Jewish roots of American liberty : the impact of Hebraic ideas on the American story / edited by Stuart Halpern and Wilfred M. McClay.
| Other author | Halpern, Stuart W., editor. |
| Other author | McClay, Wilfred M., editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : Encounter Books, 2025. |
| Description | xiii, 260 pages : Illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Why We Teach American History in Faith-Based Schools / Wilfred M. McClay -- The Influence of the Hebrew Bible on the American Founding -- John Milton: Breaker of Chains / Dov Lerner -- The Judeo-Christian Tradition and the Rise of American Religious Liberty / Mark David Hall -- The Hebrew Bible and the Political Culture of the American Founding / Daniel L. Drisbach -- The Hebraically-Inspired Liberty Bell and Its Role in the American Story / John R. Vile -- Psalms and the American Founding / Shaina Trapedo -- Influences of the Hebrew Bible on American Culture -- The Shepherd of American Courage / Stuart Halpern -- Esther in America / Stuart Halpern -- American Samson / Stuart Halpern -- America's Favorite Prophet / Stuart Halpern -- Why Everyone Loves Daniel / Stuart Halpern -- Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Hebraic Strain in American Thought / Wilfred M. McClay -- The Story of Hagar and American Exile / Ariel Clark Silver -- American Presidents' Appreciation of Jewish Contributions -- The Bible and the Presidents / Tevi Troy -- Correspondence between Hebrew Congregations and George Washington -- Abraham Lincoln's Biblical Meditation in the Second Inaugural Address / Daniel L. Dreisbach -- President Roosevelt and Vice-President Fairbanks to Attendees of the Exercises in celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Jewish settlement in America -- Jewish Contributions to American Democracy / Calvin Coolidge -- The Meaning of Jewish History for Americans -- Why Study American Jewish History? / Jonathan D. Sarna -- What Jews Mean to America / Meir Y. Soloveichik -- The Message from Jerusalem / Eric Cohen. |
| Abstract | "For much of American history, an impassable gulf seemed to separate Jews and Christians, keeping their respective peoples and cultures far apart. But in recent decades that has begun to change. The rise of a militant secularism, one equally hostile to Israel and to America's Judeo-Christian values and institutions, has unexpectedly drawn Jews and Christians closer together. In the face of a common civilizational threat, the deep kinship that has always existed between the two traditions has risen to the fore. Jewish Roots of American Liberty illustrates how the free institutions that we value so much in today's America-including Christianity itself-are securely grounded in Jewish antecedents. The thirty-one essays and documents that comprise this book offer a sampling of the many ways--Biblical, cultural, literary, and political--that the Hebraic tradition has contributed to the treasury of American self-understanding. Topics range from the titanic influence of the Hebrew Bible on the political culture of the American Founding, to the distinctly Hebraic vision of figures like John Milton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Abraham Lincoln, to the Biblical heroes whose examples run through the canon of the American imagination, and more." --Provided by the publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | proceedings (reports) |
| Genre/form | Conference papers and proceedings. |
| Genre/form | Actes de congrès. |
| LCCN | 2025026138 |
| ISBN | 9781641774796 |
| ISBN | 1641774797 hardcover |
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