The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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... political contexts across which Moses operated and not be trapped by concern only with particular events that happened to occupy him at any moment . But if any reader thinks the purpose of studying biblical political leadership is to ...
... political contexts across which Moses operated and not be trapped by concern only with particular events that happened to occupy him at any moment . But if any reader thinks the purpose of studying biblical political leadership is to ...
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... political regime for two reasons . First , doing so would elevate politics from a means to an end . The danger that political institutions will become idols , worshiped in their own right , is thereby avoided . Concomitantly ...
... political regime for two reasons . First , doing so would elevate politics from a means to an end . The danger that political institutions will become idols , worshiped in their own right , is thereby avoided . Concomitantly ...
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... Politics : An Attempt to Clear Away Underbrush , ” American Political Science Review 61 ( 1967 ) : 629–41 . 29. One can readily agree with Gibb “ that individual personality cannot be left out of the leadership picture " ( " Leadership ...
... Politics : An Attempt to Clear Away Underbrush , ” American Political Science Review 61 ( 1967 ) : 629–41 . 29. One can readily agree with Gibb “ that individual personality cannot be left out of the leadership picture " ( " Leadership ...
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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