Talk of “narrative” structures in the Letters of Paul has significantly shaped the exegetical discussion in the Anglophone sphere for some time. The “narrative approach,” which was especially inspired by Richard B. Hays and N. T. Wright, faces, however, a skeptical attitude in large parts of scholarship. Critics of the approach have regarded narrativity and epistolarity as aspects that stand in tension with each other. The reasons for this reserve were presented in section 2.2 of Chapter 1:. … Download PDF to read more.