The Nursing Father : Moses as a Political Leader - Wildavsky, Aaron (University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 1984)
Why me? Why Moses? Why leadership? -- I. Slavery: Passive people, passive leader -- II. From slavery to anarchy: Learning from Pharaoh what not to do -- III. From anarchy to equity: Leadership in the Golden Calf, the spies, and the Akedah -- IV. From equity to hierarchy: The institutionalization of leadership -- V. The leader disappears into the book: Why Moses does not get to the Promised Land -- Conclusion: Leadership as a function of regime -- Appendix: Equity versus hierarchy: a speculation on the survival of the Jewish people.
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