Quote of the day
The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic.
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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