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July 25, 2022

Christian Hebraism, Abolitionism, and the Biblical Message of the Liberty Bell

Today, America needs that message more than ever.

Inscribed on Philadelphia’s liberty bell is a segment from Leviticus 25:10: “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.” Meir Soloveichik explains that the selection of this verse, like so much that was distinctive about colonial and revolutionary America, was a product of a culture steeped not only the Bible , but in the Hebrew language and other Jewish texts:

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July 25, 2022

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