Reimaginer

Jesus' understanding the figurative meaning of the Old Testament makes him the redeemer of that text — and our redeemer, for we cannot be alive spiritually except as interpreters of the old texts, as antithetical reimaginers of the nonliteral […]

We have our share of visionaries, artisans, and wheel reimaginers; we have more than our share of tinkerers and fools.

But the writer's role there is not simply one of inhabitant, but also one of diagnostician, critic, and reimaginer.