To summarize, at any moment in a story the characterization is being done by one of four possible agents—the author or narrator, another character in the story, the character himself or herself, and the action. Two conclusions can be drawn from this situation. First, we can hardly miss the point that characterization in a Bible story is the result of an author’s careful design and strategy. The storyteller has made continuous decisions about how to present the characters in a story. A given piece