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Moses ' task will be to mediate between the ferocious power of absolute law and the weakness of human nature , to show that conscience should be limited by capacity . It is as if God had instituted an earthly force to check Himself ...
Moses ' task will be to mediate between the ferocious power of absolute law and the weakness of human nature , to show that conscience should be limited by capacity . It is as if God had instituted an earthly force to check Himself ...
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6 : 9 ) , human and animal life was saved . ( Observe that the convenant was one - sided : it came unasked - for at God's initiative . ) After the deluge stops : " the Lord said in his heart , I will not again curse the ground any more ...
6 : 9 ) , human and animal life was saved . ( Observe that the convenant was one - sided : it came unasked - for at God's initiative . ) After the deluge stops : " the Lord said in his heart , I will not again curse the ground any more ...
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Acceptance of the commandments rules out half the spectrum of human possibilities . The answer to the question of human identity ( Who am I ? ) is to be part of a strong group ; the answer to the question of action ( What should I do ? ) ...
Acceptance of the commandments rules out half the spectrum of human possibilities . The answer to the question of human identity ( Who am I ? ) is to be part of a strong group ; the answer to the question of action ( What should I do ? ) ...
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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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