1. through a character’s own actions and his or her interactions with other characters, 2. through a character’s own speeches, 3. through the speeches of other characters about a specific character, and 4. through the narrator’s specific comments about a character.7 While the Old Testament rarely describes its characters, it prefers to give the briefest physical, gentilic, or professional designations. For instance, Saul is “a head taller than any of the others” (1 Sam. 9:2), while others may
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