Behind the academic and innocently descriptive title of this book is to be found one of the most explosive works of biblical scholarship to be published this century. Certainly many of those who read it on its firs appearance were never the same again, and it signalled the end of what had hitherto been a flourishing literature on 'biblical theology'. 'In recent years,' Professor Bar wrote in his Preface, have come to believe that one of the greatest dangers to sound and adequate interpretation of the Bible comes from the prevailing use of procedu, which, while claiming to rest upon a knowledge of the Israelite and Greek ways of thinking, constantly mishandle and distort the linguistic evidence of the Hebrew and Greek languages as they are used in the Bible. The increasing sense of dependence upon the Bib h. the mode:a church only makes this danger more serious. The fact that these procedures have never to my knowledge been collected, analysed and criticized in detail was the chief stimulus to my undertaking of this task myself.' His conclusions were devastating and drew down on him a good deal of often hurt criticism: however, twenty years later, they still stand and the passage of time has made them more widely accepted Certainly this book, issued for the first time in a paperback edition, ' essential reading for any student of the Bible, if he is to learn from the mistakes of others.
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Difficult read but solid conclusions
Oct 27 2009
By J. Billeter
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This is definitely a book intended more for scholars than the layman. With that caveat in mind, it's well written and Barr hammers home the thesis that Greek and Hebrew are no different than any other language and we shouldn't attribute some deep mystical meaning to them. Their words have the same range of meaning as in English, for example. Fundamentally, meaning comes down to sentences or paragraphs---detailed etymological arguments or obscure grammatical questions simply shouldn't be used in determining proper interpretation except in extremely rare cases. In our everyday speech and writing now, we don't leave our meaning dependent on word etymology or complex grammar and neither does Greek or Hebrew. Barr promotes this thesis aggressively and with much detail to back it up. It can get a bit thick to read through all the details but it's a good book to have read to give one perspective on the subject. I can also recommend God, Language and Scripture by Moises Silva as a book that touches on many of the same themes (and others). It has some thick sections about linguistics but in general it's more readable for the layman.
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Nice Biblical Research Tool
Dec 19 2011
By Mark S. Richards
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Choose a different book
Feb 18 2009
By Mount Vernon Joe
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For the average layman I would suggest a different book. I can't recommend anyone else yet because I need to start over and find a decent book that can show me the cultural differences between the Hebrews and Greeks. This writer addressed his book to other professionals in this field who obviously would recognize his references. This author continually referenced authors by name throughout the book and if they are as boring as he was then I'll never know what they wrote about.
This is a very boring book to read and I wouldn't suggest anyone pay retail for it. If you can find it in a thrift store for about a dollar, then maybe. You wouldn't feel so guilty when you throw it away.
This is a very boring book to read and I wouldn't suggest anyone pay retail for it. If you can find it in a thrift store for about a dollar, then maybe. You wouldn't feel so guilty when you throw it away.
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