The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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... tried to read a whole book of the Bible as if it were about something other than strange genealogies and peculiar ... trying to see things whole , unifying my experiences with those set down in the Bible . In time , the Bible became ...
... tried to read a whole book of the Bible as if it were about something other than strange genealogies and peculiar ... trying to see things whole , unifying my experiences with those set down in the Bible . In time , the Bible became ...
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... trying to stave off a return to the abuses the Hebrews had escaped by leaving Egypt . It would be terrible if the Promised Land turned out to be like the Egypt they had left . To revert to slavery of the spirit of their own free will ...
... trying to stave off a return to the abuses the Hebrews had escaped by leaving Egypt . It would be terrible if the Promised Land turned out to be like the Egypt they had left . To revert to slavery of the spirit of their own free will ...
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... tried to take his family / people out of Egypt into the Promised Land . Perhaps , as Joseph says , it was all meant to be . God is reported to have told Jacob that he need not fear Egypt , for he would be taken out again . But God did ...
... tried to take his family / people out of Egypt into the Promised Land . Perhaps , as Joseph says , it was all meant to be . God is reported to have told Jacob that he need not fear Egypt , for he would be taken out again . But God did ...
Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader 27 | 27 |
Learning from | 62 |
Copyright | |
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