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Narratiwiteit en die Ou Testament

Author(s) -

Jacobus Marais

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

hts teologiese studies / theological studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2072-8050

pISSN - 0259-9422

DOI - 10.4102/hts.v49i3.2513

Subject(s) - narrativity , narrative , interpretation (philosophy) , old testament , semiotics , mode (computer interface) , new testament , philosophy , epistemology , literature , linguistics , theology , art , computer science , operating system

Narrativity in the Old Testament The epistemological status of the narrative as a mode of communication in the Old Testament is the issue in this article. It is argued that the narrative was deliberately chosen as a means of communication because ontologically it is a mode of existence, interpretation and familiarization. In the article the fiction-versus-fact debate is broadly discussed. A textual approach, in which the semiotic value of the specific structuring of the narrative discourse is adequately acknowledged, is put forward

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