Statement

A third basic point is that crises in Israel's bond with God are survivable. The Bible lays out what keeping that bond requires, yet it also stages how readily it breaks, as Israel, misled by its rulers, regularly breaks its duties. Prophets were supposed to sound the alarm, but even Moses struggled to make the changeable Israelites pay attention.

References

1. p. 57

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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