"I Left You in Crete": Narrative Deception and Social Hierarchy in the Letter to Titus

To hint at the conclusion this article develops, a narratological reading of the epistle to Titus suggests mat the open-ended elements and time shifting of the episde to Titus ("anachronies" in the terms of a narratological reading), and the relationship portrayed between Paul and Tims inscribe the ideology of the letter so that narrative performs a foundational element in the rhetorical action of the letter.