The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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Page 85
... live without faith , but they were not yet ready to live on it . Yet there was no punishment , only an injunction to preserve a jar of manna that future generations might see how the Lord fed the people in the wilderness . One moral was ...
... live without faith , but they were not yet ready to live on it . Yet there was no punishment , only an injunction to preserve a jar of manna that future generations might see how the Lord fed the people in the wilderness . One moral was ...
Page 92
... live or die is the climactic episode in Hebrew history . As the exodus from Egypt had determined that there could be a free nation able to act independently , the debate on Mount Sinai would determine whether this people could survive ...
... live or die is the climactic episode in Hebrew history . As the exodus from Egypt had determined that there could be a free nation able to act independently , the debate on Mount Sinai would determine whether this people could survive ...
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... live a certain way of life and develop ideas to suit , or they start with an idea of how to live better and develop institutions to embody that idea . Society seeks symmetry . Whether politics leads to theology or theology to politics ...
... live a certain way of life and develop ideas to suit , or they start with an idea of how to live better and develop institutions to embody that idea . Society seeks symmetry . Whether politics leads to theology or theology to politics ...
Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader 27 | 27 |
Learning from | 62 |
Copyright | |
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