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Buber puts the Mosaic position : " Power lies in the hands of the ' charismatic ' leader who is led by God ; and , for that very reason , this wielder of power must not engage in any transformation to dominion , which is kept for the ...
Buber puts the Mosaic position : " Power lies in the hands of the ' charismatic ' leader who is led by God ; and , for that very reason , this wielder of power must not engage in any transformation to dominion , which is kept for the ...
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Whereupon : a ) And it came to pass , when Moses held up his hand , that Israel prevailed : and when he let down his hand , Amalek prevailed . But Moses ' hands were heavy ; and they took a stone , and put it under him , and he sat ...
Whereupon : a ) And it came to pass , when Moses held up his hand , that Israel prevailed : and when he let down his hand , Amalek prevailed . But Moses ' hands were heavy ; and they took a stone , and put it under him , and he sat ...
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On the one hand , though he alone can converse directly with God , it is made clear that Moses is mortal . The leader who delivers a people from slavery does not , for example , become the guarantor of their ultimate freedom .
On the one hand , though he alone can converse directly with God , it is made clear that Moses is mortal . The leader who delivers a people from slavery does not , for example , become the guarantor of their ultimate freedom .
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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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