The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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... moral leader whose high aspirations lead him to the edge of despair or despotism , but who maintains his humanity in the end ? Alas , I had no luck . Then , during a sabbath service at the small orthodox synagogue in Berkeley , I ...
... moral leader whose high aspirations lead him to the edge of despair or despotism , but who maintains his humanity in the end ? Alas , I had no luck . Then , during a sabbath service at the small orthodox synagogue in Berkeley , I ...
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... moral injunc- tions ; how can a moral leader guide a people who do not share his precepts ? How can Moses make his conscience the conscience of the entire population ? Since God has not delegated His power to Moses , poor Moses has only ...
... moral injunc- tions ; how can a moral leader guide a people who do not share his precepts ? How can Moses make his conscience the conscience of the entire population ? Since God has not delegated His power to Moses , poor Moses has only ...
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... moral choice is evident . But virtue as well as vice has its excesses . When the Torah tells us that farmers must not harvest every bit of grain or collect every sheaf inadver- tently left in the field , it is doing more than ...
... moral choice is evident . But virtue as well as vice has its excesses . When the Torah tells us that farmers must not harvest every bit of grain or collect every sheaf inadver- tently left in the field , it is doing more than ...
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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