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Until now, the biblical passages usually defined as “call narratives” have been studied essentially according to a historical method. Revisiting these texts, especially those concerning the prophets, with literary criteria can renew their interpretation, as well as the understanding of their role in the construction of the character and the specific message deployed in the book that contains it. This article reviews the main classical interpretations of these texts, before showing how a synchronic method constitutes a change of reading paradigm. Finally, it looks at the issues that such a change implies for the understanding of these texts and of the figure of the prophet and his message.