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The four regimes that occupy our attention , because they are the ones that matter in the Bible , may be thought of as the primary colors from which other combinations may be made . Moses himself combines equity with hierarchy .
The four regimes that occupy our attention , because they are the ones that matter in the Bible , may be thought of as the primary colors from which other combinations may be made . Moses himself combines equity with hierarchy .
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No matter how often Pharaoh is surprised , he does not revamp his hypotheses about the world ; because what he says is true by his definition , there is no need to check on what has happened . How can Pharaoh let the Hebrew people go ...
No matter how often Pharaoh is surprised , he does not revamp his hypotheses about the world ; because what he says is true by his definition , there is no need to check on what has happened . How can Pharaoh let the Hebrew people go ...
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It was not the bread to which the Hebrews were accustomed ; this was the bread of faith , abundant no matter how little or how much was picked from the ground .
It was not the bread to which the Hebrews were accustomed ; this was the bread of faith , abundant no matter how little or how much was picked from the ground .
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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