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The Horizontal Society: Understanding the Covenant and Alphabetic Judaism (Vol. 2) (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah)
Jose Faur
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Description for The Horizontal Society: Understanding the Covenant and Alphabetic Judaism (Vol. 2) (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah)
Hardcover. An exposition of rabbinic thought as exemplified by Maimonides. It illustrates the horizontal organisation of the Jewish people. It is divided into five sections - The God of Israel, The Books of Israel, The Governance of Israel, The Memory of Israel, and The Folly of Israel which focuses on these core matters. Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
"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 ... Read more
"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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Condition
New
Series
Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781934843185
SKU
V9781934843185
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About Jose Faur
Jose Faur is Professor of Talmud at Bar Ilan University. His latest books are Homo Mysticus: A Guide to Maimonides's Guide for the Perplexed (1999); In the Shadow of History: Jews and Conversos at the Dawn of Modernity (1992).
Reviews for The Horizontal Society: Understanding the Covenant and Alphabetic Judaism (Vol. 2) (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah)
"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 ... Read more