Refreshing Philology: James Barr, Supersessionism, and the State of Biblical Words


This article considers the legacy of James Barr’s The Semantics of Biblical Language. Ideally, his criticisms of theology’s use of philology would have been assimilated already into the field. But the kinds of abuses that Barr so clearly identified and critiqued are still commonly found. As a way of...

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Main Author: Lambert, David A. 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2016, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 332-356
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
Further subjects:B philology
 supersessionism
 Barr
 self
 repentance
 heart

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Summary:This article considers the legacy of James Barr’s The Semantics of Biblical Language. Ideally, his criticisms of theology’s use of philology would have been assimilated already into the field. But the kinds of abuses that Barr so clearly identified and critiqued are still commonly found. As a way of exploring this state of affairs, the case of μετάνοια (“repentance”) in New Testament studies is taken up in the first part of this article.

ISSN:1568-5152
Contains:In: Biblical interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00243p03