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style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1924-03-20</span>)</span>20 March 1924<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, Scotland</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">14 October 2006<span style="display:none">(2006-10-14)</span> (aged 82)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Claremont,_California" title="Claremont, California">Claremont</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">Scottish</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data title"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oriel_Professor_of_the_Interpretation_of_Holy_Scripture" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture">Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture</a> (1976–1978)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Regius_Professor_of_Hebrew_(Oxford)" title="Regius Professor of Hebrew (Oxford)">Regius Professor of Hebrew, University of Oxford</a> (1978–1989)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Jane Hepburn Barr</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1950)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ecclesiastical career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Church</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ordained</th><td class="infobox-data">1951</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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Church, Oxford</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt University</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Doctoral students</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Athalya_Brenner" title="Athalya Brenner">Athalya Brenner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Semantics_of_Biblical_Language&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Semantics of Biblical Language (page does not exist)">The Semantics of Biblical Language</a></i> (1961)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Influenced</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mois%C3%A9s_Silva" title="Moisés Silva">Moisés Silva</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James Barr</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_British_Academy" title="Fellow of the British Academy">FBA</a></span></span> (20 March 1924<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 14 October 2006) was a Scottish <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> scholar, known for his critique of the notion that the vocabulary and structure of the Hebrew language may reflect a particular theological mindset.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a>, he was the <a href="/wiki/Oriel_Professor_of_the_Interpretation_of_Holy_Scripture" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture">Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture</a> from 1976 to 1978, and the <a href="/wiki/Regius_Professor_of_Hebrew_(Oxford)" title="Regius Professor of Hebrew (Oxford)">Regius Professor of Hebrew</a> from 1978 to 1989. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Barr_(biblical_scholar)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, Scotland (although one obituary claims he was born in Edinburgh on 20 March 1924),<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> educated at <a href="/wiki/Stewart%27s_Melville_College" title="Stewart's Melville College">Daniel Stewart's college</a> in Edinburgh and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a>, Barr was ordained to the ministry of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held professorships in <a href="/wiki/New_College,_Edinburgh" title="New College, Edinburgh">New College</a> in the University of Edinburgh, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_University_of_Manchester" title="Victoria University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Theological_Seminary" title="Princeton Theological Seminary">Princeton Theological Seminary</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt University</a> in the United States. He was <a href="/wiki/Oriel_Professor_of_the_Interpretation_of_Holy_Scripture" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture">Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford</a> from 1976 to 1978 and <a href="/wiki/Regius_Professor_of_Hebrew_(Oxford)" title="Regius Professor of Hebrew (Oxford)">Regius Professor of Hebrew</a> from 1978 to 1989. </p><p>Following service in World War II in the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> of the Royal Navy where he was a pilot of torpedo bombers and took part in air-sea rescue missions,<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he studied at Edinburgh University, obtaining a first-class honours degree (Scottish MA) in Classics (1948) and the BD with Distinction in Old Testament (1951). After ordination (1951) and service as minister in the Church of Scotland in Tiberias, Israel (1951–53), during which time he acquired fluency in modern Hebrew and Arabic, he was appointed Professor of New Testament in the Presbyterian College, Montreal (1953–55). Then he was appointed Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature & Theology in Edinburgh University (New College, 1955–61). He then moved to the US as Professor of Old Testament in Princeton Theological Seminary (1961–65),<sup id="cite_ref-Major_Bib_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Major_Bib-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by appointments in the University of Manchester (1965–76) as Professor Semitic Languages and Literatures, and in Oxford University, initially as Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture (1976–78) and then as Regius Professor of Hebrew (1978–89). After his retirement from Oxford, he was appointed Professor of Hebrew Bible in Vanderbilt University (1989–98).