Review
All who are concerned about the authority of the Bible should read these essays. --
Church TimesBarr cuts a devastatingly clear path through selected controversies, saying something convincing, constructive and often original on each. --
Expository Times
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Book Description
James Barr is one of the most formidable biblical scholars alive. No intelligent student of the Bible or theology can afford to ignore the arguments in his book 'The Semantics of Biblical Language'(1961), which is one of the most influential and important books published on biblical interpretation since the war. His prolific writings on text and philiology, Bible and interpretation, as well as on many other subjects, add to his formidable stature in scholarship, while his book 'Fundamentalism' (1977) remains perhaps the most trenchant critique, analysis and rebuttal of that approach to the Bible ever produced by a scholar. 'The Scope and Authority of the Bible' brings together seven essays which are representative of the author's style, approach to and outlook on contemporary biblical topics. Characterised throughout by the freshness and openness of thought, as well as iconoclasm, for which the author is famous, this collection serves as an ideal introduction to!
one of the most important issues - the authority of the Bible - facing the churches today, as well as to the author's thought as a whole.
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