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As it is said , , " Love ye therefore the stranger : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt ” ( Deut . 10:19 ) . Especially interesting is this prohibition : " Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; because thou wast a stranger in his ...
As it is said , , " Love ye therefore the stranger : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt ” ( Deut . 10:19 ) . Especially interesting is this prohibition : " Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; because thou wast a stranger in his ...
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The sign of separation is behavioral ; Goshen , where the Hebrews lived apart from the rest of Egypt , because raising animals was considered an abomination , would not be affected by the plagues afflicting the Egyptians .
The sign of separation is behavioral ; Goshen , where the Hebrews lived apart from the rest of Egypt , because raising animals was considered an abomination , would not be affected by the plagues afflicting the Egyptians .
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The spoils of Egypt point not only forward to victory but also back to defeat . Escaping from Egypt physically is not the same as leaving it emotionally ; to cut that umbilical cord will not be easy for the Hebrew people .
The spoils of Egypt point not only forward to victory but also back to defeat . Escaping from Egypt physically is not the same as leaving it emotionally ; to cut that umbilical cord will not be easy for the Hebrew people .
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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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