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The core trait David's apology tries to prove despite Jiang's claim that David was deeply ambitious.
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Lack of ambition
The core trait David's apology tries to prove despite Jiang's claim that David was deeply ambitious.
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Jiang says the first task of David's apology is to show David loved Saul, was not ambitious, and cared only for the well-being of his king.
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Jiang says the cave story in which David spares Saul cannot be true historically; its function is to show David was loyal, loving, and not ambitious.
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"...fact the entire apology of David is focused on the lack of ambition of David. Okay? So that's the first story. Let's look at..."
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"Saul is the king that everyone picked or elected and he was a good king. He was good at war. He was someone that..."
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"Okay? Trying to kill David and his followers. One one day Saul is alone in a cave praying to God for deliverance. David sees..."
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"...the first, the core characteristic of the Canadian identity is lack of ambition, in order to maintain peace and stability with America. And if..."
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The Bible begins, in this lecture's argument, as political spin for David: a library of collective imagination that turns usurpation, murder, and fear of rivals into legitimacy, identity, and eventually literature.
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