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Retelling a politically dangerous fact in a less destabilizing frame.
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Spin
Retelling a politically dangerous fact in a less destabilizing frame.
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Key Notes
Glossary
A political narrative that preserves some facts but arranges them so the ruler's culpability disappears.
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The dangerous gossip is that David killed Uriah because Uriah was a threat; the safer spin is that David was an irresponsible lover who made a mistake.
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Jiang says the Bible's Abner story contains real elements, such as David feasting with Abner and Joab killing Abner, but its explanation that Joab acted from private anger cannot be true.
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The Abner story is presented as spin that makes the truth almost impossible to see if one accepts the official account.
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Jiang says Nathan's accusation makes David's offense appear to be stealing a wife, but the real crime is that David had Uriah killed.
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Jiang compares ancient royal spin to modern media spin, saying many people believe media distortions because they have no interest in not believing them.
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"...behind your back. So what you do is you need to spin this. Okay? Or what we call public relations. Or media. You need..."
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"...right? Do you understand what's happening? Okay? This is what's called spin. Before, it was like, he killed Uriah, and therefore, we should avenge..."
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"He killed Uriah because Uriah was a threat. Okay? Now, the problem with this, with this story is that if people believe this story..."
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"Okay? That'd be a huge problem on your hands. So you switch it like, no, no, no, it was just Bathsheba. Okay? Does that..."
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"...up it's not made up but it's it's what we call spin right clearly Abner and David had a feast together and clearly Joab..."
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"spin is it's almost impossible to see the truth from this right if you're a person you know okay um David uh um you..."
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"but the reason is this if you're David and you're king which person in the world are you most afraid of if you're the..."
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"...the imagination of everyone for thousands of years but it's complete spin this is not what happened okay how do we know okay first..."
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"this logic what is David's crime real crime guys he killed Uriah right you understand you've you've forgotten this fact he had Uriah killed..."
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"...those who want to believe David does that make sense okay spin and it's it happens today guys when you watch the news it's..."
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"media or American media I I know a lot of history to understand the media is is distorting reality okay but uh most people..."
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"...unpopular back at home. And he doesn't really know how to spin this. So as you say, he would like very much. And he..."
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Relevant Lectures And Readings
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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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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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