Briggs, Richard,  1966- <br/><br/>
The Virtuous Reader :  Old Testament Narrative and Interpretive Virtue /  [Text] 
Richard S. Briggs. 
 - Grand Rapids, Mich. :  Baker Academic,  c2010. 
 - 270 p. ; Pb  22 cm. 
 - Studies in theological interpretation .
 - Studies in theological interpretation. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801038433 (pbk.) 080103843X (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009029848 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Hermeneutics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Old Testament - Narratives--Virtues
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS476  / .B617 2010 BS476  / .B617 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>221.601  / B854V