Small-scale Israelite society required David's supporters to justify him through stories rather than naked coercion.
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Small-scale Israelite society required David's supporters to justify him through stories rather than naked coercion.
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"point in history is that it's a very small community of people so David can't be like I'm king if you disobey me I'll..."
"...of about a thousand people each, okay? So, it's a very small community. And this became the main political structure of Greek society, okay?..."
"If you're a small community, okay, maybe 15, 20 people, it makes sense to make sure that everyone loves each other and everyone will..."
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A source-grounded reading of Literary Genesis: Israel begins as a political coalition, David needs legitimacy, and the Bible becomes the technology that turns propaganda into living memory.
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