James Barr quotes

This book is therefore consecrated to the deeper and fuller study of that linguistic world in which the Hebrew Bible is set. (James Barr)
We shall work not on the macrocosmic scale of the literary forms, but on the microcosmic scale of the lexical forms. View quote
James Barr
The problem here is not so much a historical one, more a terminological and philosophical one. View quote
James Barr
Probably, so far as I know, there is no professor of Hebrew or Old Testament at any world-class university who does not believe that the writer(s) of Genesis 1–11 intended to convey to their readers the ideas that:. View quote
James Barr