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Final Project Proposal - Gematria

 

 

(Sorry, this was originally posted to Duncan's blog page by accident!)

Ben and I are planning to work together on creating some sort of representation around the Jewish mystical mathematical ideas around gematria. We are initially thinking of using English gematria to investigate our BC School Act, or another important piece of policy that relates to education. This would be printed out along with the number relating to each word and links between ideas shown visually as well as noted throughout.

Sources:

Clawson, C. C., (1996). Mathematical mysteries: The beauty and magic of numbers. Springer Science+Business Media

Gematria (2013). (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.

Derovan, D., Scholem, G., Idel, M. (2018, June 11). Gematria. Encyclopaedia Judaica. https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/gematria

Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2013, October 18). gematria. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/gematria

Lesser, L. M. (2006). Book of numbers: Exploring Jewish mathematics and culture at a Jewish high school. The Journal of Mathematics and Culture, 1(1), pp. 8-31

Spector, S. (1983). Kabbalistic sources—Blake’s and his critics’. Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly 17(3), pp. 84-101

Comments

  1. Amanda FritzlanDecember 5, 2022 at 10:45 AM

    Tim, Okay, now this makes sense. I thought it was a bit strange that Duncan and Ben were also working with gematria. I like your ideas and look forward to learning more about gematria. One thing to think about, as we had discussed, is how your process/presentation/creation relates to an artistic expression or something that is being built.

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