Quotes from James Barr

A crassly arbitrary method can be avoided only when it is accepted that etymological statements are historical and not authoritative and that semantic statements must be based on the social linguistic consciousness related to usage.

A strange, soft deadliness in the youthful face.

In general, people's views of the Old Testament have often been determined by the picture they see of its social consequences and implications.

Her voice had something of the warm darkness in it.

It was as if in exploring each other, each of them discovered something of himself he had not yet learned to love.

He wants your friendship, and for it he'll pay you in virtues you can use all your life.

Now you love me and from now on it is my job to see that you go on loving me.

Pity the clever girl who marries for money and then falls in love with her own husband.