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... and who tries to recapture him when finally he runs away with considerable wealth ; the interposition of God by force or threat of force ; the defeat of the masters ' gods.27 In the end , God's plan prevails , despite the wiles of ...
... and who tries to recapture him when finally he runs away with considerable wealth ; the interposition of God by force or threat of force ; the defeat of the masters ' gods.27 In the end , God's plan prevails , despite the wiles of ...
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It is as if God had instituted an earthly force to check Himself , like empathy reining in rationality . For if all who break the law deserve to die , no man ( including Moses ) could stay alive . If the moral law is to be observed to ...
It is as if God had instituted an earthly force to check Himself , like empathy reining in rationality . For if all who break the law deserve to die , no man ( including Moses ) could stay alive . If the moral law is to be observed to ...
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Testing Makes Conflict Creative A test of ideas is also a test of force . The one , the potency of ideas , is seen as inseparable from the other , the virility of fighting forces . Military defeat in the Bible ...
Testing Makes Conflict Creative A test of ideas is also a test of force . The one , the potency of ideas , is seen as inseparable from the other , the virility of fighting forces . Military defeat in the Bible ...
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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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