The Biblical tale of overcoming a seemingly insurmountable adversary is evoked by Zelensky's defiant stand against Putin, whose military is attempting to crush his neighboring country.
A vast invading army under the command of an autocrat … a much smaller country under siege, its leader refusing to flee. The world is focused on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is leading a defiant nation in this David vs. Goliath battle against Russia's Vladimir Putin.
An illustration of the tale of David and Goliath, from a mid-19th century copy of"Grand Catechisme des Familles ."In the Biblical story of David and Goliath, the Israelites are outmatched by the Philistines and the giant Goliath. Only a shepherd boy named David, armed with a sling and five smooth stones, is willing to challenge Goliath.Leder said,"Every one of us at one point or another has faced frightening odds.
Leder said,"You know, he was raised in the Soviet Union as a Jew. He understands what it means to be an outsider.""Yes, correct. A black mark on your passport that said, you're a pariah. And so, he understands a bully, and of having to do the best you can with what you have. That's in his DNA – as is the DNA of Goliath in Putin, that might makes right, that the leader is not accountable for the suffering of his own people.