Historiographie und Erzahlkunst in Den Samuelbuchern

English summary: The Books of Samuel recount a specific section of the history of Israel and thus represent historiography & admittedly of a very special kind. They do this in an aesthetically highly sophisticated way and thus represent a literary work of art & also of a very special kind. The studies presented here explore both of these aspects: initially using an approach involving specialist exegesis and historical and scholarly methods, and then in thematic longitudinal sections...
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English summary: The Books of Samuel recount a specific section of the history of Israel and thus represent historiography & admittedly of a very special kind. They do this in an aesthetically highly sophisticated way and thus represent a literary work of art & also of a very special kind. The studies presented here explore both of these aspects: initially using an approach involving specialist exegesis and historical and scholarly methods, and then in thematic longitudinal sections and in portraits of individual narrative figures. The results reveal a very specific relationship between factuality and fictionality, a highly sensitive narrative art and very forceful images of man and God. German description: Die Samuelbucher beschreiben einen bestimmten Abschnitt der Geschichte Israels, sind also Geschichtsschreibung - freilich ganz eigener Art -, und sie tun es in asthetisch hochst anspruchsvoller Weise, sind also ein literarisches Kunstwerk - ebenfalls ganz eigener Art. Beiden Aspekten gehen die hier vorgelegten Studien nach: zuerst in betont fachexegetischer, historisch-wissenschaftlicher Herangehensweise, dann in thematischen Langsschnitten und in Portrats einzelner Erzahlfiguren. Im Ergebnis zeigen sich ein ganz spezifisches Verhaltnis von Faktizitat und Fiktionalitat, eine hochst feinsinnige Erzahlkunst und sehr pragnante Menschen- und Gottesbilder.