The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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... Bible has a long way to go before it can penetrate a modern consciousness . The basic difficulty is no less . powerful for being pedestrian : most people no longer read the Bible . Unless an author writes only for specialists , which I ...
... Bible has a long way to go before it can penetrate a modern consciousness . The basic difficulty is no less . powerful for being pedestrian : most people no longer read the Bible . Unless an author writes only for specialists , which I ...
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... Bible's power . As with any fundamental text , what the Bible is depends partly on what it contains and partly on what each generation makes of it . Just as theories are part of our conception of the physical world , so the varied ...
... Bible's power . As with any fundamental text , what the Bible is depends partly on what it contains and partly on what each generation makes of it . Just as theories are part of our conception of the physical world , so the varied ...
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... Bible and to use biblical teachings about leadership to improve current under- standing of that elusive yet essential activity . For these purposes , there- fore , questions of origins - Who wrote the Bible ? How was it written or ...
... Bible and to use biblical teachings about leadership to improve current under- standing of that elusive yet essential activity . For these purposes , there- fore , questions of origins - Who wrote the Bible ? How was it written or ...
Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader 27 | 27 |
Learning from | 62 |
Copyright | |
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