Escaping from Fundamentalism by James Barr

Escaping from Fundamentalism by James Barr

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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 have grown up in the world of fundamentalism or have become committed to it but in the end have come to feel that it is a prison from which they must escape.

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Escaping from Fundamentalism by James Barr

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 have grown up in the world of fundamentalism or have become committed to it but in the end have come to feel that it is a prison from which they must escape.

James Barr served as Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville for 10 years. Professorships at Edinburgh University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Manchester University, and Oxford University have all been part of his remarkable teaching career. He has had visiting professorships and given significant lecture series throughout Europe, the United States, Africa, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand, and served as the editor of the Journal of Semitic Studies for many years.

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ISBN 13 9780334003854
ISBN 10 0334003857
Title Escaping from Fundamentalism
Author James Barr
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher SCM Press
Year published 2012-06-18
Number of pages 206
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