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  • Series: SCM Classics
  • Paperback: 174 pages
  • Publisher: Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd; New edition edition (June 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0334028795
  • ISBN-13: 978-0334028796
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsIs There Something Between Fundamentalism and Atheism?
By John Williams on December 10, 2012
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James Barr (1924-2006) was an Old Testament scholar from Scotland who taught at various universities including Edinburgh, Manchester, Princeton, Oxford, and Vanderbilt. His career-launching book was The Semantics of Biblical Language (1961).

The Scope and Authority of the Bible (1980) is a collection of papers and lectures Barr presented at various universities and scholarly meetings. These essays are illustrative of his attack on fundamentalism, an attack he began in his book Fundamentalism (1977) and later continued in Beyond Fundamentalism (1984).

Barr's thesis is that fundamentalism is based on the notion of biblical inerrancy and therefore a rejection of mainstream historical-critical scholarship. "Fundamentalism begins when people begin to say that the doctrinal and practical authority of scripture is necessarily tied to its infallibility and in particular its historical inerrancy, when they maintain that its doctrinal and practical authority will stand up only if it is in general without error, and this means in particular only if it is without error in its apparently historical remarks" (65).

Barr finds fundamentalism offensive because it bases the Christian faith squarely on the Bible's infallibility. Must one, he asks, in order to be a Christian `believe the Bible' and "accept as factual and correct and theologically valid everything that is to be found within the pages of this volume? The result would then be that one had either to accept everything as the Bible tells it--creation in seven days, changing of water into wine, the 969 years that Methuselah lived--or else admit that one could not be Christian." In that case, Barr concludes, one would have to choose between being a fundamentalist and being an atheist (55).Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA True Classic; Must-Read; Easy Read
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I had never read anything from James Barr in my life, and after reading so many books on the Bible, I figured I should read this "big name."

I don't regret it. I was absolutely amazed at how many controvesial topics Barr eloquently addressed in such a short space. Most of the chapters are speeches, so they read really easy. While I have my disagreements here and there (and at times he is a little arrogant), I appreciate Barr's basic plea: stop frontloading the issue and just read the Bible for what its worth! It struck me as so ironic how Barr's desire is so simple and so evangelical, and yet so at odds with "standard conservative evangelicalism."

I also appreciated his chapter on academia and the relationship between the disciplines - e,.g., biblical studies and theology. Very interesting - especially as theology departments virtually dont exist anymore, being replaced with "religion." He has a very balanced and informative take on the issue of secular Bible studies vs. Christian Bible studies.

Overall, highly recommended.
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