The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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Page 43
... stands for life . " The life of the flesh is in the blood ; and I have given it to you ... to make an atonement for your souls " ( Lev . 17:11 ) . Just as Israel's first - born are saved by blood on the doorposts , the circumcision is a ...
... stands for life . " The life of the flesh is in the blood ; and I have given it to you ... to make an atonement for your souls " ( Lev . 17:11 ) . Just as Israel's first - born are saved by blood on the doorposts , the circumcision is a ...
Page 120
... stands isolated throughout Fear and Trembling without even a minyan ( the minimum ten men required to hold a prayer service ) between him and his God . By suffusing his account with this radical individualism , by failing even to ask ...
... stands isolated throughout Fear and Trembling without even a minyan ( the minimum ten men required to hold a prayer service ) between him and his God . By suffusing his account with this radical individualism , by failing even to ask ...
Page 121
... stand in the gap before me for the land , that I should not destroy it : but I found none " ( Ezek . 22:30 ) . In the ... stands in the gap Godward . Moses protects the people against their own excesses , that is , against the just wrath ...
... stand in the gap before me for the land , that I should not destroy it : but I found none " ( Ezek . 22:30 ) . In the ... stands in the gap Godward . Moses protects the people against their own excesses , that is , against the just wrath ...
Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader 27 | 27 |
Learning from | 62 |
Copyright | |
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