The Horizontal Society: Understanding the Covenant and Alphabetic Judaism (Vol.

Description: The Horizontal Society by Jose Faur Examines the rabbinic thought as exemplified by Maimonides. 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. It includes numerous references to orient the reader. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 authors previous work, such as Golden Doves with Silver Dots: Semiotics and Textuality in Rabbinic Tradition, interacting with the latest thought from todays 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. Author Biography Jos 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 Maimonidess Guide for the Perplexed (Syracuse UP, 1998). Table of Contents Hebrew Transliteration Table. Abbreviations. 1. Vocalization of the Scroll of the Tora. 2. Hebrew Writing and Reading. 3. Alphabetization and Masora. 4. Precept, Monolatry, and Sanctity. 5. Defilement of the Hands. 6. Depositing a Text for Publication. 7. An Academy to Police the Hebrew Language. 8. Reciting a Text for Publication. 9. Wearing Phylacteries. 10. The Autonomy of the Law. 11. Alien Cult. 12. Morasha. 13. Becoming a Single Body. 14. Gideon and Washington. 15. The Concept of Galut. 16. By Virtue of Conquest. 17. Private Property. 18. Equality Before the Law. 19. TM. 20. Malicious Erudition. 21. Why We Should all Strive to be Illiterate. 22. Purloining an Ass for Christ: Freedom without Law. 23. Ingesting Jesus. 24. Extreme Dichotomy. 25. Erasing the Memory of Amaleq. 26. Prophets / Scribes and the National Archives of Israel. 27.Yeshiba. 28. Perush, Beur and Peshat. 29. Pappus b. Judah. 30. Verus Israel? 31. Remez. 32. Qabbala and Halakha. 33. Halakha le-Moshe mi-Sinai. 34. Derekh Qesara. 35. Gods Mystery. 36. Seder. 37. The Four Levels of Instruction. 38. Teaching Tora in Public. 39 Shone: Rehearsing and Conveying Halakha. 40. Megillat Setarim. 41. The Publication of Oral Texts. 42. TQN. 43. The Introduction of the Monetary System in Rabbinic Tradition. 44. Oral Law. 45. Writing the Oral Law. 46. Was there a Dispensaton to Write the Oral Law? 47. Hebrew hibber and Arabi tadwin. 48. Gemara and Talmud. 49. Emora. 50. National Publication for Use in Constitutional Interpretation: the Jewish and the US Systems. 51. Tanya Kevatteh. 52. Leaning Towards the Majority. 53. Mahdora. 54. "Little Foxes" 55. Minim and Minut. 56. Tikku. 57. About "Strict Talmudists". 58. Semantic Assimilation. 59. Heroes and Heroism. 60. Hasid and Hasidut. 61. The Targum. 62. Writing a Sefer Tora. 63. The Sorrowful Scholarship of Professor Baer. 64. Medieval Jewish Prophets. 65. The Science of Necromancy. 66. The Mandate of the Jewish Court According to Ramban. 67. The Ministry of Luminous Rabbis: Unerring and Inerrable. 68. Settled Law. 69. Relying on Legal Sources and Authorities. 70. The Library of Lucena. Bibliograhy. Indices. Review "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 Faurs 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 Long Description 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 authors previous work, such as Golden Doves with Silver Dots: Semiotics and Textuality in Rabbinic Tradition, interacting with the latest thought from todays 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. Review Quote [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 Details ISBN1934843180 Author Jose Faur Publisher Academic Studies Press Language English ISBN-10 1934843180 ISBN-13 9781934843185 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2008 Edition 2nd Short Title HORIZONTAL SOCIETY 2/E Pages 220 Imprint Academic Studies Press Place of Publication Brighton Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9781934843185 Series Number 2 NZ Release Date 2008-06-19 US Release Date 2008-06-19 UK Release Date 2008-06-19 Subtitle Understanding the Covenant and Alphabetic Judaism (Vol. 2) Publication Date 2008-06-19 DEWEY 296.01 Audience General Series Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah AU Release Date 2008-09-08 Edition Description 2nd New edition Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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