Paul the storyteller : a narratological approach / Christoph Heilig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heilig, Christoph, 1990- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, Narrative.

Bible.

Narration in the Bible.

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Paul.

Physical Description:

xviii, 387 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2024.

Summary:

"A scholarly examination of Paul's use of stories and implied stories in his letters"-- Provided by publisher.

"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 claimed 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 writing, Heilig presents his definitive report on narrative in Paul. While Richard Hays and N. T. Wright have argued that Paul's letters contain implicit narratives, Heilig stresses that a sound methodology requires beginning with text-linguistic investigation of explicit narratives. As Heilig argues, focusing on explicit narratives repeatedly redirects our attention to implicit ('almost') stories. On this basis, he shows that Hays's 'narrative substructures' and Wright's 'worldview' narratives can also be fruitfully integrated into a narratological approach. Paul is a different kind of storyteller than the gospel writers, for example, but at countless points miniature narratives play a crucial role for Paul's communicative goals. Students and scholars of the New Testament will welcome Heilig's expert guidance through a hotly debated area of Pauline studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introducing narrative

The grammar of narration

Stories in context

Fragments of implicit protonarratives

Of narrative substructures and worldview narratives.

Notes:

Closely related to but neither an abridgement nor simple adaptation of the author's dissertation, published as "Paulus als Erzähler? : eine narratologische Perspektive auf die Paulusbriefe." -- See "Preface", pages ix-xii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-371) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780802878953

0802878954

OCLC:

1420866467

Publisher Number:

90100473785