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.