My panel is called “People of God? The Role of Political Hebraism in America.” The initial inspiration was Eric Nelson’s book The Hebrew Republic, but the papers are all broader, looking at the ways in which the Bible was used in and Israel was taken as a model for American politics. Here’s the info:
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Glenn Moots? You know Glenn? I knew him from Baton Rouge.
This is an interesting set of concepts. As it happens, I recently read a biography of James Madison, and there is much in his early life that points to his distaste for religious discrimination (even between different Protestant sects, as apparently happened in 17th Century Virginia). This worldview combined with his classical studies (even of Hebrew) was probably a great contributor to our form of government structure as well as support for our Bill of Rights. Many of the instructors were of Scottish background, so I am not sure of the Hebrew influences. Nevertheless, the ideas seemed to carry through.