The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 223
... Judges and Kings recapitulate Moses ' movement through anarchy , equity , and hier- archy , we will see once more that leadership varies with regime . My theme has been that the books of Moses may usefully be regarded as instruction in ...
... Judges and Kings recapitulate Moses ' movement through anarchy , equity , and hier- archy , we will see once more that leadership varies with regime . My theme has been that the books of Moses may usefully be regarded as instruction in ...
Page 224
... Judges : " In those days there was no king in Israel : every man did that which was right in his own eyes " ( Judg . 21:25 ) . The people of Israel governed themselves in an organized anarchy , if this is not a contradiction in terms ...
... Judges : " In those days there was no king in Israel : every man did that which was right in his own eyes " ( Judg . 21:25 ) . The people of Israel governed themselves in an organized anarchy , if this is not a contradiction in terms ...
Page 225
... judges are chosen despite visible handicaps such as Jephthah's bastardy , Gideon's youth , or Deborah's sex . You do not have to be prominent to be a judge , but , like Othniel , Caleb's younger brother , you may be . No judges , except ...
... judges are chosen despite visible handicaps such as Jephthah's bastardy , Gideon's youth , or Deborah's sex . You do not have to be prominent to be a judge , but , like Othniel , Caleb's younger brother , you may be . No judges , except ...
Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader | 27 |
Pharaoh What Not to Do | 62 |
Copyright | |
3 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Abram accept anarchy appears authority Balaam become behavior Bible biblical binding of Isaac burning bush called Canaan charismatic children of Israel circumcision Commandments Commentary covenant Dathan death desert Deut Deuteronomy divine Egypt Egyptians episode equity evil Exod Exodus experience faith fear first-born followers future Genesis God's Golden Calf hath Hebrew hierarchy holy human Ibid idolatry interpretation Isaac Israelites Jacob Jewish Joseph judges kill king Korah lead leaders live Lord Lord's means Meribah Midian moral Mosaic leadership Moses and Aaron Mount Sinai Nehama Leibowitz Numbers passive Pentateuch Pharaoh plague political regimes Promised Land punishment question Rabbi rebellion revelation rule rulers seeks separation serpent slavery slaves social speak spies story teaching tells thee things thou shalt tion Torah tradition tribes understanding unto wilderness words World Zionist Organization worship YHWH Zipporah