The virtuous reader : Old Testament narrative and interpretive virtue /

Briggs, Richard, 1966-,

The virtuous reader : Old Testament narrative and interpretive virtue / [print] Richard S. Briggs. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2010. - 270 pages ; 22 cm. - Studies in theological interpretation . - Studies in theological interpretation. .



In pursuit of the virtues of the implied reader of the Old Testament -- Neither meek nor modest : the puzzling hermeneutics of humility -- Wisdom to discern the living interpretation from the dead -- Like a hermeneutic in a cage : the eclipse of biblical trust -- Love in the time of monotheism : the blessing of interpretive charity -- Summoned : the virtue of receptivity -- The virtuous reader of Old Testament narrative : from the implied reader to the real reader.



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Bible.--Old Testament.


Virtues.

BS476.B854.V578 2010