The Virtuous Reader <subTitle>Old Testament Narrative and Interpretive Virtue</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Briggs, Richard S.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1966-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">0:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Baker Academic</publisher> <dateIssued>2010</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>270tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>22 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Biblical interpretation expert Richard S. Briggs presents a rich and thought-provoking portrait, or series of portraits, of the kind of character most needed to be a good reader of the Old Testament. He highlights the moral character or virtues most appropriate to the varied tasks of reading the Old Testament, provides insight on theological interpretation, and examines five ways the Old Testament improves our ability to read Scripture well. Briggs also offers a defense of ""interpretive virtue"" and includes case studies of the Old Testament's shaping of the virtues of humility, wisdom, trust, love, and receptivity.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Richard S. Briggs</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Hermeneutics</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible OT</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Virtue</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Exegesis</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">221.601</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B854-R51</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780801038433</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15279/6.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15279/6.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071448.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>