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The virtuous reader : Old Testament narrative and interpretive virtue / Richard S. Briggs.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Studies in theological interpretationPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2010.Description: 270 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780801038433 (pbk.)
  • 080103843X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 221.601 22
LOC classification:
  • BS 476 .B617 2010
Contents:
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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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