The Revd. Professor James Barr FBA (born March 20, 1924, Glasgow, Scotland; died October 14, 2006, Claremont, California) was a Scottish Old Testament scholar. He held professorships at Manchester and Vanderbilt University in the United States of America. He was Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Scripture at Oxford from 1976 to 1978 and Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford from 1978 to 1989. Wikipedia
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Barr, a native of Scotland, taught at Vanderbilt Divinity School from 1989 until his retirement in 1998 from his post as Distinguished Professor of Hebrew Bible. www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2006/10/17/bible-scholar...
Obituary for Professor James Barr from The Times and Sunday Times. James Barr was one of the most significant Hebrew and Old Testament scholars in Britain in the past century. www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2408528,00.html
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James Barr is the Jack Dempsey of modern Anglo-American theology. Outside the ring he is a perfect gentleman; inside it he is a ruthless opponent. Over the years, Barr has attacked fundamentalism with fervor and skill. In this book, he has changed his theologytoday.ptsem.edu/jul1985/v42-2-bookreview8.htm
