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James Barr Assessed
Evaluating His Legacy over the Last Sixty Years
Series: - Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 192
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James Barr is a widely recognized name in biblical studies, even if he is still best known for his The Semantics of Biblical Language. Barrâs Semantics, although first published in 1961, still generates animated discussion of its claims. However, over his lengthy career Barr published significant scholarship on a wide variety of topics within Old Testament studies and beyond. This volume provides an assessment of Barrâs contribution to biblical studies sixty years after the publication of his first and still memorable volume on biblical semantics. As a result, this volume includes essays on major topics such as the Hebrew language, lexical semantics, lexicography, the Septuagint, and biblical theology.
Stanley E. Porter, Ph.D. (1988), University of Sheffield, is President, Dean, and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He has authored thirty volumes on a wide range of topics in the fields of New Testament studies, Greek language and linguistics, and related subjects.
Preface
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
James Barrâs Life and Legacy: An Introduction
âStanley E. Porter
Linguistics, Philology, and the Text of the Old Testament
âRobert D. Holmstedt
Comparative Philology and the Hebrew Language: Aspects of James Barrâs Critique
âJohn F. A. Sawyer
James Barrâs Biblical Words for Time Revisited
âJohn Barton
James Barr on the âIllegitimate Totality Transferâ: Word-Concept Fallacy
âAlan E. Kurschner
James Barr and the State of the Biblical Lexicon
âDavid Arthur Lambert
Post-Semantics Commentary Writing: Romans 3:21â26 as an Example Text
âBenjamin J. Baxter
The Semantics of Biblical Language: Reflections from Relevance Theory and Lexical Pragmatics
âGene L. Green
James Barr, Semantic Domains, and the Mental Lexicon
âSean A. Adams
Building on the Shoulders of Giants: A Data-Driven Approach to Word Sense Differentiation
âRandall K. J. Tan and Andi Wu
The Semantics of Septuagint Language: Greek Comprehensibility and Its Hebrew Referent
âRyder Wishart
The Septuagint as Translation: The Intersection of Barrâs Semantics and Septuagint Studies
âDarlene M. Seal
Was James Barr Wrong? Assessing His Critics on Biblical Theology
âStanley E. Porter
James Barr and Erroneous Method in Biblical Theology: Paul and the Gift as a Test Case
âDavid I. Yoon
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
James Barrâs Life and Legacy: An Introduction
âStanley E. Porter
part 1: Hebrew Language and Old Testament
Linguistics, Philology, and the Text of the Old Testament
âRobert D. Holmstedt
Comparative Philology and the Hebrew Language: Aspects of James Barrâs Critique
âJohn F. A. Sawyer
part 2: Lexical Semantics and Biblical Philology
James Barrâs Biblical Words for Time Revisited
âJohn Barton
James Barr on the âIllegitimate Totality Transferâ: Word-Concept Fallacy
âAlan E. Kurschner
James Barr and the State of the Biblical Lexicon
âDavid Arthur Lambert
Post-Semantics Commentary Writing: Romans 3:21â26 as an Example Text
âBenjamin J. Baxter
The Semantics of Biblical Language: Reflections from Relevance Theory and Lexical Pragmatics
âGene L. Green
part 3: Lexicography
James Barr, Semantic Domains, and the Mental Lexicon
âSean A. Adams
Building on the Shoulders of Giants: A Data-Driven Approach to Word Sense Differentiation
âRandall K. J. Tan and Andi Wu
part 4: Septuagint
The Semantics of Septuagint Language: Greek Comprehensibility and Its Hebrew Referent
âRyder Wishart
The Septuagint as Translation: The Intersection of Barrâs Semantics and Septuagint Studies
âDarlene M. Seal
part 5: Biblical Theology
Was James Barr Wrong? Assessing His Critics on Biblical Theology
âStanley E. Porter
James Barr and Erroneous Method in Biblical Theology: Paul and the Gift as a Test Case
âDavid I. Yoon
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
All interested in the scholarship of James Barr, and the history of interpretation by a major figure in the field. Most relevant for academic libraries and specialists in biblical studies. Topics included are Hebrew language, lexical semantics, lexicography, the Septuagint, and biblical theology.