The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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... commandments always , that it might be well with them , and with their children for ever ! " ( Deut . 5:29 ) . By that time Moses may have been sufficiently sophisticated to worry , in the words of Psalm 78 , that no matter what the ...
... commandments always , that it might be well with them , and with their children for ever ! " ( Deut . 5:29 ) . By that time Moses may have been sufficiently sophisticated to worry , in the words of Psalm 78 , that no matter what the ...
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... Commandments and the Law . The Commandments stipu- late basic moral precepts for individual behavior , but their import is so general as to demand continual reinterpretation . The laws offer precise prescriptions for individual ...
... Commandments and the Law . The Commandments stipu- late basic moral precepts for individual behavior , but their import is so general as to demand continual reinterpretation . The laws offer precise prescriptions for individual ...
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... commandments of Judaism are not separate from social life . On the contrary , for those who follow them , they constitute social life itself . Therefore the commandments are , like all living things , forms of bias - the social ...
... commandments of Judaism are not separate from social life . On the contrary , for those who follow them , they constitute social life itself . Therefore the commandments are , like all living things , forms of bias - the social ...
Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader | 27 |
Pharaoh What Not to Do | 62 |
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