term “erzählte Zeit”. “Narration time” (German “Erzählzeit”), on the other hand, is the material time necessary to tell (or peruse) the “discourse” (concrete narrative). Here the “duration” is the length of the narrative and is measured in words, sentences, lines, verses, paragraphs, pages, chapters … One can summarize long stretches of time in a few words (Gen 4:3; 29:20 …) or tell events with many details. The rhythm of the narrative can change because of this kind of acceleration (speeding up)