Lib Quotes
  • Authors
  • Topics
  • Lists
  • Pictures
  • Resources
  • More about James Barr

James Barr Quotes

3 Sourced Quotes

    • Source
    • Report...
The problem here is not so much a historical one, more a terminological and philosophical one.

James Barr
    • Source
    • Report...
This book is therefore consecrated to the deeper and fuller study of that linguistic world in which the Hebrew Bible is set.

James Barr
    • Source
    • Report...
We shall work not on the macrocosmic scale of the literary forms, but on the microcosmic scale of the lexical forms.

James Barr

Quote of the day

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
Diane Ackerman

James Barr

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:
  1. Semantics of biblical language (1961)
  2. The Concept of Biblical Theology (1999)
  3. The Bible in the modern world (1973)

WikipediaJames Barr on Wikipedia

Suggest an edit or a new quoteSuggest an edit or a new quote

James Barr Quotes
Quotes about James Barr

British Linguist Quotes
Linguist Quotes
20th-century Linguist Quotes

Related Authors

Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
American Philanthropist

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
Theologian

Featured Authors

Ezra PoundSigmund FreudSun TzuGeorge WashingtonOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.Martin Luther King, Jr.Emily DickinsonVladimir LeninJohn LockeVirginia WoolfHenry David ThoreauColette

Lists

Predictions that didn't happen

Predictions that didn't happen

If it's on the Internet it must be true

If it's on the Internet it must be true

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Picture Quotes

If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

Confucius

I have a heart with room for every joy.

Philip James Bailey

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

Eleanor Roosevelt

A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Popular Topics

  • life
  • love
  • nature
  • time
  • god
  • power
  • human
  • mind
  • work
  • art
  • heart
  • thought
  • men
  • day
Lib Quotes

100% Sourced Quotes.

Our motto is: Don't quote it if you can't source it.

Contact us

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • X (Twitter)
  • Pinterest

Recent

Predictions that didn't happen

If it's on the Internet it must be true

Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)

Subscribe to our Newsletter:
Quote of the Day
JS and WordPress
Subscribe
to RSS Feeds
© 2017-2025 LibQuotes
Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / About Us

Lib Quotes