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And when the brothers fear that their father's death will allow Joseph to take revenge on them , Joseph calms them in the words of one who understands the role of unanticipated consequences in the world : “ Ye thought evil against me ...
And when the brothers fear that their father's death will allow Joseph to take revenge on them , Joseph calms them in the words of one who understands the role of unanticipated consequences in the world : “ Ye thought evil against me ...
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A legend long ago caught the tone better than I can : In each case he ( Moses ) consulted the Holy One , blessed be He , who answered him : “ Assemble the people , and let the sinners be stoned ( to death ) before the face of the ...
A legend long ago caught the tone better than I can : In each case he ( Moses ) consulted the Holy One , blessed be He , who answered him : “ Assemble the people , and let the sinners be stoned ( to death ) before the face of the ...
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Referring to his recollection of the spies ( who refused to take the land and were punished by death in the desert ) , Moses adds , “ Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes , saying , Thou also shalt not go in thither ” ( Deut .
Referring to his recollection of the spies ( who refused to take the land and were punished by death in the desert ) , Moses adds , “ Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes , saying , Thou also shalt not go in thither ” ( Deut .
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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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