'Proclaim Liberty Throughout A the Land'.

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    • Subject Terms:
      Liberty Bell; Talmudic Hebrew language; Old Testament; Logan, James, 1674-1751; Wolf, Edwin
    • Abstract:
      The article offers information related to the history of the Liberty Bell. It highlights that the story of American freedom begins in 1701, when William Penn enshrined in Pennsylvania a Charter of Liberties guaranteeing freedom of conscience. It also mentions the historian Edwin Wolf describing how James Logan, mayor of Pennsylvania, bought himself Hebrew Bibles and Hebrew prayer-books, and added a Shulhan Arukh and the great six-volume edition of the Mishna.