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Forty Years with Moses

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Noting that he has been in academia for 40 years, the author likens his experience to that of being among the group that emigrated from Egypt under the leadership of Moses and Aaron and wandered in the desert for 40 years. The biblical story is used to identify the various problems that one is likely to confront under the leadership of contemporary versions of Moses and Aaron. Survival strategies are also proposed for those who find themselves in this predicament.

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  1. I have not discussed the contemporary equivalents of Miriam and the question of their basic loyalties, but as Miriam and Aaron tend to work together as a unit, what I have said about Aaron here would also apply to Miriam. But also see my “The Bad-Enough Mother” (Capps 2005) for further reflections on biblical women.

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  1. Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, 08542-0803, USA

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Capps, D. Forty Years with Moses. Pastoral Psychol 58, 451–462 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-009-0220-z

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