Back-to-School Special (2): Rabbi Jose Faur Resource Sheet
David Shasha
Rabbi Jose Faur Resources
Wikipedia entry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Faur
Dissertation
Espiritualidad Judia (University of Barcelona, 1965, Spanish)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1af2BjKD_D4XUiHS-2nRIaxn4WSZMvGnQ/view?ths=true
http://www.worldcat.org/title/892283683
Selected Articles
The Legal Thinking of the Tosafot: A Historical Approach (1975)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E7OdK3DLGsQ957hp0noPafRFDylkq0sXtI4uoZDjVg0/edit
Vico, Religious Humanism, and the Sephardic Tradition (1976)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1NQdm28qvvXeTMtSjJWWEZfT1E/edit
Four Classes of Conversos: A Typological Study (1990)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HkM_hFrraqFhjg7kuERYUC8YV_UPSCy8/view?ths=true
Law and Hermeneutics in Jewish Jurisprudence: A Maimonidean Perspective (1993)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K4ENAOhMLZxvimzV9lExfP7whxvYcEj_csaI6K4vr2Q/edit
Basic Concepts in Rabbinic Hermeneutics (1997)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wwZlI54mBGJ2aYlYzbjHv2Vz1CO5e95q/view?ths=true
The Hebrew Species Concept and the Origin of Evolution: R. Benamozegh’s Response to Darwin (1997)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mk8Cs-HKK0gJU_iNoT-SjNZ-GWbYC5eA/view?ths=true
Rhetoric and Hermeneutics: Vico and Rabbinic Tradition (2001)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1btNE3Gj9mIL_drAIpiO77UMZNb9Pan2jyHHXUSsDkhk/edit
Anti-Maimonidean Demons (2003)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Tvb-3YXnkLRmvCjCNrc-hkpJyWv4bDNH-eRILzDkNY/edit
Ribbono Shel Olam/ God, Dominus: What Does It Mean? (2010)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MgBlDSWhoiy3lkULkJIel31bJ2U_5M-0/view?ths=true
The Art of Jewish Oratory: Tribute to Rabbi Yosef Dana
(translated from the Hebrew by David Shasha)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UQjF1uwuQl1hS0AKndAdUQi0B4QZhBFAtgeMOt4gQBc/edit
Essential Books
Golden Doves with Silver Dots: Semiotics and Textuality in Rabbinic Tradition (1986)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1NQdm28qvvXQnNIeEJ3aGdSSjQ/view?ths=true
https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Doves-Silver-Dots-Textuality/dp/0253326001
Explanatory Matter: Rabbinic Midrash and Jewish Post-Modernism
Robert Alter, “Old Rabbis, New Critics”
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1NQdm28qvvXeFJDdkdrYmVVQUk/edit
David Shasha, “Understanding Midrash”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/understanding-midrash_b_535249
David Shasha, “Climbing the Ladder of Interpretation”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ACDjEk2HiBT_8JGUcEqmZLB4anyeSG49/view?ths=true
David Shasha, “Plumbing the Psychological Depths of Humanity”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/146Vb-HwQWc6WdQjzmpfsNlWtgVgbuN8J/view?ths=true
SHU Newsletter Special: The Jewish and Christian Enemies of Post-Modernism
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18V9dcq2Fg3W-nGuGnMAQ76papWxY9k_7BOjTg_g01S0/edit
In the Shadow of History: Jews and Conversos at the Dawn of Modernity (1992)
https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-History-Jews-Conversos-Modernity/dp/0791408027
Explanatory Matter: Converso History and Culture
David Shasha, “Conversos Between Judaism and Christianity”
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Q5bnDAid8WSNWlf6xftWZnsyQbKrnRXwycu2qL_vYw/edit
David Shasha, “La Celestina and Soledades: Two Important Works of Converso Literature”
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BWGocEilCNQ-ZgJ3_siHhcsOsWrN9QL_8Np_oL6dhhQ/edit
Homo Mysticus: A Guide to Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed (1999)
https://www.amazon.com/Homo-Mysticus-Guide-Maimonidess-Perplexed/dp/0815627815
Explanatory Matter: Maimonides
SHU Newsletter Special: Maimonides Resources
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yKrFgzG88Zpe4b5YtIV96pSzwFf7jMl2R27Le7XFtio/edit
David Shasha, “Unearthing Maimonides”
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WSKjgm6nqK_GXIdsCKuEcPLnHtKM1U41zHjcZSRd_uM/edit
David Shasha, “Moses Maimonides: Arab Jew, Religious Humanist”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moses-maimonides-arab-jew_b_491543
David Shasha, “Killing Off Rational Judaism: The Maimonidean Controversy”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/killing-off-rational-juda_b_498846
David Shasha, “Dangerous Mystic Motifs in Judaism”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dangerous-mystic-motifs-i_b_637535
The Horizontal Society: Understanding the Covenant and Alphabetical Judaism (2010)
https://www.amazon.com/Horizontal-Society-Understanding-Alphabetic-Philosophy/dp/1936235048
Explanatory Matter: Horizontal Society
Rabbi Alan Yuter, “Recovering the Straight and Good: Review of Jose Faur’s The Horizontal Society”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nhuTpyNXnjmr8-oB9wKUolHz8rDBCoNS/view?ths=true
Rabbi Jose Faur Horizontal Society lecture
https://archive.org/details/podcast_merkaz-lectures_faur-the-horizontal-society_1000306382734