The semantics of Biblical language /
James Barr
- London, UK : Oxford University Press, 1961.
- 313 p. ; hbk ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliography.
Importance of the problem -- Current contrast of Greek and Hebrew thought -- Problems of method -- Verbs, action and time -- Other arguments from morphological and syntactic phenomena -- Etymologies and related arguments -- 'Faith' and 'Truth'-- an examination of some linguistic arguments -- Some principles of Kittel's Theological Dictionary -- Language and the idea of 'Biblical Theology' -- Detached note on the non-use of certain words in the Greek Bible -- Languages and the Study of Theology -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Hebrew words -- Index of Greek words -- Index of persons and subjects.