Prologue -- Genesis 34: analysis of why an Old Testament narrative has failed to find Christian significance using literary poetics and neo-structuralism -- Joshua 1-12: myth, symbol and a proposal for the (Christian) -- The Joseph story (Genesis 37-50): the hermeneutical significance of the reception history and the literary horizons of three theologically problematic texts -- The David story: the hermeneutical and theological significance of 'minimalism' -- Rahab and Dinah revisited: 'reading as' scripture through possible construals of the 'world of the text' in Christian contexts -- The story of Ruth: relationships between the reader, Christian ethics and Old Testament narrative -- Genesis 1:26: Christian theology, metaphysics, and Old Testament narrative -- Salvation history: a framework for Old Testament interpretation? -- Epilogue: reading Old Testament narrative as Christian scripture as a task best left jagged.