The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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Page 145
... pass it on even as he himself passes on . Before Moses meets Jethro , Israel fights with Amalek on the way to Sinai , at Rephidim . With the " rod of God " in his hand , Moses goes to the top of the hill . Whereupon : And it came to pass ...
... pass it on even as he himself passes on . Before Moses meets Jethro , Israel fights with Amalek on the way to Sinai , at Rephidim . With the " rod of God " in his hand , Moses goes to the top of the hill . Whereupon : And it came to pass ...
Page 162
... pass it on to future generations . By persuading others to retell his story in their own way , Moses enters their lives ( and ours , too ) but does not replace our experience with his . Two different explanations for keeping Moses out ...
... pass it on to future generations . By persuading others to retell his story in their own way , Moses enters their lives ( and ours , too ) but does not replace our experience with his . Two different explanations for keeping Moses out ...
Page 244
... pass off Sarah as his sister ( she was his half - sister ) rather than his wife , indicates that gift - giving was then regarded as absolving the victim from culpability . Thus the King James Version tells of Abimelech giving Sarah a ...
... pass off Sarah as his sister ( she was his half - sister ) rather than his wife , indicates that gift - giving was then regarded as absolving the victim from culpability . Thus the King James Version tells of Abimelech giving Sarah a ...
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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