Open AccessNarratiwiteit en die Ou Testament
Author(s) -
Jacobus Marais
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
hts teologiese 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