own claim that his approach can be labelled “abductive.” Indeed, Wright’s historical synthesis that aims at synthesizing the many “surprising facts” that emerge in Paul’s letters by offering a hypothesis that would explain them, seems to be a prime example of the approach imagined by C. S. Peirce himself. Still, they see some work to be done—both with regard to Wright and his critics—in more precisely analyzing the explanatory power for each claim on a case-by-case basis. Further, they argue that