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That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
James Barr
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Born: March 20, 1924
Died: October 14, 2006 (aged 82)
Bio: James Barr was a Scottish Old Testament scholar. At the University of Oxford, he was the Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture from 1976 to 1978, and the Regius Professor of Hebrew from 1978 to 1989.
Known for:
- Semantics of biblical language (1961)
- The Concept of Biblical Theology (1999)
- The Bible in the modern world (1973)
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