The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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... experience . They vary from total equality to extreme regimentation and from groups that deal with everyone to those that traffic with no one . Most experience , no doubt , falls in between . Seeing Moses ' difficulties with leadership ...
... experience . They vary from total equality to extreme regimentation and from groups that deal with everyone to those that traffic with no one . Most experience , no doubt , falls in between . Seeing Moses ' difficulties with leadership ...
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... experienced both the enthusiasm and the exhaus- tion of a regime of equity , Moses moves toward hierarchy . He simulta ... experience with judges and kings , may be traced to Moses ' teachings about the variety of permissible political ...
... experienced both the enthusiasm and the exhaus- tion of a regime of equity , Moses moves toward hierarchy . He simulta ... experience with judges and kings , may be traced to Moses ' teachings about the variety of permissible political ...
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... experience . Basing social legislation on the experience of the exodus - setting similar boundaries around tribal as around religious functions - is meant to bring coherence into the world . To say that there should be a single law for ...
... experience . Basing social legislation on the experience of the exodus - setting similar boundaries around tribal as around religious functions - is meant to bring coherence into the world . To say that there should be a single law for ...
Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader 27 | 27 |
Learning from | 62 |
Copyright | |
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