Quote of the day
It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content … it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
James Barr
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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