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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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