The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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Page 25
... idolatry . The law applies not merely to ruler and ruled alike but with special severity to those who exercise public power . Anarchy remains a valuable element in social life , but it is relegated to the realm of private transactions ...
... idolatry . The law applies not merely to ruler and ruled alike but with special severity to those who exercise public power . Anarchy remains a valuable element in social life , but it is relegated to the realm of private transactions ...
Page 113
... idolatry was nowhere interdicted and punished . The stories depicting idolatry as a national sin presuppose the existence of a monotheistic people . Since such stories begin only with Moses , we infer that it was in his time that the ...
... idolatry was nowhere interdicted and punished . The stories depicting idolatry as a national sin presuppose the existence of a monotheistic people . Since such stories begin only with Moses , we infer that it was in his time that the ...
Page 157
... idolatry - self - worship . Spiritually , he has gone back to slavery , as if to replace Pharaoh . Jacob Milgrom has forged an interpretation that does not require bending the text - the " we " does refer consistently to Aaron and Moses ...
... idolatry - self - worship . Spiritually , he has gone back to slavery , as if to replace Pharaoh . Jacob Milgrom has forged an interpretation that does not require bending the text - the " we " does refer consistently to Aaron and Moses ...
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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