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4:25 ) . Why did Zipporah cut off the foreskin of her son ? Some commentators have maintained that God is angry that Moses ' son is not circumcised , circumcision having been the accepted ritual ...
4:25 ) . Why did Zipporah cut off the foreskin of her son ? Some commentators have maintained that God is angry that Moses ' son is not circumcised , circumcision having been the accepted ritual ...
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We should accept the plain meaning . There can be no more direct answer than the divine presence atop that rock . Is God's presence manifested so that the people will assume He is at their beck and call ? From all we know , that seems ...
We should accept the plain meaning . There can be no more direct answer than the divine presence atop that rock . Is God's presence manifested so that the people will assume He is at their beck and call ? From all we know , that seems ...
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Even as Moses was forced to accept his human limits , the failure to reach the Promised Land , we have to accept failure in our attempts to formulate a direct , didactic theory of leadership good for all regimes under every condition .
Even as Moses was forced to accept his human limits , the failure to reach the Promised Land , we have to accept failure in our attempts to formulate a direct , didactic theory of leadership good for all regimes under every condition .
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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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