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For all time , he remains the only founder , the only leader of the exodus , the only authoritative lawgiver . ... or of higher principles , or of the unknown ( as an agnostic might ) , the dilemmas of leadership remain the same .
For all time , he remains the only founder , the only leader of the exodus , the only authoritative lawgiver . ... or of higher principles , or of the unknown ( as an agnostic might ) , the dilemmas of leadership remain the same .
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If they fail too frequently , however , the future of their relationship will remain in doubt ; so YHWH needs a mediator in charge of the covenant . Moses is evidently a man in the middle . The kingdom of YHWH will come when , in modern ...
If they fail too frequently , however , the future of their relationship will remain in doubt ; so YHWH needs a mediator in charge of the covenant . Moses is evidently a man in the middle . The kingdom of YHWH will come when , in modern ...
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History remains open - ended . Leadership remains to be tested no matter how many times tests have been passed before . There are two tests : God testing man and man testing God . The people are said to have tested God in their numerous ...
History remains open - ended . Leadership remains to be tested no matter how many times tests have been passed before . There are two tests : God testing man and man testing God . The people are said to have tested God in their numerous ...
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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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| 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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