The Alphabet That Changed the World (Paperback)

Stan Tenen

ISBN 10: 1556437234 / ISBN 13: 9781556437236

Published by North Atlantic Books,U.S., Berkeley, CA, 2011

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Paperback. Rabbinic tradition asserts that every letter of every word of the Torah is a word in itself. Author Stan Tenen demonstrates that each letter is also a hand gesture, and it is at this level that Hebrew forms a natural universal language. All people, including children before they speak and people without sight, make natural use of these gestures. In The Alphabet That Changed the World, Tenen examines the Hebrew text of Genesis and its relationship to the alphabet. He shows how each letter is both concept and gesture, with the form of the gesture matching the function of the concept. There is thus an implicit relationship between the physical world of function and the conscious world of concept. Using over 200 color illustrations, Tenen demonstrates geometric metaphor as the best framework for understanding the deepest meaning of the text. Such geometry models embryonic growth and self-organization and the core of many healing and meditative practices. Many subjects in contemporary science were derived from the methods and means available to the ancients; The Alphabet That Changed the World makes this authoritative recovery of the "science of consciousness" in Genesis accessible for the first time to the contemporary reading public. According to Rabbinic traditions, the letters that comprise the Torah do not primarily impart an historical narrative, but a cipher based on the letters themselves. Each letter is also a Hebrew word and an instruction for making a meaningful gesture with the hand. This book covers many aspects of geometry and its meaning. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Alphabet That Changed the World (Paperback)
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S., Berkeley, CA
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556437234
• ISBN 13: 9781556437236
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Rabbinic tradition asserts that every letter of every word of the Torah is a word in itself. Author Stan Tenen demonstrates that each letter is also a hand gesture, and it is at this level that Hebrew forms a natural universal language. All people, including children before they speak and people without sight, make natural use of these gestures.
 
In The Alphabet That Changed the World, Tenen examines the Hebrew text of Genesis and its relationship to the alphabet. He shows how each letter is both concept and gesture, with the form of the gesture matching the function of the concept. There is thus an implicit relationship between the physical world of function and the conscious world of concept. Using over 200 color illustrations, Tenen demonstrates geometric metaphor as the best framework for understanding the deepest meaning of the text.
 
Such geometry models embryonic growth and self-organization and the core of many healing and meditative practices. Many subjects in contemporary science were derived from the methods and means available to the ancients; The Alphabet That Changed the World makes this authoritative recovery of the “science of consciousness” in Genesis accessible for the first time to the contemporary reading public.

About the Author

Born in 1942 and raised in a non-religious home in Brooklyn NY, author Stan Tenen has always been driven by curiosity. A natural visual pattern-recognizer, he has a BS in physics and holds numerous patents. Mr. Tenen is the Director of Research for Meru Foundation, which was founded in 1983 to support continuing study of the Hebrew alphabet, the text of Genesis, and the science of consciousness they preserve. He lives and works with his wife Levanah in Sharon, Mass.