Ich Will Euch Eine Zukunft Und Eine Hoffnung Geben (Jer 29,11): Die Biblische Prophetengestalt Und Ihre Rezeption in Der Dramatischen Dichtung Jeremias Von Stefan Zweig

The thesis develops how, from a theological perspective, the work of the biblical prophet and the political events, which led to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple and to the people’s being taken into exile, were perceived by Stefan Zweig in his drama Jeremiah. With his drama, Zweig during World War I symbolically expresses his conviction of the moral superiority of the defeated - a conviction which has its roots in the Jewish tradition. The first part of the thesis takes a closer look at the Jewish author Zweig, the second focuses on the drama and discusses it within the broader biblical context. The main part of the thesis is the interpretation of Zweig’s drama based on his depiction of the biblical prophet, which partly contributes to a new interpretation of the Book of Jeremiah.