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Volume II: Biblical Studies
The second of three volumes of James Barr's collected essays. This volumes focuses on biblical interpretation and the history of the discipline. It al...
Volume I: Interpretation and Theology
The first of three volumes of James Barr's collected essays. Begins with a biographical essay and contains major articles on theology in relation to t...
Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East
‘The very grubby coalface of foreign policy … I found the entire book most horribly addictive’ Independent ‘One of the unexpected responses to...
Britain's Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East
'Beautifully written and deeply researched' The Observer Upon victory in 1945, Britain still dominated the Middle East. But her motives for wanting to...
Greed and intrigue combine explosively in this gripping, masterly account of a key moment in the history of the Middle East, and a portrait of T.E. La...
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 publish...
Essays in Honour of James Barr
James Barr is one of the leading international scholars of the Bible. Honoring his seventieth birthday, this is a collection of essays by twenty-four ...
Volume III: Linguistics and Translation
The third of three volumes of James Barr's collected essays. This volumes includes Barr's extensive papers on linguistic matters relating to Biblical ...
The Battle Between the United States and Great Britain for Supremacy in the Modern Middle East
A path-breaking history of how the United States superseded Great Britain as the preeminent power in the Middle East, with urgent lessons for the pres...
The Anglo-french Struggle For The Middle East 1914-1948
“A provocative history . . . helps us to understand why the Arab spring is so important and valuable.”—David Ignatius, National Interest In the ...
This is a pastoral rather than a controversial book. Its main aim is not to show fundamentalists that they are wrong, but rather to help those who hav...
Biblical Studies at the End of a Millennium
The end of the millennium sees biblical study in a state of transition. The traditional position of historical approaches is widely questioned and `hi...
Much of the Christianity which flourishes best today has “conservative” or “fundamentalist” characteristics, that is, strong emphasis on the c...
A MILESTONE IN GAY FICTION Phillip Froelich is in trouble. The year is 1946, and he’s traveling to Seattle where he will face a court martial for ac...
T.E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-18
_______________ 'Packs as much punch as one of Lawrence's train-blowing explosives' - Sunday Times 'Barr's cogent, vividly written book puts Lawrence ...
With Additions and Corrections
In this expanded version of James Barr's classic work, three additional articles by the author are added. They are (1) "Philology and Exegesis: Some G...
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A Book for the Times
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877....
With Comments and Criticisms
Wherein the Opinions of Rev. Theodore Parker, and Other Writers are Shown to be Inconsistent with Sound Reason and the Christian Religion
Reprint of the original, first published in 1845....
Being Volume Second of "The Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation"
And by the Manifestation of Jesus Christ, Including an Examination of the Development Theory Contained in the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation"
With Full References and Citations, and Also an Index and Summary of the Cases. Prepared for Use as a Text-book in Harvard Law School
Legend Or Science?
And Other Negotiable Paper : with Full References and Citations, and Also an Index and Summary of the Cases : Prepared for Use as a Textbook in Harvard Law School
Or, Philosophy of the Divine Operation in the Redemption of Man
An Old Testament Perspective
Here, James Barr discusses the whole idea of biblical theology, its possibilities and prospects. The mai n theme that runs through the work is the pro...
With Notes and Citations
With Full References and Citations