The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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... interpretation is part of what the Torah teaches . The ability of future generations to make the text answer their ques- tions , without distorting it beyond recognition , is part of the Bible's power . As with any fundamental text ...
... interpretation is part of what the Torah teaches . The ability of future generations to make the text answer their ques- tions , without distorting it beyond recognition , is part of the Bible's power . As with any fundamental text ...
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... interpretation and of current biblical criticism . The emphasis is on use , for my concern is with explicating the content of the Mosaic Bible as it bears on substantive issues of leadership . I use whatever interpretations help ...
... interpretation and of current biblical criticism . The emphasis is on use , for my concern is with explicating the content of the Mosaic Bible as it bears on substantive issues of leadership . I use whatever interpretations help ...
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... interpretation than anyone else , either here or elsewhere in this book . Too many possibilities remain unex- plored . If there is merit in the interpretation I am about to venture , it lies , as with those that have gone before , in ...
... interpretation than anyone else , either here or elsewhere in this book . Too many possibilities remain unex- plored . If there is merit in the interpretation I am about to venture , it lies , as with those that have gone before , in ...
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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