The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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... promise of the land ( hence also testing YHWH , whose promise it is ) and Moses who is to lead them there . The men to be chosen as advance scouts , the Lord says , should be leaders from every tribe . Moses tells these scouts to report ...
... promise of the land ( hence also testing YHWH , whose promise it is ) and Moses who is to lead them there . The men to be chosen as advance scouts , the Lord says , should be leaders from every tribe . Moses tells these scouts to report ...
Page 120
... promise . If Isaac dies , the people of the future die with him , unborn , for he is Abraham's " sole heir , " the only link between Abraham and posterity . " Isaac is the child of the promise , " writes von Rad , meaning that God ...
... promise . If Isaac dies , the people of the future die with him , unborn , for he is Abraham's " sole heir , " the only link between Abraham and posterity . " Isaac is the child of the promise , " writes von Rad , meaning that God ...
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... promise of the land . Testing , it appears , is reflexive : reciprocal , mutual , and interactive , a relationship rather than a definition of subordinate status where only God tests and man alone is tested . It is not just man's ...
... promise of the land . Testing , it appears , is reflexive : reciprocal , mutual , and interactive , a relationship rather than a definition of subordinate status where only God tests and man alone is tested . It is not just man's ...
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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