The Jewish Roots of American Liberty (with Stuart Halpern)

About this episode

The episode explores the influence of Judaism and the Hebrew Bible on the concept of American liberty and law.

What is the contribution of Judaism and the Hebrew Bible to Western concept of liberty? How did the Hebrew Bible influence Western concepts of law in particular? And how did the experience of Israel and the main characters in Israel’s history impact the American founders? We’ll answer these questions and more with our guest Rabbi Stuart Halpern around his book, The Jewish Roots of American Liberty. Dr. Stuart Halpern is Senior Adviser to the Provost of Yeshiva University and Deputy Dire...

People in this episode

Guest: Stuart Halpern

Topics covered

• Judaism
• Hebrew Bible
• American liberty
• Western law
• Israel's history

Keywords

• liberty
• American founders
• influence
• law

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Places: Israel

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