The virtuous reader
Subtitle: Old Testament narrative and interpretive virtue
By: Richard S. Briggs.
Series: Studies in theological interpretation
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780801038433
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Hermeneutics; Virtues
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: In pursuit of the virtues of the implied reader of the Old Testament; title: Neither meek nor modest : the puzzling hermeneutics of humility; title: Wisdom to discern the living interpretation from the dead; title: Like a hermeneutic in a cage : the eclipse of biblical trust; title: Love in the time of monotheism : the blessing of interpretive charity; title: Summoned : the virtue of receptivity; title: The virtuous reader of Old Testament narrative : from the implied reader to the real reader