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As soon as Abraham received God's confidence about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( " Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ? " Gen. 18:17 ) , he hastened to raise critical questions , of interest to his successors .
As soon as Abraham received God's confidence about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( " Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ? " Gen. 18:17 ) , he hastened to raise critical questions , of interest to his successors .
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deserve to be truly called a God - fearing man , all people shall learn how far we must go in the fear of God.51 53 To take a modern affirmation , Speiser concludes that the purpose of Abraham's " ordeal , then , was to discover how ...
deserve to be truly called a God - fearing man , all people shall learn how far we must go in the fear of God.51 53 To take a modern affirmation , Speiser concludes that the purpose of Abraham's " ordeal , then , was to discover how ...
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If Isaac dies , the people of the future die with him , unbom , for he is Abraham's " sole heir , ' ' 58 the only link between Abraham and posterity . “ Isaac is the child of the promise , ” writes von Rad , meaning that God confronts ...
If Isaac dies , the people of the future die with him , unbom , for he is Abraham's " sole heir , ' ' 58 the only link between Abraham and posterity . “ Isaac is the child of the promise , ” writes von Rad , meaning that God confronts ...
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Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader | 27 |
Pharaoh What Not to Do | 62 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political Leader |
| Author | Aaron B. Wildavsky |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Alabama Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2010 |
| ISBN | 0817301682, 9780817301682 |
| Length | 262 pages |
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