<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Barr received many honours. He served as president of the <a href="/wiki/Society_for_Old_Testament_Study" title="Society for Old Testament Study">Society for Old Testament Study</a> (1973) and of the <a href="/wiki/British_Association_for_Jewish_Studies" title="British Association for Jewish Studies">British Association for Jewish Studies</a> (1978), and was elected a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> and a member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a> in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-AAAS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAAS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Academy_of_Science_and_Letters" title="Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters">Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters</a> from 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biblical_scholarship_and_theology">Biblical scholarship and theology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Barr_(biblical_scholar)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Biblical scholarship and theology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Semantics_of_Biblical_Language&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Semantics of Biblical Language (page does not exist)">The Semantics of Biblical Language</a></i> (1961), in which he criticised the tendency of many scholars to rely on <a href="/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguistically</a> flawed arguments, such as arguments from <a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">etymology</a> or based upon misconceptions about the relation between <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> thought and language was very influential. Much of the critique was built upon the work of French linguist <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saussure" title="Ferdinand de Saussure">Ferdinand de Saussure</a>. In turn, Barr's student <a href="/wiki/Mois%C3%A9s_Silva" title="Moisés Silva">Moisés Silva</a> built on Barr's work in <i>Biblical Words and Their Meaning</i> (1983). In another important study, <i>Comparative Philology and the Text of the Old Testament</i> (1968), he criticised the tendency to ascribe meanings to difficult Hebrew words based on words in other Semitic languages (e.g., Ugaritic). This study has been described as having "put comparative Semitic philology on a new and firmer footing."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He edited <i>Journal of Semitic Studies</i> 1965–76, and served as editor of the <i>Oxford Hebrew Dictionary</i> project. </p><p>He was also an outspoken critic of <a href="/wiki/Christian_fundamentalism" title="Christian fundamentalism">conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">evangelicalism</a>, which he attacked in his 1977 book <i>Fundamentalism</i>. In particular he criticised evangelical scholars such as <a href="/wiki/J._I._Packer" title="J. I. Packer">J. I. Packer</a> for affirming the doctrine of <a href="/wiki/Biblical_inerrancy" title="Biblical inerrancy">scriptural inerrancy</a>, the teaching that the Bible is without error. Barr's other works about fundamentalism include <i>The Scope and Authority of the Bible</i> (1980) and <i>Escaping Fundamentalism</i> (1984). He was often invited to appear in BBC religious programming. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Barr_(biblical_scholar)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Barr married Jane Hepburn in 1950 and had two sons and a daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the grandson of the minister and politician <a href="/wiki/James_Barr_(politician)" title="James Barr (politician)">James Barr</a>. He died in <a href="/wiki/Claremont,_California" title="Claremont, California">Claremont, California</a>, on 14 October 2006, aged 82. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_works">Selected works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Barr_(biblical_scholar)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Selected works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1961: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Semantics_of_Biblical_Language&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Semantics of Biblical Language (page does not exist)">The Semantics of Biblical Language</a></i></li> <li>1968: <i>Comparative Philology and the Text of the Old Testament</i></li> <li>1973: <i>The Bible in the Modern World</i></li> <li>1977: <i>Fundamentalism</i></li> <li>1980: <i>The Scope and Authority of the Bible</i></li> <li>1984: <i>Escaping from Fundamentalism</i> (titled <i>Beyond Fundamentalism</i> in the United States)</li> <li>1989: <i>The Variable Spellings of the Hebrew Bible</i> (<a href="/wiki/Schweich_Lectures" class="mw-redirect" title="Schweich Lectures">Schweich Lectures</a> for 1986) Oxford: for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-726068-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-726068-3">0-19-726068-3</a></li> <li>1992: <i>Biblical Faith and Natural Theology</i> (<a href="/wiki/Gifford_Lectures" title="Gifford Lectures">Gifford Lectures</a> for 1990–91) Oxford: Clarendon Press <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-826205-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-826205-1">0-19-826205-1</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080416171953/http://www.giffordlectures.org/Browse.asp?PubID=TPBFNT&Cover=TRUE">online</a></li> <li>1999: <i>The Concept of Biblical Theology: an Old Testament perspective</i></li> <li>2004: he contributed the article "Of Metaphysics and Polynesian Navigation" to the anthology <i>Seeing God Everywhere</i> (<a href="/wiki/World_Wisdom" title="World Wisdom">World Wisdom</a>)</li> <li>2005: <i>History and Ideology in the Old Testament: biblical studies at the end of a millennium</i></li> <li>2013: <i>Bible and Interpretation: The Collected Essays of James Barr, Volumes I-III</i>. Oxford University Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780198261926" title="Special:BookSources/9780198261926">9780198261926</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Barr_(biblical_scholar)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/28px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/41px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/55px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P_christianity.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/31px-P_christianity.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/47px-P_christianity.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/62px-P_christianity.