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Generations of commentators have sought unsuccessfully to keep the door shut on issues that the Bible ... history of the people of Israel , insists on keeping open : Is the covenant conditional on Israel's keeping its Commandments ?
Generations of commentators have sought unsuccessfully to keep the door shut on issues that the Bible ... history of the people of Israel , insists on keeping open : Is the covenant conditional on Israel's keeping its Commandments ?
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Anarchies do produce leaders appropriate for a specific purpose . But after the immediate danger has been dealt with , the constituent elements ( say , clans or tribes ) feel free to make other , more suitable arrangements . To keep the ...
Anarchies do produce leaders appropriate for a specific purpose . But after the immediate danger has been dealt with , the constituent elements ( say , clans or tribes ) feel free to make other , more suitable arrangements . To keep the ...
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Whether keeping clean serves to separate the Jewish people , or they keep kosher because they are separated , the explanation contains a significant social element . 24. Leo Straus , “ Interpretation of Genesis , " a lecture in the ...
Whether keeping clean serves to separate the Jewish people , or they keep kosher because they are separated , the explanation contains a significant social element . 24. Leo Straus , “ Interpretation of Genesis , " a lecture in the ...
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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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