„Die menschliche Komödie“

Erzählende Anthropologie in 2. Samuel 9 bis 1. Könige 2

Abstract

In 2 Sam 9 to 1 Kings 2, you find anthropological descriptions of various persons in narrative texts. These show concrete human and societal dimensions combining them with theological reflection. The author examines in these descriptions the narrational and anthropological questions in relationship to one another. He does it exemplarily using the dipoles of death (life and guilt) and new beginning. Furthermore, he also considers complementary iconographic archaeological finds and evaluates the anthropological-theological level. David’s profile grows like a collage through his interactions with secondary figures, and through him, the different authors relate human experiences with regard to guilt and death. The resulting form of self-reflection is relevant until the present.