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Christianity" title="Portal:Christianity">Christianity portal</a></span></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"James Barr and Theological Lexicography", by Sean A. Adams, in <i>Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation</i> (Pickwick Publications, 2016) p.319 ("James Barr was born on March 20, 1924...")</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230929155153/https://giffordlectures.org/lecturers/james-barr/">"James Barr"</a>. <i>The Gifford Lectures</i>. 15 August 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.giffordlectures.org/lecturers/james-barr">the original</a> on 29 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Book+of+Members%2C+1780%E2%80%932010%3A+Chapter+B&rft.pub=American+Academy+of+Arts+and+Sciences&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amacad.org%2Fpublications%2FBookofMembers%2FChapterB.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Barr+%28biblical+scholar%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=james+barr&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced">"APS Member History"</a>. <i>search.amphilsoc.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=26861">the original</a> on 15 July 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 December</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Utenlandske+medlemmer&rft.pub=Norwegian+Academy+of+Science+and+Letters&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dnva.no%2Fc26849%2Fartikkel%2Fvis.html%3Ftid%3D26861&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Barr+%28biblical+scholar%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Barr, James," <i>Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation</i>, ed. J. H. Hayes (Nashville: Abingdon Press), 1:98–99.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Barr_(biblical_scholar)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2006/10/bible-scholar-james-barr-dead-at-82-taught-at-vanderbilt-divinity-school-from-1989-to-1998-58855/">Statement from Vanderbilt University on Barr's death</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081012171913/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2408528,00.html">Times obituary</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DAA520;">Academic offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Hedley_Sparks" title="Hedley Sparks">Hedley Sparks</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Oriel_Professor_of_the_Interpretation_of_Holy_Scripture" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture">Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture</a> </b><br />1976–1978 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Nicholson" title="Ernest Nicholson">Ernest Nicholson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_McHardy" title="William McHardy">William McHardy</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Regius_Professor_of_Hebrew_(Oxford)" title="Regius Professor of Hebrew (Oxford)">Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford</a> </b><br />1978–1989 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_G._M._Williamson" title="Hugh G. M. Williamson">Hugh G. M. Williamson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid lightgreen">Professional and academic associations </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ackroyd_(biblical_scholar)" title="Peter Ackroyd (biblical scholar)">Peter Ackroyd</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> President of the <a href="/wiki/Society_for_Old_Testament_Study" title="Society for Old Testament Study">Society for Old Testament Study</a> </b><br />1973 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._R._Ap-Thomas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. R. Ap-Thomas (page does not exist)">D. R. 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Watt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Baillie_(theologian)" title="John Baillie (theologian)">John Baillie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._H._S._Burleigh" title="J. H. S. Burleigh">J. H. S. Burleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Porteous" title="Norman Porteous">Norman Porteous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McIntyre_(theologian)" title="John McIntyre (theologian)">John McIntyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Ross_(minister)" title="Andrew Ross (minister)">Andrew Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Campbell_Cheyne" title="Alexander Campbell Cheyne">Alexander Campbell Cheyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_B._Forrester" title="Duncan B. Forrester">Duncan B. Forrester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Page_(theologian)" title="Ruth Page (theologian)">Ruth Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Graeme_Auld" title="A. Graeme Auld">A. 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Barstad">Hans M. Barstad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_B._Davidson" title="Andrew B. Davidson">Andrew B. Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Duff_(missionary)" title="Alexander Duff (missionary)">Alexander Duff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Duns_(minister)" title="John Duns (minister)">John Duns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fleming_(naturalist)" title="John Fleming (naturalist)">John Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Fergusson_(theologian)" title="David Fergusson (theologian)">David Fergusson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_B._Forrester" title="Duncan B. Forrester">Duncan B. Forrester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Campbell_Fraser" title="Alexander Campbell Fraser">Alexander Campbell Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_G._K._Hewat" title="Elizabeth G. K. Hewat">Elizabeth G. K. Hewat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Hurtado" title="Larry Hurtado">Larry Hurtado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kerr_(religion_scholar)" title="David Kerr (religion scholar)">David Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Lamont" title="Daniel Lamont">Daniel Lamont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_MacGregor_(minister)" title="James MacGregor (minister)">James MacGregor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Mackey_(theologian)" title="James Mackey (theologian)"> James P. 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