Abstract
M.A. (Semitic languages)
The characterirzatioon, "sister-narratives", is based on the
formula "my sister is she" which is :found in two narratives
concerning Abra(ha)m and Sarai (Genesis 12 : 10 - 20 and
20 : 1 - 18) and one recounting the experiences of Isaac
and Rebecca (Genesis 26 : 1 - 17). Because of similarities
between them, various comparative studies (usually
focussing on historical and form-critical aspects) have
been atternpted during the course of time. The present study
analyses the three Biblical stories linguistically from a
narratological perspective. Attention is paid to six
categories, namely events, characters, narrator, space,
time and reader. Conclusions arrived at concern processes
of actualization and accomplishment, the dynamic (though
varying) portrayal of the patriarchs, textual indications
of the (implied) communication between narrator and reader,
emotional connotations attached to different places, and
"text.-time" versus "story-time".