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This is a friendly query , but its mixed tone of wonder and incredulity ( half the askers desiring to understand , half doubting that it is possible ) suggests that a contemporary book about the Bible has a long way to go before it can ...
This is a friendly query , but its mixed tone of wonder and incredulity ( half the askers desiring to understand , half doubting that it is possible ) suggests that a contemporary book about the Bible has a long way to go before it can ...
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The most distinguished biblical critic of our time , Gerhard von Rad , states the consensus in no uncertain terms : The literary ... the implication is , and , therefore , we would not be able to learn about him by reading the Bible .
The most distinguished biblical critic of our time , Gerhard von Rad , states the consensus in no uncertain terms : The literary ... the implication is , and , therefore , we would not be able to learn about him by reading the Bible .
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Even if there were agreement on what parts of the Bible belong to which source , therefore , this would not usually aid in the interpretation of themes in the text . Until I learn of a better way of negotiating between the Bible and ...
Even if there were agreement on what parts of the Bible belong to which source , therefore , this would not usually aid in the interpretation of themes in the text . Until I learn of a better way of negotiating between the Bible and ...
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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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