seen to hold a key for many other questions
in language and science. This project brings together the old and
fascinating questions about origins of language and the self with the
rigorous traditions of modern geometric thinking and mathematical
imagination."
Jay Kappraff,
Ph.D.
(Prof. of Mathematics, NJ Institute of Technology; author of popular
books on mathematics)
"Part I of th[is] book explored, through number and geometry, man-made
systems of language: systems of music, written language, and design as
they may have been expressed at the threshold of these momentous
changes. . . . [R]emnants of these creative impulses are to be found in
Kepler's attempts to build a planetary system from the "harmony of the
spheres", Brunes' recreations of the methods by which ancient temples
might have been constructed, Michelangelo's preservation of the
principles of an ancient geometry in the pavements of the Laurentian
Library, and Tenen's description of the creation of the letters of the
Hebrew alphabet."
--From Prof. Kappraff's epilogue to his book, Beyond Measure: A Guided
Tour through Nature, Myth, and Number, ©2004 Jay Kappraff (World
Scientific Publishers), p. 560. Prof. Kappraff's book is available from
Meru Foundation through http://www.meetingtent.com.
Menahem
Alexenberg, Ph.D.
(Sculptor, artist, former Chair, Fine Arts Dept., Pratt Institute; MIT
Research Fellow)
"I think [t]his work is an amazing perceptual leap. It provides a
visual, rather than audial pattern recognition that derives from
contemporary scientific and mathematical thought to illuminate our
understanding and connection to Torah. I believe he is making some
important breakthroughs."
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