[asa] The Barr quote

I believe this quote from James Barr was discussed some time ago but I can't seem to find it or remember what the conclusion was. Can some of you please refresh my memory and give me the right perspective. A YEC'er who is in dialog with me brought up that quote as follows:

"As for what competent Hebrew scholars think about chronological information in the Bible, here's a quote from James Barr, who at the time was Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford University:

     "... probably, so far as I know, there is no professor of Hebrew or Old Testament at any world-class university who does not believe that the writer(s) of Genesis 1-11 intended to convey to their readers the ideas that:

     "(a) creation took place in a series of six days which were the same as the days of 24 we now experience,

     "(b) the figures contained in the Genesis genealogies provided by simple addition a chronology from the beginning of the world up to later stages in the biblical story,

     "(c) Noah's flood was understood to be worldwide and extinguish all human and animal life except for those in the ark." **"

Obviously, the argument he was raising against me was that all OT scholars of repute are YEC.

Randy

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Received on Fri May 16 16:41:46 2008