The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political LeaderUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 262 pages |
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Page 54
... suggest that the injury is an exchange for the wrong Jacob has done ; he pays the price , presumably , and is blessed , which reconciles him with his brother . Adopting a Mosaic perspective , I would urge a parallel to the Zipporah ...
... suggest that the injury is an exchange for the wrong Jacob has done ; he pays the price , presumably , and is blessed , which reconciles him with his brother . Adopting a Mosaic perspective , I would urge a parallel to the Zipporah ...
Page 214
... suggests , they did not want to do so . It is not , I suggest , the author ( singular ) but cultures ( plural ) that are in conflict . The sects that form a regime of equity are not only a religious and a political phenomenon but also a ...
... suggests , they did not want to do so . It is not , I suggest , the author ( singular ) but cultures ( plural ) that are in conflict . The sects that form a regime of equity are not only a religious and a political phenomenon but also a ...
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... suggests . A speech impediment is one thing , a thing that does not go beyond itself . To refer to oneself as a man ... suggesting both the completeness to which the leader aspires and the impossibility of being all things to all people ...
... suggests . A speech impediment is one thing , a thing that does not go beyond itself . To refer to oneself as a man ... suggesting both the completeness to which the leader aspires and the impossibility of being all things to all people ...
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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