Paul the Storyteller

An incisive study of Paul's use of stories and narratives in his letters Paul is often thought of as a crafter of numerous and complex  arguments , but some scholars, such as N. T. Wright and Richard Hays, have shown that narratives are vitally important in his letters. Through careful examination of the texts, Christoph Heilig demonstrates that Paul is indeed a talented teller of stories—not only explicit narratives but also implicit stories. In this volume, after a decade of research and