The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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Page 156
... Meribah , Moses substitutes force for faith . In his hands , the rod reduces a divinely ordered act to a trickster's shenanigans . But the import runs deeper . If Moses ' strongest leadership quality has been his ability to identify ...
... Meribah , Moses substitutes force for faith . In his hands , the rod reduces a divinely ordered act to a trickster's shenanigans . But the import runs deeper . If Moses ' strongest leadership quality has been his ability to identify ...
Page 164
... Meribah ; he showed even less faith when he doubted God's ability to provide in the incident of the quails . Seeking an analogy , the midrash compares God " to a king who had a beloved subject and there was an argument between he and ...
... Meribah ; he showed even less faith when he doubted God's ability to provide in the incident of the quails . Seeking an analogy , the midrash compares God " to a king who had a beloved subject and there was an argument between he and ...
Page 262
... Meribah , 6 , 156 Reed Sea . See Sea of Reeds Regimes : evolution in , 209-10 ; gods in , 195– 96 ; hybrid , 206 , 211 ; as political cultures , 5 ; revolution in , 204 , 210 ; in shaping char- acter , 214 ; transformation of , 191 ...
... Meribah , 6 , 156 Reed Sea . See Sea of Reeds Regimes : evolution in , 209-10 ; gods in , 195– 96 ; hybrid , 206 , 211 ; as political cultures , 5 ; revolution in , 204 , 210 ; in shaping char- acter , 214 ; transformation of , 191 ...
Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader | 27 |
Pharaoh What Not to Do | 62 |
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