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David's likely motive toward Uriah is fear and rivalry, not merely desire for Bathsheba.
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David's likely motive toward Uriah is fear and rivalry, not merely desire for Bathsheba.
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Nathan's parable reframes David's crime from murder to adultery/theft, which Jiang calls gaslighting because it makes readers forget Uriah's killing.
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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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In the Bathsheba setup, David uses royal power to take Bathsheba, then tries to send Uriah home so the pregnancy will look legitimate; Uriah's battlefield loyalty blocks that cover story.
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The Bathsheba story says David sends instructions to Joab that lead to Uriah's death, then marries Bathsheba and is confronted by Nathan's parable of the rich shepherd stealing from the poor shepherd.
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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 argues David killed Uriah because Uriah was a popular brave soldier with army loyalty and therefore could threaten David the same way David threatened Saul.
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"And Bathsheba, remember, is married to Uriah the Hittite. Okay, so who is Uriah? Uriah is the best soldier in David's army. He's very..."
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"...warrior. Why don't you go and see your wife? But then Uriah doesn't go see his wife because Uriah says to David, listen, your..."
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"...it, what probably happened was reverse where David becomes jealous of Uriah and he becomes fearful of Uriah because... because he's so popular with..."
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"...guys that's not David's crime okay David's crime is he killed Uriah all right so this is what we call gaslighting you see how..."
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"Okay. Listen. Okay. So the Bible will change over time. Okay? This is really important to understand. What the Bible is changes over time..."
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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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"...This is what's called spin. Before, it was like, he killed Uriah, and therefore, we should avenge Uriah. Or it's okay to be like..."
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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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"...okay the problem now is Bathsheba's married to a man named Uriah the Hittite and Uriah the Hittite is one of David's best soldiers..."
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"and Uriah thinks oh the king has called for me therefore it's an emergency okay so he rushes back and David meets Uriah at..."
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"and the letter instructs Joab to kill Uriah he Joab will send Uriah with his soldiers out in the battlefield and then at the..."
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"who's in the wrong and David says of course the rich shepherd is in the wrong he's indignant he's angry how could a man..."
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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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