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The Horizontal Society: Understanding the Covenant and Alphabetic Judaism (Vol. 2) (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah) (VOLUME 2) Hardcover – June 1, 2008

by Jose Faur (Author)
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The Horizontal Society is an exposition of rabbinic thought as exemplified by Maimonides. The thought streams of Greece, Rome, and Christendom serve as a contrast. This work is in the Hebrew rhetorical tradition of melisa. The main text in five sections-―The God of Israel, The Books of Israel, The Governance of Israel, The Memory of Israel, and The Folly of Israel―focuses on these core matters. It includes numerous references to orient the reader. The mode is similar to the author's previous work, such as Golden Doves with Silver Dots: Semiotics and Textuality in Rabbinic Tradition, interacting with the latest thought from today's academy. This book illustrates the horizontal organization of the Jewish people. Other social organization is based on hierarchy. Two principles made this difference possible for Israel. First, the Hebrew Scriptures alone propose that every human being is created in the image of God. This necessitates the absolute equality of every human being. Second, the Sinai covenant establishes the Law as the supreme authority. Whereas in other societies, might is the source of authority, in Judaism authority is limited by the Law. These principles were summarized by the last Prophet of Israel: "Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously…, profaning the covenant of our fathers?" (Mal 2:10). There is a subdivided bibliography of forty pages, including both Jewish and "Western" sources. The scholarly apparatus includes indices of terms, names, and subjects. There are also seventy appendices of interest to rabbinic readership.
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    220 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publisher
    Academic Studies Press
  4. Publication date
    June 1, 2008
  5. Dimensions
    6.14 x 0.56 x 9.21 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1934843180
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1934843185
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"An extraordinary synthesis of his three previous English-language works, particularly his groundbreaking study Golden Doves with Silver Dots… It is the indispensable concept of Religious Humanism that has served as the central theme of Jose Faur’s many writings and in The Horizontal Society he gives the reader the summa of his thinking on the subject, thus offering the most illuminating introduction to Jewish civilization that we currently possess." -- David Sasha, Director of the Center for Sephardic Heritage in Brooklyn, New York

"[Faur is] a great specialist in Talmudic literature in whom we can see a scholarship of the same caliber as Saul Lieberman or David Weiss Halivni." -- Thierry Alcoloumbre

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José Faur (PhD 1964, University of Barcelona) is Professor Emeritus, Law School, Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel. He was the first Jewish recipient of a doctorate from the University of Barcelona since the Expulsion in 1492. He has taught at JTS and Bar-Ilan University and published in Hebrew, Spanish, French, Italian and English. His books include: Golden Doves with Silver Dots: Semiotics and Textuality in Rabbinic Tradition (Indiana UP, 1986); In the Shadow of History: Iberian Jews and Conversos at the Dawn of Modernity (SUNY, 1992); Homo Mysticus: A Guide To Maimonides's Guide for the Perplexed (Syracuse UP, 1998).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Academic Studies Press; 2nd edition (June 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 220 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1934843180
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1934843185
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.11 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.56 x 9.21 inches
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JOSÉ FAUR is Professor Emeritus at the Law School, Netanya College, Netanya, Israel where he taught since 1996. He obtained his Ph.D. in Semitic Philology at the University of Barcelona in 1964. He taught at the JTS and Bar-Ilan University and published numerous articles in Hebrew, Spanish, French, Italian and English. Previous publications include: Studies in the Mishne Tora (Heb.) (Mossad Harav Kook, 1978); Golden Doves with Silver Dots: Semiotics and Textuality in Rabbinic Tradition (Indiana UP, 1986); In the Shadow of History: Jews and Conversos at the Dawn of Modernity (SUNY, 1992); Homo Mysticus: A Guide to Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed (Syracuse UP, 1998); The Horizontal Society: Understanding the Covenant and Alphabetic Judaism (Academic Studies Press, 2002).

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