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).

"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."

• Hebrew Transliteration TableAbbreviations1. Vocalization of the Scroll of the Tora2. Hebrew 'Writing' and 'Reading'3. Alphabetization and Masora4. Precept, Monolatry, and Sanctity5. Defilement of the Hands6. 'Depositing a Text' for Publication7. An Academy to Police the Hebrew Language8. Reciting a Text for Publication9. Wearing Phylacteries10. The Autonomy of the Law11. Alien Cult12. Morasha13. Becoming a Single Body14. Gideon and Washington15. The Concept of Galut16. By Virtue of Conquest17. Private Property18. Equality Before the Law19. T'M20. Malicious Erudition21. Why We Should all Strive to be Illiterate22. Purloining an Ass for Christ: Freedom without Law23. Ingesting Jesus24. Extreme Dichotomy25. Erasing the Memory of 'Amaleq26. 'Prophets / Scribes' and the National Archives of Israel27.Yeshiba28. Perush, Be'ur and Peshat29. Pappus b. Judah30. Verus Israel?31. Remez. 32. Qabbala and Halakha33. Halakha le-Moshe mi-Sinai34. Derekh Qesara35. God's Mystery36. Seder37. The Four Levels of Instruction38. Teaching Tora in Public39 Shone: Rehearsing and Conveying Halakha40. Megillat Setarim41. The Publication of Oral Texts42. TQN43. The Introduction of the Monetary System in Rabbinic Tradition44. Oral Law45. Writing the Oral Law46. Was there a 'Dispensaton' to Write the Oral Law?47. Hebrew hibber and Arabi tadwin48. Gemara and Talmud49. Emora50. National Publication for Use in Constitutional Interpretation: the Jewish and the US Systems51. Tanya Kevatteh52. Leaning Towards the Majority53. Mahdora54. "Little Foxes"55. Minim and Minut56. Tikku57. About "Strict Talmudists"58. Semantic Assimilation59. Heroes and Heroism60. Hasid and Hasidut61. The Targum62. Writing a Sefer Tora63. The Sorrowful Scholarship of Professor Baer64. Medieval Jewish Prophets65. The Science of Necromancy66. The Mandate of the Jewish Court According to Ramban67. The Ministry of Luminous Rabbis: Unerring and Inerrable68. Settled Law69. Relying on Legal Sources and Authorities70. The Library of LucenaBibliographyIndices.

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).

"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."

• Hebrew Transliteration TableAbbreviations1. Vocalization of the Scroll of the Tora2. Hebrew 'Writing' and 'Reading'3. Alphabetization and Masora4. Precept, Monolatry, and Sanctity5. Defilement of the Hands6. 'Depositing a Text' for Publication7. An Academy to Police the Hebrew Language8. Reciting a Text for Publication9. Wearing Phylacteries10. The Autonomy of the Law11. Alien Cult12. Morasha13. Becoming a Single Body14. Gideon and Washington15. The Concept of Galut16. By Virtue of Conquest17. Private Property18. Equality Before the Law19. T'M20. Malicious Erudition21. Why We Should all Strive to be Illiterate22. Purloining an Ass for Christ: Freedom without Law23. Ingesting Jesus24. Extreme Dichotomy25. Erasing the Memory of 'Amaleq26. 'Prophets / Scribes' and the National Archives of Israel27.Yeshiba28. Perush, Be'ur and Peshat29. Pappus b. Judah30. Verus Israel?31. Remez. 32. Qabbala and Halakha33. Halakha le-Moshe mi-Sinai34. Derekh Qesara35. God's Mystery36. Seder37. The Four Levels of Instruction38. Teaching Tora in Public39 Shone: Rehearsing and Conveying Halakha40. Megillat Setarim41. The Publication of Oral Texts42. TQN43. The Introduction of the Monetary System in Rabbinic Tradition44. Oral Law45. Writing the Oral Law46. Was there a 'Dispensaton' to Write the Oral Law?47. Hebrew hibber and Arabi tadwin48. Gemara and Talmud49. Emora50. National Publication for Use in Constitutional Interpretation: the Jewish and the US Systems51. Tanya Kevatteh52. Leaning Towards the Majority53. Mahdora54. "Little Foxes"55. Minim and Minut56. Tikku57. About "Strict Talmudists"58. Semantic Assimilation59. Heroes and Heroism60. Hasid and Hasidut61. The Targum62. Writing a Sefer Tora63. The Sorrowful Scholarship of Professor Baer64. Medieval Jewish Prophets65. The Science of Necromancy66. The Mandate of the Jewish Court According to Ramban67. The Ministry of Luminous Rabbis: Unerring and Inerrable68. Settled Law69. Relying on Legal Sources and Authorities70. The Library of LucenaBibliographyIndices.

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).

"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."

• Hebrew Transliteration TableAbbreviations1. Vocalization of the Scroll of the Tora2. Hebrew 'Writing' and 'Reading'3. Alphabetization and Masora4. Precept, Monolatry, and Sanctity5. Defilement of the Hands6. 'Depositing a Text' for Publication7. An Academy to Police the Hebrew Language8. Reciting a Text for Publication9. Wearing Phylacteries10. The Autonomy of the Law11. Alien Cult12. Morasha13. Becoming a Single Body14. Gideon and Washington15. The Concept of Galut16. By Virtue of Conquest17. Private Property18. Equality Before the Law19. T'M20. Malicious Erudition21. Why We Should all Strive to be Illiterate22. Purloining an Ass for Christ: Freedom without Law23. Ingesting Jesus24. Extreme Dichotomy25. Erasing the Memory of 'Amaleq26. 'Prophets / Scribes' and the National Archives of Israel27.Yeshiba28. Perush, Be'ur and Peshat29. Pappus b. Judah30. Verus Israel?31. Remez. 32. Qabbala and Halakha33. Halakha le-Moshe mi-Sinai34. Derekh Qesara35. God's Mystery36. Seder37. The Four Levels of Instruction38. Teaching Tora in Public39 Shone: Rehearsing and Conveying Halakha40. Megillat Setarim41. The Publication of Oral Texts42. TQN43. The Introduction of the Monetary System in Rabbinic Tradition44. Oral Law45. Writing the Oral Law46. Was there a 'Dispensaton' to Write the Oral Law?47. Hebrew hibber and Arabi tadwin48. Gemara and Talmud49. Emora50. National Publication for Use in Constitutional Interpretation: the Jewish and the US Systems51. Tanya Kevatteh52. Leaning Towards the Majority53. Mahdora54. "Little Foxes"55. Minim and Minut56. Tikku57. About "Strict Talmudists"58. Semantic Assimilation59. Heroes and Heroism60. Hasid and Hasidut61. The Targum62. Writing a Sefer Tora63. The Sorrowful Scholarship of Professor Baer64. Medieval Jewish Prophets65. The Science of Necromancy66. The Mandate of the Jewish Court According to Ramban67. The Ministry of Luminous Rabbis: Unerring and Inerrable68. Settled Law69. Relying on Legal Sources and Authorities70. The Library of LucenaBibliographyIndices.