A Reconsideration on the Leadership of Moses as the Servant of the Lord
AUTHORS
Saya Lee,Dept. General Education, Namseoul Univ., Cheonan, Korea
ABSTRACT
It is Moses that the Old Testament presents as the greatest model of leader even if some scholars opposes his historical figure. Moses was the first leader in the Old Testament whom the spirit of God has been put on. If we understand the spirituality as the communion with God, then we can find Moses' spirituality in his communion with God and we can say that Moses whom God knew face to face was the one who had the deepest spirituality. Moses' community was not merely a political liberation-purpose community but a multicultural religious community. As the leader of such a muliculutral religious leader, Moses shows pastoral leadership. And his pastoral leadership shows also his pastoral spirituality which was revealed through the servantship of God and his community, apparent mind of mission, model of change, emphasis on the word of God as the prophet, pray for his people as the role of mediator, sharing the authority of leadership with his people and finally, the selection of his successor. Such a distinguishing spirituality leads Moses to a typical model in the Old Testament.
KEYWORDS
Spirituality, Prophet, Mediator, Multicultural community, Leader
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