Overview

This is the second volume of three volume collection which collates the most important published papers of James Barr (1924-2006). The papers deal with questions of theology (especially biblical theology), biblical interpretation and ideas about biblical inspiration and authority, and questions to do with biblical Hebrew and Greek, along with several lexicographical studies, essays and obituaries on major figures in the history of biblical interpretation, and a number of important reviews. Many of pieces collected here have hitherto been available only in journals and hard-to-access collections. This collection will prove indispensable for anyone seeking a rounded picture of Barr's work. It incorporates work from every period of his academic life, and includes a number of discussions of fundamentalism and conservative biblical interpretation. Some pieces also shed light on less well-known aspects of Barr's work, such as his abiding interest in biblical chronology. Barr's characteristic incisive, clear, and forthright style is apparent throughout the collection. The three volumes are thematically compiled. Each is accompanied by an introduction by John Barton, providing a guide to the contents.Volume 1 begins with a biographical essay by Ernest Nicholson and John Barton. It contains major articles on theology in relation to the Bible, programmatic studies of the past and future of biblical study, and reflections on specific topics in the study of the Old Testament. Volume 2 is concerned with detailed biblical interpretation and with the history of the discipline. It also contains material on biblical fundamentalism. Volume 3 is a collection of Barr's extensive papers on linguistic matters relating to Biblical Hebrew and Greek, and to biblical translation in the ancient and the modern world.

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Author:   James Barr (Formerly Regius Professor of Hebrew, University of Oxford) ,  John Barton (Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.090kg
ISBN:  

9780199692897

ISBN 10:   0199692890
Pages:   632
Publication Date:   28 March 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

John Barton: Introduction I. Old Testament 1: The Old Testament 2: The Old Testament and the new crisis of Biblical Authority 3: The Meaning of 'Mythology' in Relation to the Old Testament 4: Theophany and Anthropomorphism in the Old Testament 5: The Image of God in Genesis: Some Linguistic and Historical Considerations 6: The Image of God in the Book of Genesis: A Study in Terminology 7: The Symbolism of Names in the Old Testament 8: The Book of Job and its Modern Interpreters 9: Jewish Apocalyptic in Recent Scholarly Study 10: An Aspect of Salvation in the Old Testament 11: Review article of M. Brett, Biblical Criticism in Crisis? 12: Hebraic Psychology 13: Review of James L. Kugel, The Idea of Biblical Poetry 14: The Synchronic, the Diachronic, and the Historical: A Triangular Relationshipa 15: Some Semantic Notes on the Covenant 16: Was Everything that God Created really good?: A Question in the First Verse of the Bible 17: Reflections on the Covenant with Noah 18: A Puzzle in Deuteronomy 19: Mythical Monarch Unmasked? Mysterious Doings of Debir King of Eglon 20: Did Isaiah know about Hebrew 'Root Meanings'? 21: Thou art the Cherub': Ezekiel 28.14 and the Post-Ezekiel Understanding of Genesis 2-3 II. New Testament 22: Which Language did Jesus speak? Some Remarks of a Semitist 23: Words for Love in Biblical Greek 24: Abba isn't 'Daddy' 25: The Hebrew/Aramaic Background of 'Hypocrisy' in the Gospels III. Methods and Implications 26: Allegory and Typology 27: The Literal, the Allegorical, and Modern Biblical Scholarship 28: Allegory and Historicism 29: Childs' Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture 30: Man and Nature: The Ecological Controversy and the Old Testament 31: Biblical Language and Exegesis: How far does Structuralism help us? IV. Biblical Chronology 32: Why the World was created in 4004 BC: Archbishop Usser and Biblical Chronology 33: Biblical Chronology: Legend or Science? 34: Luther and Biblical Chronology 35: Review of W. Adler, Time Immemorial: Archaic History and its Sources in Christian Chronography from Julius Africanus to George Syncellus 36: Pre-scientific Chronology: The Bible and the Origin of the World V. Fundamentalism 37: Fundamentalism 38: Fundamentalism and Biblical Authority [Religious Fundamentalism] 39: The Fundamentalist Understanding of Scripture 40: The Problem of Fundamentalism Today 41: Fundamentalism' and Evangelical Scholarship 42: The Dynamics of Fundamentlalism 43: Foreword to Fundamentalism edited by Martyn Percy VI. History of Scholarship 44: John Duncan 45: H. H. Rowley 46: Godfrey Rolles Driver 47: George Bradford Caird 48: Remembrances of 'Historical Criticism': Speiser's Genesis Commentary and its History of Reception 49: Wilhelm Vischer and Allegory 50: Friedrich Delitzsch 51: Morris Jastrow 52: Foreword to In Search of Wisdom: Essays in Memory of John G. Gammie Index

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This second instalment in Bartons collection of essays by James Barr is an invaluable addition to any biblical scholars library Kurtis Peters, Biblical and Early Christian Studies

This second instalment in Bartons collection of essays by James Barr is an invaluable addition to any biblical scholars library * Kurtis Peters, Biblical and Early Christian Studies *

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