TY  - BOOK
AU  - Briggs,Richard
TI  - The virtuous reader: Old Testament narrative and interpretive virtue 
T2  - Studies in theological interpretation
SN  - 9780801038433 (pbk.)
AV  - BS 476 .B617 2010
U1  - 221.601 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - Baker Academic
KW  - Bible
KW  - O.T
KW  - Hermeneutics
KW  - Virtues
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 1. In pursuit of the virtues of the implied reader of the Old Testament--
2. Neither meek nor modest: the puzzling hermeneutics of humility-- Numbers 12 (Moses)
3. Wisdom to discern the living interpretation from the dead-- 1 Kings 3 (Solomon)
4. Like a hermeneutic in a cage: the eclipse of biblical trust-- 2 Kings 18 (Hezekiah)
5. Love in the time of monotheism: the blessing of interpretive charity-- Ruth 1 (Ruth) and 2 Kings 5 (Elisha)
6.Summoned: the virtue of receptivity-- Isaiah 6 (Isaiah)
7. The virtuous reader of Old Testament narrative: from the implied reader to the real reader

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