The Virtuous Reader : Old Testament Narrative and Interpretive Virtue - Briggs, Richard, 1966- (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Bible. -- Hermeneutics; Old Testament - Narratives -- Virtues